Tickets for the 2014 BB&T Charleston Wine + Food Festival® will go on sale Wednesday, September 18, 2013 on the Festival’s website. The annual Ticket Launch Party will be held that same evening at the newly opened Mixson Bath & Racquet Club in North Charleston.

As in previous years, the 2014 Festival event schedule will go up online approximately one week prior to the on-sale date of September 18 to allow guests to plan their weekend. Tickets to the Ticket Launch Party will be available for purchase on the Festival website in early August at a cost of $40 per person.

“We are excited about the Festival event line-up for 2014 and think our guests will be as well,” said Festival interim executive director Rick Jerue. “Mixson is a fantastic addition to the Charleston area and our annual Ticket Launch Party will be a perfect chance for guests to explore this unique new property.”

Mixson Bath & Racquet Club is part of the larger Mixson community development in the Park Circle neighborhood of North Charleston, which also includes Mixson Market and Básico restaurant. The Bath & Racquet Club, designed by Lake|Flato, features a saltwater pool, cabanas, badminton and bocce ball courts as well as yoga/wellness and event spaces.

The BB&T Charleston Wine + Food Festival® celebrates the best that the city of Charleston, SC has to offer: a local food culture rich in tradition, James Beard award-winning chefs, and the best city to visit in the world, according to Condé Nast Traveler’s 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards. The four-day event, praised as one of the top five food and wine festivals in the U.S. by Forbes Traveler, infuses home- grown flavor with the most celebrated chefs, culinary professionals, and winemakers in the world. The Festival, a non-profit organization, benefits local scholarships. For more information about the Festival, please visit www.charlestonwineandfood.com.