MAFIAoZA’S Music City Brewer’s Festival Celebrates 16 Years

3:59 pm | Friday, Jun 30th

Event Scheduled for Saturday, July 29, 2017 at Music City Walk of Fame Park

Tickets on Sale NOW!

Nashville, TN—The 16th Annual MAFIAoZA’S Music City Brewer’s Festival presented by Waste Management and the Hilton of Downtown Nashville. The festival will be held Saturday, July 29, 2017 at the Music City Walk of Fame Park, located on the lawn of the Hilton Nashville Downtown. With a sellout attendance every year, the festival will once again feature two four-hour sessions with approximately 3,000 people in attendance per session. A portion of the funds generated will go to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee.

NEW THIS YEAR, MAFIAoZA’S Music City Brewer’s Fest will be the Official Pre-party AND After Party for the International Champions Cup. Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur will play at Nissan Stadium at 5pm. Supporters can enjoy the MAFIAoZA’S Music City Brewer’s Fest before and after the game at a discounted rate with the promo code ICC.

MAFIAoZA’S Music City Brewer’s Festival has become synonymous with amazing brews and the best beer festival in the area. With OVER 50 breweries represented and all beer tastings included in admission, this event is sure to please both the novice and connoisseur palates again this year. Admission includes a MAFIAoZA’S Brewer’s Festival souvenir mug to sample from some of the best local, regional, national, and import breweries in the world plus a few brews that aren’t normally available in Nashville.

Beer aficionados will enjoy a few NEW BREWS to the event this year:

Cigar City Garr’s Beer Co. Bearded Iris New Heights Brewing

Wild Heaven Asgard Brewing Co. Nantahala Mantra Artasian Ales

Gypsy Cider Music City Light Bear Republic

Local / Tennessee brewers participating include:

Yazoo Jackalope Blackstone Tennessee Brew Works Fat Bottom

Mayday Nashville Brewing Wiseacre Turtle Anarchy Mantra

Asgard Hap & Harry’s Gypsy Cider Music City Light Bearded Iris

New Heights Black Abbey Mill Creek Blackberry Farms Garr’s

Tailgate

Some other fan favorites returning include:

2^nd Shift NOLA Brewing Co. Blue Pants Tallgrass White Claw

PBR Cayman Jack Smalltown Lagunitas Boston Beer Co.

Blue Moon Goodwood Napa Smith Hi-Wire Southern Prohibition

Abita Alltech KY Ale Founders Dogfish Head Bell’s Brewery

Sweetwater Sierra Nevada Terrapin Oskar Blues

Other festivities include local food from some of Nashville’s best restaurants including MAFIAoZA’S, great live music throughout the day on the MAFIAoZA’s / Blue Moon Music Stage and the Uptown’s Smoke Shop Cool Zone which will have misting tents, cool shade, and fans to cool down from the summer sun.

Tickets are on sale now for both sessions. Session A, 12 Noon- 4:00 p.m., are $39.00 plus tax. Session B, 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., are $59.00 plus tax. A discounted ticket for BOTH sessions is available for $89 plus tax. In addition, each session offers a “Designated” Driver ticket which excludes beer sampling for $20 plus tax.

All tickets are available online at www.musiccitybrewersfest.com. This is a 21 and older event and must have ID for admission.

Festival volunteers are still needed. If interested in volunteering, please sign up online at www.musiccitybrewersfest.com/contact.

For more information about the 16th Annual MAFIAoZA’S Music City Brewer’s Festival, log onto www.musiccitybrewersfest.com, find us on Facebook at Facebook.com/MusicCityBrewersFestival OR Follow us on Twitter @MCBrewersFest.

ABOUT MAFIAoZA’S

For twelve years, MAFIAoZA’s Pizzeria and Neighborhood Pub has “wowed” capacity crowds holnightly with its authentic Italian menu, its impressive Old and New World wine list, and its comfortable, welcoming ambiance. The popular 1920s New York-style Italian restaurant is known for serving the finest stone-oven pizza in the southeast and offering dishes made with fresh, seasonal and local ingredients.

MAFIAoZA’s has earned a solid reputation for their commitment to presenting flavorful, memorable dining experiences for their loyal and still-growing patron base. As 12South’s original neighborhood gem and family favorite, MAFIAoZA’s has served over 1 million slices of pizza to date. For more information, please visit www.mafiaozas.com. Followers of Facebook can log on to www.facebook.com/MAFIAoZAs12South

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Kim Dettwiller, Team Strategies, 615-330-5656, teamstratgies@gmail.com

Candace Price, Event Director, 615-664-2484, CandacePrice@iheartmedia.com

GraceWorks Backpack Giveaway

10:38 pm | Sunday, Jun 25th

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GraceWorks is asking the public to help 2,400 students in Williamson County schools to make the best start possible for the upcoming school year.

