Upcoming food and drink events

March 13: 25th annual Bank of America Wine, Spirits & Culinary Celebration featuring 60 wines and spirits, 12 craft beers, bites from up to 40 local restaurants, DJ, interactive exhibitions and silent auction, benefitting Museum of Discovery and Science, 6:30 to 10 p.m. at museum, 401 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale, prices vary including $150 for general admission and $300 for VIP, http://bit.ly/2ujGGXU

March 13, 15: Third annual We Are Stoneman Douglas food and wine festival at 4 p.m. March 15 at Parkland Golf and Country Club, 10001 Old Club Road, Parkland, $150, benefitting nonprofit Parkland Cares that funds counseling for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting

survivors and families, We Are Stone man Douglas .com

March 18-22: Second annual Greater Fort Lauderdale Food & Wine Festival, Cocktail Confidential, 7 to 9 p.m. March 18 at Sistrunk Marketplace & Brewery, 115 NW Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale, $49; chefs hosting “Catch the Love” dinners at their restaurants in four cities March 19, prices vary; GFL on the Rise at 6 p.m. March 20 at The Atlantic Hotel & Spa, 601 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, $100; Grand Tasting with samplings, cooking demonstrations and live music, noon to 5 p.m.

March 21 at ArtsPark at Young Circle, 1 N. Young Circle, Hollywood, $50 or $95 for VIP; Family Day & Food Drive with children’s activities, food trucks and bars, noon to 5 p.m. March 22 at ArtsPark at Young

Circle, free entry with suggested toy donation; portion of festival proceeds benefits Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, GflFoodWine.com

March 19-22: Annual Italian and International San Gennaro Feast, more than 60 rides and games, arts and crafts, live music, singing and dancing performances, hours vary by day, north end of Gulfstream Park, 901 S. Federal Highway, Hallandale Beach, $12 entry and children 54 inches and shorter free, rides cost extra, SanGennaroFeast.com

March 21-22: Sixth annual Wellington Bacon & Bourbon Fest featuring more than 60 bourbons and bacon-infused bites from local chefs for purchase, ticketed food-and-bourbon pairing seminars, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. March 21 and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 22 outside at

Village of Wellington Community Center, 12150 Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington, free entry, eventeny.com/ events/ticket/?id=348

March 21-22: Fourth annual Doral Food & Wine Festival featuring more than 40 restaurants and sponsors, cooking demos by celebrity chefs, beer garden, live entertainment, kids and teen zones, 5 to 11 p.m. March 21 and 2 to 8 p.m. March 22 at Doral Central Park, 3000 NW 87th Ave., $25 entry includes 12 sampling vouchers and $115 VIP includes 12 vouchers and all-you-can-eat VIP area, DoralFoodAndWineFestival .com

March 22: Cochon555, 11th annual event featuring five chefs competing with dishes from whole pigs to advance to September’s Grand Cochon in Chicago, 5 to 7:30 p.m. at The Biltmore resort, 1200 Anastasia Ave.,

Coral Gables, $125 and $185 for VIP at cochon555.com/ events/Miami

April 3-4: Big Smoke Whisky Fest, sample more than 150 whiskies with buffet, attend whiskey seminars and collect 29 cigars during grand tastings presented by Cigar Aficionado and Whisky Advocate from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, 1 Seminole Way, Hollywood, $275 or $345 for VIP with 5:30 p.m. entry, package prices available that include cigar seminar 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 4, BigSmokeWhiskyFest.com

April 16: Palm Beach’s

Taste of the Nation, bites from at least 45 local restaurants, wines, beers and spirits, 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach, $150 or $250 for VIP, benefiting Share

Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign, NoKidHungry.org/ PalmBeach

April 26: American Fine Wine Competition’s “Sip Rosé + Red + White, A Garden Party,” more than 150 rosés, frosé and dozens of other wines, bites from local restaurants, music, dancing and raffles, 4 to 7 p.m. at Fort Lauderdale Woman’s Club, 20 S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale, $55 at Eventbrite.com

April 26: 20th annual

Sweet Corn Fiesta featuring corn and hot dogs, live music, corn-eating and corn-shucking contests, children’s activities, rides and midway games, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Yesteryear Village at South Florida Fairgrounds, 9067 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach, $5 to $10 entry and free for ages younger than 6, rides cost extra, SweetCornFiesta.com