B4 Weekend 2016

Friday night’s Coasting Through the Gulf Beach BBQ at The Gasparilla Inn & Club’s beach club features live music with Brett Dennen, fresh seafood delicacies, barbecue, bourbon, and beer.

Guests Michelle Mediate and Hunter Roberson.

From left: B4 Weekend showcases guest chefs John Folse, Jared Van Camp, Ethan Hileman, and Kyle Krieger.

From left: Drew Denny, Jessica Derrick, and Matt Lee.

Chefs from The Gasparilla Inn & Club fire up the grill, preparing fresh grilled lobster from the gulf.

The Fish Hippie Bronco, driven down from Mount Airy, NC, parked outside the Beach Club for Saturday morning’s trunk show.

Singer/songwriter Brett Dennen performs hits from his newest album, Por Favor, during the beach BBQ on Friday night.

The make-your-own Bloody Mary bar features all the fixin’s for guests to amp up their beverage during the Fish Hippie trunk show on Saturday morning.

Guests mingle and sip cocktails on the inn’s front porch during Saturday evening’s Southern Soirée before heading to dinner on the croquet lawn.

JR and the Myakka River Boys play for B4 Weekend guests at the Boca Meets Bluegrass dinner on the croquet lawn.

From left: Suellen Skach, Alyce Nanney, Sabrina Coulston, and Neena Kushner in line for barbecue prepared by the guest chefs on Saturday evening.

The G&G cookbook-themed room drop includes a copy of the New York Times bestseller The Southerner’s Cookbook, a G&G apron, and special treats from the book—a jar of classic pimento cheese and a box of bourbon balls.