Kick Off Life Is Beautiful with Grills & Guitars

Life Is Beautiful kicks off its three-day festival with another rendition of Grills & Guitars, filled with chefs and live music. The event takes place at Gold Spike on Thursday, Oct. 23, from 7 to 10 p.m. with its own take on a traditional backyard barbecue.

Festival artists Vintage Trouble, Sleeper Agent and The All-Togethers put on the music while a culinary dream team pushes out the dishes. Look for chefs such as Bruce and Eric Bromberg, Frankie Pellegrino Jr., Cat Cora and more to supply the food. Dishes that make the menu so far include rock shrimp mac and cheese, grilled Spanish octopus with squash caponatta and crab grits, grilled prime steak tacos, barbecue St. Louis ribs, Basque shrimp with chimichurri, pastrami-spiced ribeye, burgers and more.

Grills & Guitars tickets are $175 all-inclusive of food, beverage and music, and can be purchased here. Single-day tickets also go on sale today starting at $105.

Here's a look at the chefs:
Bruce and Eric Bromberg (Blue Ribbon, Brooklyn Bowl)
Cat Cora (Co-Founder of Chefs for Humanity)
Frankie Pellegrino Jr. (Rao's Restaurant Group)
Hubert Keller (Fleur by Hubert Keller)
Jet Tila (Kuma Snow Cream, Pakpao Thai)
Kim Canteenwalla (Honey Salt, Buddy V's, Made.LV)
Marc Forgione (Restaurant Marc Forgione, American Cut)
Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger (Border Grill Restaurants & Truck)
Nancy Silverton (Mozza Restaurant Group)
Ralph Perrazzo (BBD's – Beers, Burgers, Desserts)
Sam Marvin (Echo & Rig)
Shawn McClain (Sage and FIVE50 Pizza Bar at Aria)
Andiamo Steakhouse at the D Las Vegas
Palm Restaurant
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