A festival is a fine thing, but a festival that celebrates food is something special. Fall for Greenville is an annual three-day event that showcases the culinary delights of the city, from gourmet cuisine to ice cream.Throngs of hungry festivalgoers will pack downtown from the Hyatt to the West End to sample tasty offerings from more than 40 restaurants and check out live music and cooking demonstrations on eight stages.
You can feel good about having fun, too. Fifty cents from the $1 alcohol wristbands goes to Second Harvest for the charity's hurricane relief effort.
Restaurants
Arizona Steakhouse
Bait Shack
Barley's Taproom and Pizzeria
Blockhouse Restaurant and Oyster Bar
Chicora Alley
City Range Steakhouse
Clock Drive-In
Coffee Underground
Cold Stone Creamery
Cookies By Design
Devereaux's
English Country Tearooms
Greenfield's Bagels and Deli
Italian Market and Grill
Kettlecorn Confections
Larkin's on the River
Little Caesar's Pizza
Lone Star Barbeque
Mimi's Steakhouse of Japan
Papa John's Pizza
Pebble Creek Pizza
Port City Java
Provencia
Rafferty's Restaurant
Restaurant O
Rick Erwin's West End Grille
Fonda Rosalinda's
Sabroso Mexican Grille
Sassafras Southern Bistro
Sharkey's Pub
Soby's New South Cuisine
Smoke on the Water
Sticky Fingers
The Cazbah
The Melting Pot
The Orient on Main
Tony Roma's
Travinia Italian Kitchen
Tsunami Sushi
Two Chefs Deli and Market
221 North Main Ultra Lounge
Wild Wing CafeLive music
Wachovia Stage, Broad Street
What to expect: smallCopyrs
Highlights
7 p.m. Oct. 14: Craig Morgan
8 p.m. Oct. 14: Billy Currington
8 p.m. Oct. 15: Cowboy Mouth
4 p.m. Oct. 16: The Lovin' Spoonful
Land Rover Stage, Falls Park
What to expect: Rock, bluegrass, gospel
Highlights
8:30 p.m. Oct. 14: Blueground Undergrass
8 p.m. Oct. 15: The Kevn Kinney Band
Noon Oct. 16: Dell Barkley and the Carolina Mass Choir
Bud Stage, Hyatt Regency
What to expect: Rock
Highlights
9 p.m. Oct. 14: Sheriff's Daughter
6:30 p.m. Oct. 15: The Modern Skirts
8:30 p.m. Oct. 15: Paranoid Social Club
3:30 p.m. Oct. 16: Captain Soularcat
Bud Light Stage, West McBee Street
What to expect: R&B
Highlights
9 p.m. Oct. 14: Corey Parker Band
8 p.m. Oct. 15: Yo Momma's Big Fat Booty Band
4 p.m. Oct. 16: Delta Moon
Earshot Stage, Coffee Street
What to expect: Area singer-songwriters
Highlights
6 p.m. Oct. 14: Matthew Kahler
8 p.m. Oct. 14: Leslie Helpert
5 p.m. Oct. 15: The Barmey Darlings
8 p.m. Oct. 15: Jack Williams
4 p.m. Oct. 16: 5th String Band
Dow Amphitheatre, Peace Center
What to expect: Contemporary Christian
4 p.m. Oct 15: Warren Barfield
Cooking demos
IFC Culinary Stage
10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 5 p.m. Oct. 15 Marvin Woods, host of the Turner South series Home Plate, will show off his cooking skills in a live demonstration and taping.
12:30 p.m. Oct. 15 Cooking demonstration by Steven Greene of Devereaux's.
3:30 p.m. Oct. 15 Cooking demonstration by Alex Costas of Larkin's on the River.
4 p.m. Oct. 15 Cooking demonstration with Joree Tamburro of Cooking with Joree.
4-6 p.m. Oct. 16 Bartenders compete in a mix-off by making a bunch of drinks, paying special attention to accuracy. Perfect for Sunday.
Competition Stage
2-4 p.m. Oct. 15 Restaurant trivia game, where local restaurateurs test their culinary knowledge.
12:30 p.m. Oct. 16 Find out which server to request next time you're in a hurry. Waiters compete to complete an obstacle course filled with hazards of the job as quickly as possible.
Also look for ...
A live taping of the Rick and Bubba show from 7-11 a.m. Oct. 14, the WSSL Chili Cook-Off, where a $5 chili taste ticket buys you the right to taste chili from all the contestants starting at 3:30 p.m. and shows and activities for kids.
Erin Ridgeway can be reached at 298-3767.