On Aug. 5, GraceWorks, in collaboration with other groups and agencies, will distribute backpacks filled with school supplies at the 2017 Big Backpack Giveaway to help students in need.

Still needed are 1-to-2-inch three-ring binders and composition books. Cash donations are also welcome and will allow organizers to purchase required supplies that have not been donated.

The Big Backpack Giveaway will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Liberty Elementary, 600 Liberty Pike, and will include music, food and fun for the entire family. Children are required to be present to receive backpacks.

GraceWorks West will offer a backpack giveaway the same day in Fairview, but the time and location have not been set.

“Receiving a backpack filled with the tools needed to succeed in school can be a life-changing experience,” said Brian Myers, church and community relations manager for GraceWorks.

“Helping provide necessary school supplies to Williamson County students in need equips them to have a successful school year. Please help us put backpacks and supplies in the hands of these students.”

Many of the school supplies are provided by the United Way Patricia Hart Society’s Stuff the Bus Campaign and Publix. The event has been sponsored by area churches, civic groups, businesses and individuals for 14 years.

Purchasing the backpacks themselves has been made possible by a $4300 grant from the Nashville Predators and generous individual donations to The Big Payback, presented by The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.

Supplies can be dropped off at GraceWorks by July 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Cash donations can be sent to GraceWorks Ministries, 104 Southeast Parkway, Franklin, TN 37064. Please put “backpacks” in the subject line of checks. You may also donate online quickly and securely by clicking the DONATE button at www.graceworksministries.net. Please choose the backpack option for your donation.

Volunteers are also needed to help during this event. Those interested can visit signup.com/go/xMEjSun to sign up.

Drive 4 Dinger Celebrity Golf Tournament

11:00 am | Friday, Jun 16th

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10th Annual Three Blind Vines

6:00 pm | Saturday, Jun 10th

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10th Annual 3 Blind Vines – Liberty Hall @ The Factory at Franklin

Three Blind Vines is an annual wine tasting event presented by The Next Generation Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County. This party for a purpose continues to give all wine lovers, from a boxed wine enthusiast to a fine wine aficionado, the opportunity to taste different varieties of wine while benefiting a great cause: The Old Old Jail, or as it will soon be known, The Big House for Historic Preservation.

Tickets are $40 in advance ($50 at the door) and teams of up to 3 people are to bring 3 bottles of wine: one Cabernet, one Sauvignon Blanc & one duplicate. Admission includes entertainment, food from your favorite local restaurants and chefs, and all the wine you can drink (responsibly). The extremely popular Silent Auction will be back this year, as will the cash bar for beer lovers.

Check in begins at 6:00 p.m. and will go until 7:30 p.m. at which time no more wine will be accepted. Teams of 1 to 3 people will bring 3 bottles of wine (one Cabernet, one Sauvignon Blanc & one duplicate). Two bottles will be collected, disguised, and set out for tasting and voting. The third bottle is set aside unopened to be given to two Grand Prize Winners.

From 7:30 – 9:00 p.m. tasting and voting will takes place. Grab a few different bottles and take them back to your table. Taste and make notes on the space provided in your program and then pass the bottles along to the next table so everyone has the chance to enjoy!

This year’s silent auction will once again be hosted online! You will be able to bid on items from the comfort of your own seat or even the dance floor using your smart phone! The silent auction takes place from 6:00-9:00 p.m. and the bid winners are announced at 9:30 p.m. along with the two Grand Prize winners – each splitting the vault of all the unopened third bottles. You could go home with hundreds of bottles of wine!

Westhaven Home & Garden Tour

12:00 pm | Sunday, Jun 4th

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Westhaven Home & Garden Tour – Saturday & Sunday – June 3 & June 4th from 12 PM-4 PM

The Westhaven Home & Garden Tour offers a rare opportunity to enter some of Westhaven’s finest private homes and exceptional gardens, viewing beautiful furnishings and interior design, exquisite kitchens and baths, custom architectural design, and lush landscaping. Uniquely planned, Westhaven features large front porches, sidewalks, parks and manicured landscaping that gives Westhaven a character of its own. Tour is self-guided in your vehicle or you may join us in the trolley stationed at Pearre Creek Elementary School.

