If you love smoked salmon and supporting great non-profits, Jacksonville is THE place to be on October 4 for the first-ever Southern Oregon Smoked Salmon Fest. Founders Ted Trujillo and Frank Kukla of Jacksonville look forward to providing you and your family a top notch event and informing the public about the important work done in Jackson County by the Maslow Project.

The SOSSF will be held at the new Britt Performance Garden from 10:00am-6:00pm and features live music, local food, vendors, local beer, local wine and a smoked salmon competition—judged by culinary pros who know their stuff.

Tickets are just $20 and include 5 food and 5 beer/wine tickets—enabling salmon fans to taste smoked salmon samples from the Bella Union, artisan breads from Rise-Up Bread, Rogue Creamery cheeses, sweet treats from local chef Kristen Lyon, and more. Beer and wine fans will enjoy samples from Walkabout Brewery and wine from Adit Public House.

For music fans, Don White, Frankie Hernandez Band, LEFT, Fret Drifters and others will perform on the new Britt Performance Garden throughout the day. The SOSSF will also have a paper airplane and hula hoop contest for the kids. For more information on the event and to purchase tickets, please visit www.southernoregonsmokedsalmonfest.com. 100% of the event proceeds will be donated to Maslow Project (www.maslowproject.com), a non-profit, grassroots organization based in Medford, Oregon providing street outreach and basic needs, crisis intervention, advocacy, and essential support services to homeless children and youth—ages 0-21—and their families throughout Jackson County.