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Discover unique recipes, activities and customs from around the globe through new socially distanced programs.
Drive-In Concert Hosted By Revive The Live Concert Series | Sept. 19, 2020
Come enjoy some of your favorite Festival elements — food vendors, Festival merchandise, culture dancers and, of course, live music. Performances include Soten Taiko, Jovenes Embajadores, and headliner, Dave Zollo & The Body Electric.
Sample a few of your favorite World Food & Music Festival food vendors. T-shirts, stickers and doozies also available for purchase!
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International Flags | Culinary Discovery | Summer Brunch Bracket
Festival Merchandise | Community Cookout | Culture Kits
Take a Walk Around the World | Presented by Nationwide
For 15 years the World Food & Music Festival has raised International Flags across The Festival site as part of the three-day celebration. Despite the absence of a Festival, The Flags will be on display from September 12 – 20 in the Historic East Village at the intersection of East Locust and East 7th Streets. Take a walk and see for yourself!
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We love a good summer brunch. Crispy bacon, fresh fruit, fluffy pancakes, all on a warm summer morning. It doesn't get better than that! As summer draws to a close, we want to know, where's DSM's best summer brunch?
To the find the best brunch in DSM we're bringing in March Madness brackets. You can vote on Facebook for your favorite DSM brunch spot and cheer them on to number one. The competition will start with the Sweet & Savory Sixteen, Egg-citing Eight, the Final Fork and, finally, the Championship Brunch. The winner will be crowned best brunch in DSM!
Cast Your Vote!
Your nominations are in, so let the voting begin!
Unlike the real March Madness, the community has nominated their favorite restaurants to compete. The sixteen restaurants with the most submissions have been selected for the match-ups. Vote for your favorite DSM brunch!
Vote for your favorite Championship Brunch winner!
VOTE
Voting rounds will begin at Noon on the first date of competition and close at Noon on the final date of competition. The next round will be announced at the start of the next voting round. The final winner will be announced at 12:30 p.m. CST on Sunday, Sept. 20.
- Sept. 9 – 11: Sweet and Savory Sixteen
- Sept. 12 – 14: Egg-Citing Eight
- Sept. 15 – 16: The Final Fork
- Sept. 18 – 20: Championship Brunch
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Share the World Food & Music Festival spirit around town by wearing Festival gear! From T-shirts to bags and stickers, there's something for everyone on the Festival online merchandise shop.
The World Food & Music Festival is firing up a Community Cookout on Sept. 12.
Here in Iowa, September often means tailgating and enjoying fall sports. Even though this season looks different, we invite you to show your team spirit and your cultural roots in this first ever Community Cookout on Saturday, Sept. 12. We invite residents across the region to decorate their driveways and balconies for a home tailgate to show support for your favorite team, whether it be football, baseball, basketball, hockey or any other sport. Not a fan of sports? Decorate your tailgate with a global feel, reflect your own personal heritage or make your own mini-World Food & Music Festival. Residents are encouraged to cook dishes that represent your heritage, a special tradition or a dish that has a personal meaning. Do you make the best homemade pierogi? Show it off. Do you have a recipe from your family's homeland that dates back generations? Now is the time to make it. There are no boundaries on what you can create. Anything and everything is on the table.
Participating tailgaters can win a special prize package of goodies and swag from the World Food & Music Festival. To win, participants just need to share a picture of their tailgate and special dish to the Community Cookout Event on Facebook. One winner will be selected by Sept. 20 based on community enthusiasm.
Community Cookout Grand Prize
The Grand Prize is: one Tandem Bud Light Bicycle, World Food & Music Festival merchandise (one apron, one set of 100 mini flags, two maracas, two koozies, two stickers and two cups) and $50 in food and drink tickets for the 2021 World Food & Music Festival. The total value for the prize is $528.00.
See Community Cookout rules and regulations.
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Did someone say international arts & craft time? The Celebration is offering a series of cultural kits sponsored by Veridian Credit Union and produced in partnership with CultureALL for community members to pick up and have fun at home.
Community members can pick up a kit on Sunday, Sept. 13 from 2 – 5 p.m. at the Iowa State Historical Building portico, with access from East Locust Street near East 7th Street. There will be 1,000 free kits produced to be given away. Activities include Brazilian ganzá, Filipino Sipà, loi krathong art project, Kenyan bead bracelet and Mexican artesanía paper flowers. Kits will be available first-come, first-served and while supplies last.
This event is outside, and drive-up is encouraged, but walkers are also welcome. To drive up, enter from East Locust Street just west of East 7th Street. Please wear a mask when picking up your free kit.
How-To Instructions for the Culture Kits
Learn more about each kit on the CultureAll website!
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Past World Food & Music Festival Highlights