CulinART! | Friday, September 10, 2021 | 6:00 – 9:30 PM 

CulinART is back! Sylvan Lake's annual celebration of its rich culinary and art scene.  Restaurants along 50 Street, Lakeshore Drive and 46 Street will show off their best bites and small sips for this highly-popular culinary & art walking tour experience on September 10. 

Ticket sales end at 9pm on September 10. Restaurants may continue to exchange tickets as long as they like on September 10.

Admission is $5 per adult and $2 per junior aged 12 and under. Tickets will be sold for $1/ticket beginning September 7 at the NexSource Centre, and from the event booth on the walking route during the event. Guests will purchase their admission wristbands and tickets and find art installations, live music and culinary stations along their downtown walking route.  

Each participating business is invited to activate a culinary station by creating sample-sized bites of their signature dishes, trial menu items and miniature cocktails. Businesses will exchange guests' tickets for their culinary offerings, and later be able to redeem the value of the tickets with the Town of Sylvan Lake following the event.  

NEW! CulinART Walking Guides will encourage participants to visit as many culinary stations and art locations as possible. After the event, guests can submit their passport to win amazing prizes!  

NEW! Off the Eaten Path Culinary Vendors - Restaurants located outside of the walking route along 50th Street, Lakeshore Drive and 46th Street can now participate in CulinART as an open-air mobile food vendor. Space is limited! Mobile vendors must sign up by Friday, August 20 to allow for AHS application processing time. 

1. Choose your items

Be creative and select items that are unique to your restaurant! For speed, we recommend pre-making your items and serving from a chafing dish or tray at your culinary station. Price your items at a whole dollar amount between $1 - $7, where 1 ticket equals $1 dollar.

Pro tip – Use ingredients you already have to keep costs minimal! Keep your portion sizes and prices small; guests will want to try a little bit of everything from each restaurant

2. Register

Please confirm your participation early by completing the online registration form at the bottom of this webpage to help ensure the success of this unique event. A $50 vendor fee per restaurant will be payable upon registration. An online payment link will be sent to the registrant via email after registering. Pay online or visit the NexSource Centre to pay in person.

Registration Deadlines

• August 31, 2021| Deadline for restaurants located along the downtown walking route (50 Street, Lakeshore Drive, 46 Street)
• August 20, 2021| Deadline for Off the Eaten Path mobile vendors located outside of the walking route. Mobile vendors must submit an AHS Special Event Food Vendor Notification accompanied with their registration form. 

3. Prepare your culinary station

Each participating business will activate a culinary station by creating sample-sized bites of their signature dishes, trial menu items, miniature cocktails and more! 

For restaurants located along downtown walking route: 

Each restaurant will set up a table near your front entrance and have a dedicated staff member collecting tickets and distributing your items from the culinary station. For speed, we strongly recommend pre-making your items and serving from a chafing dish or tray at your culinary station. 

Alcohol must be served at a location for which the restaurant has a valid liquor license. Serving from the bar can help keep guests moving quickly. Use signage to indicate guests should head directly to the bar! If you chose to offer a miniature cocktail or beverage, ensure that you are compliant with liquor pricing and reference Section 5.2 of the AGLC Liquor Licensee Handbook.

For Off the Eaten Path culinary vendors:

Open-air culinary stations will be placed along the walking route downtown, consisting of a 10x10' canopy tent and signage. Off the Eaten Path restaurants will activate their station by providing a table, staff member(s) and culinary offerings. Mobile vendors must abide by all AHS food handling regulations to ensure consumer safety. 

Pro tip – Keep things simple with disposable dishes and utensils guests can easily throw away.

4. Collect tickets & sticker Walking Guides

Businesses will exchange food tickets for their culinary offerings, and later be able to redeem the value of the tickets with the Town of Sylvan Lake following the event. Restaurants will be given stickers to place on guest's Walking Guides when they exchange tickets at their culinary station. Put the sticker on the square that has your restaurant's name. Guests will enter their completed Guides to win great prizes! One sticker, per guest, per restaurant.

Important - Be sure not to lose or misplace any tickets collected; the Town of Sylvan Lake is unable to redeem any tickets that are not presented after the event. 

5. Redeem tickets for reimbursement

Redeem tickets to be paid out by cheque by bringing all tickets collected during the event to the NexSource Centre by October 1, 2021. A cheque will be sent via mail within 5-10 business days. 

Just for Tourism Partners! Businesses who are registered Tourism Partners will additionally receive:

• Featured business logo on the event webpage at visitsylvanlake.ca/culinart following approved registration
• Option to be an ART STOP and feature an artwork at your business (dependent on the type or art available and its durability)

Not a Tourism Partner? Register for FREE at sylvanlake.ca/tourismpartnership

Artists' work will be exhibited at CulinART! and distributed throughout the downtown area. From sculpture to paintings, mixed media, and more - CulinART! is open to all types of art that can feasibly be placed and protected during the event.

Know an artist? Artists at every level can exhibit their work at CulinART! by getting in touch with our special events coordinator at 403 887 2199 ext 512 or pmcarthur@sylvanlake.ca or apply online at visitsylvanlake.ca/artistapplication

Guests and the public can find all the information they need to know at visitsylvanlake.ca/culinart