This Aug. 23, get ready for a Cork Dorks showdown! Hosted at Idler's Home in SLO from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., the event puts the Cork Dorks (radio hosts Adam Montiel and Jeremy West of KRUSH 92.5 FM) into the Idler's Demo Kitchen for an exciting and hilarious cooking challenge. What results is a lot of fire, spice, and trash talk (all in good fun, of course). Learn more and get your tickets at krush925.com ... Brats off to you: Bedafest kicks off this Aug. 19, from 1 to 7 p.m. at La Cuesta Ranch in San Luis Obispo. Enjoy family fun, German food, and a whole lot of beer. The second annual BedaFest is hosted by Beda's Biergarten—the SLO eatery known for its authentic German recipes, wide variety of German and European biers, and friendly spirit (known as gemütlichkeit). Brass Mash provides the musical backdrop, and kids 12 and under are free. For tickets, go to go.blueascension.com/bedafest. Δ

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