Tickets are now on sale for the annual Atlanta Food & Wine Festival, which returns for its ninth year from May 30 to June 2. From now until Sunday, March 31, early-bird tickets are being offered at a reduced rate for the festival, which has the theme “Off the Eaten Path.”

While classes will remain at the Loews Atlanta Hotel, the Tasting Tents have found a new home in Historic Fourth Ward Park along the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail. Attendees can expect dozens of rotating chefs, sommeliers, mixologists and vendors daily, live music, wine pop-up stations and a Cocktail Garden. The Tasting Tents will once again take place Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoon.

To check out the various ticket packages, visit atlfoodandwinefestival.com.

Collin Kelley has been the editor of Atlanta Intown for two decades and has been a journalist and freelance writer for 35 years. He’s also an award-winning poet and novelist.