The Festival's most decadente event is an after-dinner fête in the historic Grove Arcade featuring locally-sourced desserts, specialty cocktails, champagne, and elegant live music. 

Many of the Arcade shops stay open for some after-hours shopping.

Price: $35 per person

Location: The Grove Arcade
                1 Page Avenue
                Asheville, NC 28801
 

Click here to view a photo gallery from Sweet 2011.

Built by E.W. Grove, the visionary and creator of the Grove Park Inn, the Grove Arcade opened in 1929 and thrived until World War II as one of the countryís leading public markets.

The historically-renovated Grove Arcade reopened to the public in 2002 as a destination featuring boutique shopping and exciting dining in a beloved downtown architectural wonder.