It’s Chocolate Time!

Gear up for Glendale’s sweetest celebration

Historic Downtown Glendale will be a chocolate lover’s paradise Feb. 3-5 as the 11th annual Glendale Chocolate Affaire, presented by APS, celebrates a decade of decadence with music, romance and that sinfully delicious confection.

Event hours are Friday 5-9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The event is located in the heart of Historic Downtown Glendale, in Murphy Park, located at 58th and Glendale avenues.

Sweet Treats and Romantic Reads

Chocoholics will delight in the nearly 40 chocolate purveyors, discovering everything from chocolate-covered cheesecake to chocolate pizzas to chocolate crepes. The Glendale Chocolate Affaire is sponsored by Arizona’s famous candy makers, Cerreta’s. The candy factory will offer tours all weekend, and they’ve donated the state’s largest chocolate Valentine heart, which will be raffled to support the Glendale Mayor’s Youth Advisory Commission.

So, what goes better with chocolate than romance? The festival has become the largest gathering of national romance novelists in the Southwest. This symposium of literary romantics offers fans the opportunity to get up close and personal with authors, as well as the chance to attend free writing workshops given by the experts.

Family Fun

Families with children can enjoy several activities, including hands-on arts and crafts, face painting and a rock-climbing wall. Horse-drawn carriage rides will be available throughout the weekend to take couples or families on a scenic ride through the historic Catlin Court District.

Now in its 11th year, the festival was recently listed in the Top 100 Events in North America by the Washington Post, the Seattle Times and the American Bus Association. The event also was bestowed with the 2003 Governor’s Tourism Award for the Best Special Event in Arizona.

Details

For more information on the Glendale Chocolate Affaire, call our special events hotline at
(623) 930-2299.