Mesa Arts Center is thrilled to announce “Alton Brown Live: Beyond The Eats” as the first on sale for our 2021-22 season! Mesa Arts Center will announce the full Performing Live season later this spring/summer. Mesa Arts Center’s theaters have been closed to the public since March 2020 but are anticipated to open in fall 2021.

Television personality, author and Food Network star Alton Brown has announced “Alton Brown Live – Beyond The Eats” will visit Mesa Arts Center on Thursday, November 11, 2021. Brown created a new form of entertainment – the live culinary variety show – with his “Edible Inevitable Tour” and “Eat Your Science,” which played in over 200 cities with more than 350,000 fans in attendance. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 5 at noon.

Get tickets at MesaArtsCenter.com or call 480-644-6500 during box office business hours.

Brown says fans can expect “more cooking, more comedy, more music and more potentially dangerous science stuff.” Critics and fans have raved about the interactive components of Brown’s shows. He warns, “[p]repare for an evening unlike any other and if I call for volunteers… think twice.”

Brown has a knack for mixing together science, music and food into two hours of pure entertainment. “Plus, you’ll see things I’ve never been allowed to do on TV.”

Alton Brown has been on the Food Network for over 20 years and is best known as the creator, writer and host of Good Eats, Good Eats: Reloaded, and Good Eats: The Return. He also hosted Cutthroat Kitchen and served as the culinary commentator on Iron Chef America. There are two James Beard awards with Brown’s name on them in a drawer in his office, and somewhere in the world there’s a coveted Peabody awarded for Good Eats that was stolen out of his car back in 2013. In his spare time, he’s working on his ninth book on food and cooking.

Information about Alton Brown or the Beyond The Eats tour can be found on Facebook: /altonbrown; Twitter: @altonbrown; Instagram: @altonbrown; or use the tour hashtag #AltonBrownLive.

Those with an appetite for more Alton Brown can find additional show and ticketing information at http://www.altonbrownlive.com.

Mesa Arts Center’s theaters will reopen informed by CDC guidelines, state health department guidelines, and best practices. Masks will be required of all visitors age six (6) and older. Hand sanitizer stations will be readily available, and extra cleanings of high-touch areas will occur throughout the event.


By Kristin McLeod
Photo by David Allen