Rib Fest

[Mr. Delicious]

I recently became a member of our local downtowners association and we are trying to organize a "rib fest" for this summer. Just wondering if anybody has attended similar events. We are doing this 3 days in june, we are bringing in national ribbers and will have local music, beer sales, other vendors (Mr. Delicious selling cheesecake), games for kids etc. We are also doing a competition of local restaurants, politicians, celebrities. There are events in a few other area cities, Fargo ND, Mankato MN... Any ideas are greatly appreciated, or if you know any national "ribbers" send them my way. Any help is greatly appreciated!

[Chris Amirault]

Can you say more about this fest? Is there a contest, or is it just for eatin' and drinkin'?

[CaliPoutine]

There is a big one each summer in London, ON. Its put on by the Boys and Girls club of London I've never been, but Eg member Pookie attended and blogged about it in our tag team blog.

You might want to contact the Boys and Girls club for more info.

[moreace01]

Chicago also has a ribfest. I keep meaning to go...

[Mr. Delicious]

Can you say more about this fest? Is there a contest, or is it just for eatin' and drinkin'?

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Based on what I know so far its a contest for national ribbers (huge trailers that tour nationwide setup with sound systems etc..) We also plan on doing another contest for local restaurants, local people and a contest for kids. The event will be thursday, friday, and saturday. It will feature live music, 3-4 bands daily, beer gardens, other food vendors (myself selling cheesecake). It will be open 11am to 11pm each day. It will happen in a large parking lot of our local civic center. There will also be other vendors selling/displaying grills, hot tubs, atvs... To entertain the kids there will be those inflatable jumping things and a mechanical bull (for the adults).