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Desert Dish: Super Bowl Parties Begin As Zac Brown Band Kicks Off DirecTV Fan Festival

ZAC BROWN BAND last night kicked off DirecTV's Super Fan Festival at the Pendergast Family Farm in Glendale (AZCENTRAL.com, 1/27)....Fox' JAY GLAZER last night hosted his fifth annual Super Bowl party at Maya Day & Nightclub in Scottsdale (MIAMIHERALD.com, 1/27)....Giants WR ODELL BECKHAM JR. and NBC's RODNEY HARRISON hosted the sixth annual Suits & Sneakers Fashion Show at the W Scottsdale. Joining Beckham and Harrison on the runway were Cardinals WR MICHAEL FLOYD and CB PATRICK PETERSON, former NFLer DONOVAN MCNABB, Redskins WR ANDRE ROBERTS, Browns CB JOE HADEN, and Broncos LB VON MILLER and WR DEMARYIUS THOMAS (THE DAILY)....The Tostitos Party Blvd opened yesterday and runs through Sunday. Scheduled appearances this week included Eagles coach CHIP KELLY and NFL Network's LADAINIAN TOMLINSON (Tostitos).

TONIGHT'S AGENDA: DJ CALVIN HARRIS is the headliner at DirecTV's Super Fan Festival. Pro Football HOFers JIM KELLY and RANDALL MCDANIEL co-host the Hall of Fame Players All-Star Benefit, with entertainment by EDDIE MONEY. The Big Game Experience VIP party at the W Scottsdale will be hosted by JAMIE FOXX. ENRIQUE IGLESIAS and PITBULL will perform at the US Airways Center, while DARIUS RUCKER headlines the Coors Light Birds Nest and BIG SEAN plays the Maya Day & Nightclub, hosted by Cardinals DE DARNELL DOCKETT. ESPN's MIKE DITKA and RON JAWORSKI host Cigars With The Stars, benefiting Gridiron Greats, Pro Football Legends and The Kevin Turner Foundation. Guests will include ESPN's MIKE TIRICO, JON GRUDEN, SUZY KOLBER, MIKE GOLIC and MERRIL HOGE (AZCENTRAL.com, 1/27)....Norwegian singers NICO & VINZ will perform at EA Sports' Madden Bowl XXI at both Livewire and Bottled Blonde in Scottsdale (Pepsi)....Award-winning chefs MICHAEL MINA and CHARLIE PALMER will host the Super Bowl Culinary Kickoff at Fairmont Scottsdale Princess. The inaugural event is at Bourbon Steak, Mina's "Four Diamond steak house at the resort." Singer MICHELLE BRANCH will perform. Among the confirmed guests are Pro Football HOFers MARSHALL FAULK and RONNIE LOTT, former NFL coach DICK VERMEIL, former NFLers ANDRE WADSWORTH and DWIGHT CLARK, Raiders S CHARLES WOODSON, former MLBers RICH AURILIA and SHAWN ESTES, A's 2B ERIC SOGARD and NFL Network's RICH EISEN (AZCENTRAL.com, 1/16).

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