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Cider Corps in Mesa to celebrate anniversary with dinner, festival

Cider Corps in downtown Mesa celebrates its one-year anniversary next month with a pair of special events.

At 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, it hosts a six-course dinner pairings dishes from six Valley chefs with drinks from six cideries in Arizona and California.

Participating chefs are Adam Allison (Handlebar Diner), Jeff Kraus (Crepe Bar), Donny Hawk (The Gladly), Craig Plevack (Fire & Foraged), Anthony Soltys (Worth Takeaway) and Tamara Stanger (Cotton & Copper).

Tickets are $100 and are available here.

From 1-6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, Cider Corps hosts the first-ever Southwest Cider Festival, featuring Arizona and California cideries.

Tickets are $50 and are available here.

Tickets include a $5 voucher for one of the attending food truck vendors. A portion of each ticket sale goes to Operation Homefront, which supports military families in our communities.