DOWNTOWN BRENHAM READY FOR ‘UPTOWN SWIRL’ SATURDAY

  

Visitors to downtown Brenham can enjoy an afternoon of shopping and wine sampling during tomorrow’s (Saturday) Uptown Swirl.

Around three dozen businesses and locations will be open from 3 to 7 p.m. for participants to try a variety of wines. 

Brenham Main Street Manager Leigh Linden says the event supports downtown businesses and provides an afternoon of fun.

Over 600 tickets have been sold thus far, and some will still be available for purchase on the day of the event.  Tickets will be exchanged for commemorative wine glasses and wristbands at the side entrance of The Barnhill Center on Douglas Street starting at 2 p.m.

Linden says money raised from the Uptown Swirl will go back into the Brenham Main Street program for continued improvements downtown.

This year’s participating businesses in the Uptown Swirl include: Anatomy Clothing Boutique, Ant Street Inn, Ballad of the Bird Dog/Mescalito Coffee, Branded Boutique, Brenham Floral, Brenham Heritage Museum, Brenham Boutique, Brenham/Washington County Visitor Center, Brown Water Cigar Bar, Company Five, The Studio by Doug Peck, Downtown Art Gallery, Floyd’s Lounge, Glamfetti, Hermann Furniture/Emporium, Las Americas Latin Cuisine, Main Street Uncorked, Jet Set Chocolate, M.C. Art Studio, Peter Emerson Silversmith, Pioneer Smokehouse and Mercantile, posey roe, Puppy Dawgs & Cat Tails, Smooth Dimensions, The Book Nook, The Canyon Chick, The Pomegranate, Woman’s Cave, The Tilted Windmill, Timeless Designs Market, The Prancy Pony, Tres Chic Boutique, Tribal Trends, Trend Salon, Wild Ones Baby Boutique and Wine Bar Brenham.

Uptown Swirl sponsors include Cabernet Sponsor Deep in the Heart Farms, Pinot Grigio Sponsor Hermann Furniture, and Moscato Sponsors KOZE Vacation Rentals and Sotheby's International Realty.

To learn more, go to www.downtownbrenham.com.