Host: Rick Smith, Ericka Smith, Shannon and Rob Adkins
Location: Linden Street Brewery
95 Linden Street
Oakland, CA 94607 US
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When: Saturday, August 14, 12:00PM Add to my iCal Calendar
Phone: 925-788-7709
Cost: $20 per person
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The 22nd annual Smith/Adkins Family Chili Cook-Off and Music Festival will be at the Linden Street Brewery in Oakland. Join us on August 14th from noon to 9 pm.
Tickets are $20 in advance via PayPal on this evite. $30 at the door.
We also have VIP tables available for a up to four people per table - suggested donation is $100. VIP tables include priority seating near the stage, four t-shirts, table service (a waitress will bring you lunch, chili and beer), and VIP parking. To purchase a VIP table email erickassmith@hotmail.com.
Get a team together and ender the cook-off. Please let us know if you plan to enter. Email erickassmith@hotmail.com for all the rules. Note: All chili must be cooked onsite, cookers must bring their own heat source (camp stove recommended), cookers must bring their own canopy/shade structure. Table will be provided.
Our beloved wife and mother, Suzie, ended her battle with Alzheimer's in 2008 and we host this party as a celebration of her life and to raise money for the Alzheimer's Association. We hope to raise $50,000 at this year's event.
EVENT SCHEDULE
11:00 am - Chili Teams arrive and start cooking
12:00 pm - Tap the kegs, party starts!
12:15 pm - Chili dogs and Margaritas for sale at Rick's Grill
12:30 pm - Damn Near Dead plays your favorite classic rock tunes and deep cuts
1:45 pm - Free BBQ lunch available at Rick's Grill
2:00 pm - Fast Times 80's keeps it rocking with the best hits of the 80s
3:30 pm - Chili Tasting and judging
4:00 pm - ZooStation will elevate you with tunes from U2's entire catalog
5:30 pm - Joey Fender and the 55's will get you dancing to great blues and rockabilly tunes
7:15 pm - Earl Thomas with the Blues Ambassadors will take us throught the evening with blues and soul that will make you shiver.
PLEASE USE THE "INVITE MORE PEOPLE" LINK TO INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!
We also have an eventbrite site you can share http://smithchilicookoff.eventbrite.com/
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Thank you all for supporting us for all these years. We do all this for Suzie!
Official Website: http://www.fasttimes80s.com
Added by mdbcm on August 8, 2010