Please visit secure.acceptiva.com for tickets and more information.

Westhaven Home & Garden Tour

12:00 pm | Saturday, Jun 3rd

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Westhaven Home & Garden Tour – Saturday & Sunday – June 3 & June 4th from 12 PM-4 PM

Please visit secure.acceptiva.com for tickets and more information.

Moving Day Nashville

9:00 am | Saturday, Jun 3rd

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Moving Day® is the National Parkinson Foundation’s annual fundraising walk/run event. It is a fun and inspiring fundraising event that unites families, friends and communities both large and small in the fight against Parkinson’s disease. This celebration of movement will feature a family friendly walk course, a kids area, a caregivers relaxation tent and a special Movement Pavilion featuring yoga, dance, Tai Chi, Pilates, etc. all proven to help manage the symptoms of PD.

It will be ‘A day to move, a day to move others, a day that moves YOU!’

Saturday, June 3, 2017

Edwin Warner Park (Shelter 9 & 10)

The Amazing Camp Race

1:30 pm | Saturday, May 20th

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A fun, competitive race to raise Scholarship Funds for kids in need. The race includes 10 action-packed, timed recreational activities for age 5 and up. Teams of 2 to 6 persons (friends, family, co-workers) compete on the course of their choice — the Adventurers Course, perfect for families, OR the Wild Bucks Course, which is more challenging. Registration includes an event shirt. Trophies are given to the top teams on both courses.

Friends of the Library Book Sale

9:00 am | Friday, May 19th

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The Friends of the Williamson County Public Library will hold a book sale May 19-21, at the main library. Sale hours: Friday & Saturday 9am-4:30pm, & Sunday all day $5 bag sale 1pm-4:30pm. The Members Only Preview Sale will be on Thursday evening May 18, from 5-7pm.

Just in time for summer reading! Donations have been generous for this sale. We will have literally thousands of new and used donated books for sale including paperbacks, hardcovers, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Children, Teen & Young Adult books, Antique/Vintage books, Coffee-table books, and various media items such as audio books, CD’s, and DVD’s. All books will be neatly sorted by subject and arranged by category. Prices range from 50-cents to $5.00 each, and there are no buyer restrictions. We accept cash, check, Visa & MasterCard.

Book Sale days & hours are as follows:

*Thursday, May 18th from 5-7pm Members Only Preview Sale (Memberships may be purchased at the door.)

Friday, May 19 – General Public: from 9:00am-4:30pm

Saturday, May 20 – General Public: 9:00am-4:30pm

Sunday, May 21 – General Public: 1:00pm-4:30pm. The ever popular **All Day Sunday $5 for a Bag of Books!

*If you would like to become a Friends member and take part in the Members Only Preview Sale you can join at the door before or anytime during the book sale. Be one of the first book lovers to shop all our great books! As always, book dealers are also welcome.

**On Sunday, we will have a $5 Bag Sale all day for the general public. Bags will be provided, and you can fill as many bags as you like for only $5 each. Go Green & bring your own cloth or canvas bags about the size of a grocery shopping bag.

In 2016 Friends of WCPL donated over $20,000 to the Williamson County Public Library. We hope to exceed that amount in 2017. Proceeds from this sale, along with your generous donations, will go to fund The Friends of the Library which is dedicated to help support the Williamson County Public Library.

The Friends of the Williamson County Public Library (WCPLtn) is a non-profit, 501(c)3 service organization dedicated to the advancement of our community through its library. Friends’ contributions, fund-raising activities, and volunteer efforts support adult and youth programs, maintain and increase collections, and provide new technologies, equipment and other improvements. Friends-sponsored book sales are held four times a year with all monies going directly back into the library.

The Friends of the Library believes our public library is the heart of the community and is dedicated to enriching lives. The Friends believes the library helps satisfy the thirst for knowledge and seeks to maintain and enhance the library services offered to the citizens of Williamson County.

http://wcpltn.org/about_us/main_library

Friends of the Library Book Sale – Members Only Preview Sale

5:00 pm | Thursday, May 18th

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Book Sale days & hours are as follows:

*Thursday, May 18th from 5-7pm Members Only Preview Sale (Memberships may be purchased at the door.)

Friday, May 19 – General Public: from 9:00am-4:30pm

Saturday, May 20 – General Public: 9:00am-4:30pm

Sunday, May 21 – General Public: 1:00pm-4:30pm. The ever popular **All Day Sunday $5 for a Bag of Books!

http://wcpltn.org/about_us/main_library