Chicken and beer: Memphis-flavored festival returns to Liberty Stadium
At the 2025 Memphis Chicken & Beer Festival, more than 30 beer brands will be represented. (Courtesy Memphis Chicken & Beer Festival)
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Relocating to Memphis has been a culture shock in a variety of ways. From hearing the blues blasting from the windows of cars driven by people who don’t fit my stereotypical idea of a Southern soul fan (it seems like everybody listens to the blues down here), to the language, food, and pace of life. No place on Earth is like Memphis.
Because of this, I was really confused when the latest festival popped up on my calendar. Call it customs confusion.
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Ellen Chamberlain
Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home. The Michigan native has worked in media for nearly 25 years as a radio broadcaster, journalist and ghostwriter. As The Daily Memphian’s food and restaurant writer, she gives readers inside perspectives of their favorite restaurants and the people behind them, suggestions for the best bites around town and the latest food news from in and around Shelby County.
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