2018 Best of Cincinnati® Celebration

March 28, 2018 5:30PM - 9:00PM at Rivertown Brewery and Barrel House

The Best of Cincinnati® is a celebration of greatness in our city. The awards are hard-fought and highly coveted. Each March, CityBeat brings together locavores, entrepreneurs, entertainers and other active members of our city to celebrate! Inside the Best of Cincinnati® Celebration, you will have the opportunity to indulge in all that the Queen City has to offer – from food and drink samples, to entertainment, Golden Ticket prizes*, and more!

Benefiting ArtsWave, join Cincinnati CityBeat for our Annual Best of Cincinnati® Celebration on Wednesday, March 28th at The Phoenix in Downtown Cincinnati. We're taking over the entire building - all 3 floors for more exploration & tasting!

Official Beer Sponsors : Braxton Brewing Company, MadTree Brewing, Rhinegeist, and Rivertown Brewery and Barrel House
Whiskey Sponsors : George Remus & New Riff Distilling
Vodka Sponsor: Tito's Handmade Vodka
Wine Sponsor : Old 502 Winery

Get your fill from your favorite area food and drink vendors including: KungFood Chu's AmerAsia, Axis alley on the Levee, The BonBonerie, Brezel OTR Cincinnati, Camp Washington Chili, Chart House, Coffee Emporium, Court Street Lobster Bar, Dewey's Pizza, Eli's BBQ, Flipdaddy's Burgers & Beers, FUSIAN, Graeter's Ice Cream, Hen of the Woods, Holtman's Donut Shop, Izzy's, Keystone Bar & Grill, Lil's Bagels, Macaron Bar, Matt the Miller's Tavern, Mazunte, Morton's The Steakhouse, nada, Pompilios, Queen City Exchange, Queen City Radio, Revel OTR Urban Winery, The Rhined, Skyline Chili, Taste of Belgium, Terry's Turf Club, We Olive & Wine Bar Cincinnati & more!

Event is 21+

Photobooth by Photosphere: A Cincinnati Photo Booth & Framester

Enjoy entertainment throughout the celebration, including a silent disco from Silent Events & DJ Chad, music from DJ ETrayn, DJ Mowgli, DJ Spam (Elizabeth Park), Apryl Reign, and more!.

Official Concert Fanny Packs courtesy of Bogart's!

Tickets
Early Bird : $35 - SOLD OUT
General Admission : $42
Presidential Package** : $100

(**Presidential Package ticket Includes a General Admission into the event. This ticket also includes a designated Presidential Package ticket-holder room with : Seating, Exclusive Entertainment from Jazz duo Old Green Eyes, Charcuterie Board & other treats from The Presidents Room, more chances to win Golden Ticket Prizes, A Signature Old 502 Winery Glass, Private Bar w/ Molly Wellmann guest bartending (!!!), Exclusive Samples from The Anchor-otr, The Capital Grille, Share: Cheesebar, & Seasons 52 and more!)

Portion of the proceeds to benefit ArtsWave.

Official Best of Cincinnati® Afterparty : Queen City Exchange with a live performance from Triiibe LLC!

More details to come!

*Every attendee with have a chance to win a Golden Ticket, just check your Official Bogart's Concert Fanny Pack!

You could win a pair of tickets to:
Bonnaroo 2018
Forecastle Festival
Bunbury Festival*
Jason Mraz
David Byrne
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Odesza
Steve Martin & Martin Short
Barenaked Ladies
John Fogerty & ZZ Top
Dead & Company
Kesha & Macklemore
Chicago & REO Speedwagon
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Cirque du Soleil Corteo
Jimmy Eat World (Sold Out show)
The King and I The Musical
Dashboard Confessional
Grizzly Bear + Spoon
Steve Miller Band & Peter Frampton
Steely Dan & The Doobie Brothers
Jack Johnson w/ G. Love & Special Sauce
Jeff Beck & Paul Rogers + Ann Wilson of Heart
Family 4-pack of tickets to Kidz Bop Live
Free burritos for a year from Chipotle Mexican Grill
The National Homecoming
Overnight stay at 21c Museum Hotel Cincinnati
Body Part Tiles from Rookwood Pottery & 21c Museum Hotel Cincinnati
Aronoff Music Center Rookwood Pottery commemorative tile
Outlaw Music Festival feat. Willie Nelson
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefers
Miranda Lambert & Little Big Town
Avett Brothers at Fraze Pavilion (Sold Out show)
Bellwether Music Festival

Bunbury Festival Golden Ticket will be given away at the Official Best of Cincinnati® Afterparty at Queen City Exchange following the event. Must be present to win.

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