Katy Sip N Stroll Fall – A Fall Must Attend Experience
Get Ready Katy. The Katy Sip N Stroll, presented by Keller Williams and Kroger, promises to be packed with fun. The 24th edition of Katy Sip N Stroll, Katy’s premier culinary and wine community event, with WOW elements galore. Upon arrival to The ARK by Norris, guests will be greeted with complimentary shuttle buses to whisk them from their parking space to the entry. Then the hard choices begin. Should I go left to the All Things Bubbly display to enjoy sparkling selections from Freixenet-Mionetto? Or should I go straight to Kroger Experience Alley with Burns Original BBQ and Snow Fox Sushi, and wine – of course.
This all-inclusive ticket is the key to the foodie kingdom with 35+ food tasting stations. Not a chance to go thirsty with 300 wine, craft beer and spirits offerings and lots of wow elements.
Speaking of Wow … other special event features include:
- Aruba Tourism VIP Zone
- Del Webb Spirits Deck serving the latest in craft spirits
- evamor Water Hydration Station
- Le Chloe Fountain of Youth
- Two live music stages featuring Katy’s own award-winning singer/songwriter Kristen Hart on the American Furniture Warehouse Back Lot Music Stage, Shang and Byron’s 2 Man Band on the PartyStage
- Sweet Tooth Alley with desserts extraordinaire and deliciously sweet wines
- Correlejo Tequila Lounge
- Unique artisan vendors and
Whew!!! Guests will have to map out their plans to make sure to experience it all.
This is truly a party with a purpose benefiting The Ballard House. Sip N Stroll benefits The Ballard House. Take away great items from the silent auction, wine pull, and party raffle with 100% of proceeds going to serve the needs of The Ballard House clients. The event has sold out for years. It’s a steal of a deal with all-inclusive tickets starting at $65.
If you fancy yourself a wine enthusiast, upgrade to the Aruba VIP Premium Lounge where you’ll arrive one hourearlier to enjoy 50+ selections of premium wines, lounge seating, elevated food offerings, VIP Swag bag and the “big” glass. There’s never a dull moment. You don’t want to miss out.
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It’s Katy’s biggest, best, longest-running signature community event jammed packed with a cornucopia of engaging exhibitor experiences at more than 125 displays.
Co-Founders Constance and Clifton McDerby share their feelings about Sip N Stroll, “Our hearts are dedicated to The Ballard House which is why we created this meaningful fundraising event in 2010. Today our commitment is just as strong now as it was from the start. We invite you to raise a glass, meet a new friend, share a laugh and take it all in while serving the needs of guests of The Ballard House.”
In-Kind partners include ACME Party & Tent, All About Katy, Infiniti Graphics, Katy Fort Bend Foodies, Food Photography by Steven David, Houston Chronicle, Houston PetTalk, Infiniti Graphics, Swoon Magazine, The Katy News, Kelley Sweet Photography, Swoon Magazine, and Wilcox Media & Marketing.
Sponsorship opportunities and restaurant registrations are still available.
Tickets are available at www.sipandstroll.com. General admission tickets are $65, Aruba VIP Zone tickets are available at $95. All tickets are all-inclusive, and attendance is limited. A sellout is expected once again so don’t wait to get your tickets.
About Katy Sip N Stroll And Food & Vine Time Productions
Food & Vine Time Productions, producer of Katy Sip N Stroll, is celebrating 20 years in 2022 and is proud to have raised over $2 million dollars through various channels since its inception in 2002 for local charities and deserving non-profits.
The first large scale event in the Metro founded by Food & Vine Time Productions, Wine & Food Week is the first multi-day, multi-faceted, comprehensive destination culinary and wine event in the Houston Metro and the firstnationally to promote locally sourced and sustainable products. Founder Constance McDerby with life and business partner, Clifton McDerby have been promoting and furthering the diverse culinary scene to avid followers since 2002. Diffusing the mystique of wines, FVTP events make wines approachable by educating the novice to the aficionado. Food & Vine Time Productions created another first with the state’s first multi-day craft beer destination and educational event featuring over 300 craft beer selections. Brewmasters Craft Beer Festival celebrated a decade of craft beer experiences, being named #3 beer event in America by USA Today and #1 in Houston by Houstonia Magazine. Food & Vine Time Productions’ events include Houston Chronicle Culinary Stars, Katy Sip N Stroll, Wine Fair Cy-Fair, Wine Knot, Zest in the West, Tomball’s Freight Train Food Truck Fest, and a myriad of public lifestyle events and private events for various clients.
Katy Sip N Stroll Beneficiary: The Ballard House
A 501c3 organization, Cinco Charities® Inc. was founded in 2006 by a group of Keller Williams Premier Realty agents and has provided “a home away from home” for hundreds of patients and their caregivers since its inception. The organization has recently extended their commitment to those in need by building The Ballard House, a 40-room guest-suite hospitality house to meet the growing needs of patients coming to the Katy/West Houston Medical Center for treatment for life-threatening illnesses. These families have travelled to Katy from 26 different states besides Texas, 45 Texas cities and rural communities and as far away as Poland and Canada fortheir treatments. Dr. Gregory Chronowski, Associate Professor of Radiology Oncology at MD Anderson’s Katy Cancer Center said that “if it were not for Ballard House, a number of my patients would not have been able financially to come for cancer treatment and probably would not have lived."
“The Ballard House is a symbol of the warm and welcoming spirit of Katy’s community,” said Kathy Alt, Ballard House Manager. “The need for housing assistance has exploded the last couple of years. Now is a critical time to support Cinco Charities as we are daily answering the need from West Houston’s growing medical community by providing patients and their families free lodging and other services so they can concentrate on receiving their treatment."
The Katy Sip N Stroll is one of Cinco Charities major fundraising events to support the operating costs of The Ballard House. Your enthusiastic participation in the auction provides proceeds to directly benefit The Ballard House mission and is greatly appreciated.
For more information about The Ballard House and Cinco Charities, visit www.theballardhouse.org.
