The inaugural Traverse City Chocolate Festival takes place this Sunday (April 26) at the City Opera House in downtown Traverse City from 1-5 PM. The $15 ticket helps benefit the Michigan Community Action Agency’s food programs.

Participating Chocolatiers

• Charles Layton Chocolates
• The Chocolate Den
• Chocolate Exotica
• Forest Confections
• Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate
• Jacques Torres Chocolate
• Kilwin’s Traverse City

Compatible Tastes (Coffee, Tea & Wine)

• Higher Grounds Trading Company
• Great Northern Roasting Company
• Great Lakes Tea and Spice
• Light of Day Organics
• Serenity Tea Bar and Café
• Bel Lago
• Black Star Farms
• Chateau Chantal
• Ciccone Vineyard & Winery
• Forty-Five North Vineyard and Winery
• Good Neighbor Organic Winery
• Leelanau Cellars
• Shady Lane Cellars
• Grand Traverse Distillery

Entertainment

• The Turtlenecks (Norm Wheeler and Mike Sullivan)
• Dane Pedersen – guitar
• Linda Davis – piano
• The Alderman Ensemble