The 16th annual Lewisburg Chocolate Festival will be held this year on Apr. 6 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in downtown Lewisburg. Tickets are available for purchase now at www.unitedwaygreenbrier.org/LCF.
Tastings are one to two tickets each, and attendees usually purchase 15 to 25 tickets per person. Tickets come in packs of five for $5. Festival organizers strongly encourage pre-ordering tickets as there is only a very small amount on hand to sell at will-call. Last year will-call tickets sold out in less than 40 minutes.
According to their Facebook page, over 3,000 tickets were sold in the first five minutes of sales opening, so make sure to secure yours as soon as possible.
Some offerings this year include milk chocolate dried blueberries, s’mores bars, moscato in chocolate cup, star tavern spiced chocolate, chocolate avalanche cookies, chocolate covered shoestrings, espresso brownies, and more.
Some events scheduled during the festival on Apr. 6 include a Chef Demo by Desiree Bittle at 11:30 a.m., a Chef Demo by Jean-Francois at 1 p.m., The Horse Guy performing at 11:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m., live music all day, Willy Wonka the movie at Greenbrier Valley Theatre at 12 noon, a Cookie Stacking Contest by Christina Edwards, Agent, New York Life Insurance Company; Candyland Photobooth at Sheena Pendley Studio; Face Painting at Sheena Pendley Studio for $5 to 15; and the annual Chocolate Chase 5K and 10K.