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South Beach Food Festival Postponed Over COVID Concerns. Here Are The New Dates

South Beach Wine & Food Festival will be pushed back until late May to account for the pandemic.
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South Beach Wine & Food Festival will be pushed back until late May to account for the pandemic.

Miami Beach’s massive food festival, which draws tens of thousands to South Florida every year, has decided to push back its events until late spring.

The South Beach Wine & Food Festival, which announced last month it would go on as an in-person event, will now be held May 20-23, instead of the middle of February, the festival’s founder and director said Tuesday.

“I felt it was in everyone’s best interest,” founder Lee Schrager said. “With the vaccine so close, why not wait and try to deliver the best experience and keep it safe and comfortable for everyone?”

Read more at our news partner the Miami Herald.

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