›› Mila Czemerys

FernwoodBites2016_LizRubincamYou may have heard rumors of a ­magical place where you can roam freely tasting delicious canapés and cocktails to your heart’s content with your friends and neighbours in the outdoors while being ­serenaded by soulful music. This is no ­fantasy; it’s Fernwood Bites!

On June 24th, 2018, Fernwood Bites will fill beautiful Fernwood Square with the best food and drink Southern ­Vancouver Island has to offer. On this ­Sunday ­afternoon in June, from 5:30-8pm, ­Fernwood Square will host the likes of Cook ­Culture, ­Northern ­Quarter, Stage Wine Bar, The Salt and ­Pepper Fox, ­Fernwood Pizza ­Co., ­Aubergine ­Speciality Foods, Fernwood Inn, The Livet, Toque ­Catering, ­Parachute Ice Cream, ­Varsha Indian Kitchen, Dak, Hot & Cold Café, ­Discovery Coffee, ­Yonni’s ­Doughnuts, Wildfire Bakery, Origin ­Gluten-free Bakery, plus Phillips Brewing and Malting Co., Ampersand Distilling Co., Tod Creek Cider, Victoria Distillers, Sea Cider, Hoyne Brewing Co., Moraine Estate ­Winery, ­Volcanic Hills Winery, Howling Bluff Winery, ­Category 12 Brewing, Unsworth Vineyards, Cultured Kombucha, Merridale Cider, ­Phillips Soda Works with Kid Sister Ice Cream, and so many more! Each place will be there to delight your senses with a sample of their tasty fare.

Every year, for the last nine years, ­Fernwood NRG has hosted Fernwood Bites as a fundraiser for all the programs and work we do in Fernwood supporting this community. This is your chance to show your support for affordable ­housing, ­family, youth, and seniors support ­programs, food security projects, and arts & cultural events like the Pole Painting Project and FernFest. All funds raised directly support Fernwood NRG’s work.

Don’t miss out on Fernwood Bites—it has sold out every year since it began. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, April 11th at 10:00am at FernwoodBites2018.eventbrite.ca. Tickets are $75 and are all-inclusive—you don’t have to choose, you can try everything. Thank you so much for your support! Tell your friends.