Southern Living Biscuits and Jam – a giveaway!
Photo Credit: Hector Sanchez/Southern Living
If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you’ve probably noticed I’ve spent quite a bit of time on the north side of Nashville at Fontanel the last few months. Not familiar with Fontanel? It’s the insanely huge (27,000 square feet) log cabin mansion that was built, owned and lived in by Barbara Mandrell and her family back in the day.
After Barbara and family moved several years ago, new owners took over and have turned the mansion into one of Nashville’s top tourist attractions. And it’s not just a mansion any more. On the 136-acre Fontanel property, there are now zip lines, walking trails, disc golf, live music venues like the Woods Amphitheater, and my #1 reason for being out there – the Goo Goo Outpost.
Recently the latest and greatest attraction opened on site, the Southern Living Idea House.
Along with the opening of the Idea House came the Southern Living Biscuits and Jam concert series. Beginning in July, emerging country artists have been doing 60-75 minute acoustic performances in the courtyard every Sunday evening with the beautiful Tennessee hills as a backdrop.
Photo Credit: Hector Sanchez/Southern Living
As you may have guessed by the name, there is also a food element to these concerts. Yes, there really are biscuits and jam. And they’re free! The biscuits are Southern Living’s signature recipe and the jam is provided by Nashville’s very own Bathtub Gin.
In addition, there is plenty of other food and drink for sale. A $10 “plate” includes a sandwich (Ham & Cheese, Pimento Cheese, or Chicken Salad), chips, and a cookie. Beer, wine, water and soda are all available, as well as a yummy signature drink, the Honeysuckle Watermelon Cocktail.
Photo Credit: Hector Sanchez/Southern Living
Though July has already passed, and I’ve missed what I’ve heard are spectacular performances by Nikki Lane, Jana Kramer, The Farm and Elizabeth Cook, there is still an entire month left to this series, and I’m planning to try to hit as many of the shows as I can! On the schedule for August are:
August 4th – Holly Williams
August 11th – Brett Eldredge
August 18th – Sarah Darling
August 25th – DUGAS
Doors open at 5 pm and entertainment starts at 6 pm for all shows. Tickets can be purchased on the Fontanel website for $15. However…..you might just be able to go for FREE.
Southern Living has been so kind as to give me several tickets to give away to my readers! I have 5 sets of tickets for this Sunday, August 4th and 5 sets for Sunday, August 11th. That means I’ll be choosing 10 winners to receive a pair of tickets.
~Contest Closed~
Congratulations to the winners!
#34 Tammy Taylor
#33 David Dawson
#1 Kelly
#24 Susannah
#38 Robert Jenkins
#22 Megan F
#14 Amanda
#41 Jess
#19 Sherri
#27 Shannon
All you have to do is this:
Mandatory
1. Leave a comment telling me which show you’d like to see – Holly or Brett. Or if you don’t care, and just want to hear some great music and eat some delicious biscuits, tell me that too!
Optional
For up to 2 additional entries, you can do either or both of the following. Note: You must leave a separate comment for each optional entry.
2. Follow me on Twitter (@betheats) and tweet “Live music. Great food. Win tickets from @betheats to Southern Living’s Biscuits and Jam at Fontanel! http://bit.ly/19v3Mbm” then leave a comment telling me you’ve done so.
3. Like Eat.Drink.Smile. on Facebook and come back and tell me you did so (or just tell me you already do if that’s the case!)
Contest ends on Wednesday, July 31st at 11:59 pm CDT. Once the winners are chosen, I’ll make contact via email and post the names here on the blog. Because the first show is just days away, the winners must respond within 24 hours. If I haven’t heard from them within that time frame, I’ll be forced to choose others, so be sure to check your email!
Note: I will do my best to accommodate the winners preferred dates when divvying up the tickets. However, first responders will get first dibs on which show they’d like to attend. There will be 5 winners for the August 4th show and 5 for the August 11th, so be sure to check your email early on Thursday morning and get back to me ASAP!
Ooh Holly Williams. I’ll be out of town for Brett.
i would be interested in tix for this sunday, aug 4th
i spread the word on twitter :)
i already like you (lots!) on FB. thanks! :)
Wow! This sounds SO fun! I know my family would LOVE to see Brett! I also tweeted and follow you on Facebook!
Love me some southern biscuits and jam! Combined with music is just too good for my soul :) Brett, Brett, Brett!
Awesome! Would enjoy going either date. :-)
Would love to see Holly Williams! Love her!
Thanks for alerting us to these! I’d love love love to see Holly!
Tweeted!
Oh I’d love to see Holly!
Either Holly or Brett, I love country music!
I ‘liked’ Eat.Drink.Smile on FB as well. Thanks!!
this event has been on my radar to attend – a perfect family event. i’d love to see either show! and bicuits. duh.
I’d like to see Brett!
I like you on Facebook!
I’d love to see any of them! You are so nice to do this give-away!
Tweet tweet!
oh i’ve loved E-D-S on FB ages ago!! Holly please.
i follow you on FB!
BRETT ELDRIDGE AUGUST 11th
I’ve tweeted!
I already like your FB page! :)
Either show works for me! I just want some yummy biscuits ;)
I already like your FB page!
Just tweeted! I already follow you on Twitter :)
Current twitter follower here :) I’d love to see either. Been wanting to check out Fontanel for months, maybe I’ll finally get my chance!
Either one would be so fun!! A concert at fontanel is on my MUST-DO nashville list!!!! And I already like you on FB!
I would love to enjoy some biscuits and go see Holly Williams! I have been a fan of hers ever since “Ones We Never Knew”.
Also, I like you on FB already! Thanks for the giveaways!
Don’t Ya want to see Brett Eldredge and have biscuits and jam? I do. Thanks for the opportunity.
Followed you on twitter and tweeted out the link.
Liked your facebook page eat.drink.smile.
Either one! Can’t wait to visit Fontanel!
I like you on Facebook!
Tweeted!
I would enjoy tix to both, but regrettably I’m gng to be out of town for Brett. So, I would like to put my name in for Holly tickets. She’s great. I follow you on Twitter and have already “tweeted” and “Liked” your page on FB a long while ago. Thank you and to Southern Living for the opportunity!
Would Love, Love, Love to take my Bride to the Holly Williams show this Sunday !! I was already following on Twitter & have liked on FB.
@RHJenks
Followed on Twitter
Liked on Facebook
What could be better than biscuits and live music?! This sounds amazing and even if I don’t win, I’ll probably go every Sunday from now on! But winning a pair of tickets would be the icing on the cake… or the jam on the biscuit! I’d love to see Holly, but I’d take tickets for Brett too!
I follow you on Twitter and I tweeted (@twotrijess)
I like you on FB!
Hi Beth!
We had a brief email exchange awhile back and I am now officially a Nashville resident! Would love to get tickets to Holly’s show! Not sure I can make it to Brett’s on the 11th. What a great way to kick off my life in Nashville.
Oh I already follow you on FB too!
I would LOVE to go the Biscuits and Jam and see both Holly and Brett. I will be OOT for Holly’s show, so Brett it is! Thanks Beth!
I would like to see either one!
We just tweeted too! Thanks Beth!
Ginny S.
Oooh I’m going for Brett this weekend, are you? Glad to see they’ve actually added jam–during the first one, there were only biscuits and metaphorical jam (i.e. the music!).
No, can’t go to Brett. Wish I was!! Have a friend’s birthday dinner at Husk though, so I can’t really complain ;-)