As a public service to porkaholics everywhere, the BBQ Jew maintains this list of upcoming barbecue events in North Carolina. Please send us an email or post a comment if you have an event you’d like listed–the only cost to you is the possibility that your event will receive a visit by Porky LeSwine and the Rib Rabbi.
April 9 & 10, 2010: Newport Pig Pickin’ Contest (Newport, “The Town with Old Fashioned Courtesy”)
April 16 & 17, 2010: Kings Mountain Firehouse Barbeque Cookoff (Kings Mountain)
May ?, 2010: Wil King Hog Happenin’ (Kinston)
May 1, 2010: Beach, Blues & BBQ (Monroe)
May 1 & 2, 2010: The Ham & Yam Festival (Smithfield)
May 8, 2010: Carthage Buggy Festival BBQ Cookoff (Carthage)
May 15, 2010: Bar-B-Que Festival at Salisbury Cultural Arts Festival (Salisbury, one of NC’s original BBQ towns)
May 15, 2010: Roanoke-Chowan Pork-Fest (Murfreesboro).
May ?, 2010: Carolina Pig Jig (Raleigh)
June 4 & 5, 2010: Hog Happenin’ (Lincolnton)
June 10-13, 2010: Texas Pete Twin City RibFest (Winston-Salem, not Minneapolis-St.Paul)
June 11 & 12, 2010: Blue Ridge BBQ Festival (Tryon)
June 18 & 19, 2010: Hillsborough Hog Day (Hillsborough, how’d you guess?)
August 13 & 14, 2010: Mountain High BBQ and Music Festival (Franklin)
September ?, 2010: Western NC BBQ Festival (Maggie Valley)
October 9, 2010: Pork Jam 2010 BBQ Festival (Pelham)
October ?, 2010: Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down (Rocky Mount)
October ?, 2010: Future Legends of BBQ Festival (Flat Rock)
October ?, 2010: Vander Pig Cook Off (Fayetteville). No URL available, email vanderbyrds4@yahoo.com
October ?, 2009: Mallard Creek Barbecue (Charlotte)
October 23, 201o: The Barbecue Festival (Lexington)
October ?, 2010: Carolina Smokin’ Fall Fling & Ol Timers Day (Lumberton)
November 5 & 6, 2010: Hog Happnin’ (Shelby)
Do Porky LeSwine, the Rib Rabbi and your readers have any interest in a walking food tour? We started one in downtown Raleigh last Spring and are about to expand to the Chapel Hill & Carrboro area. Durham is next.
Leigh,
We like food and we believe walking is a good excuse for eating more food. Please feel free to post a link or whatever other info you have to share in the comments section, and we’ll be happy to try and spread the good word. Now if only there were more BBQ joints in walking distance of each other…
I know you’ve got this on your site, but here is a blurb from the local paper.
http://tinyurl.com/dbosno (Neuse BBQ Fest)
Are you all going to do a report on Hillsborough Hog Day?
Small notice in N/O
http://www.3cups.net/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/5764
Pig Pickin’ and Beer
Pork Jam 2010 BBQ Festival
Pork Jam 2010 BBQ festival will kick off Saturday October 9th starting at 10am – 7pm. Located at 4895 Old US 29 Pelham, N.C. (about 45 mins north of Greensboro), it benefits the community of Pelham by supporting the Pelham Volunteer Fire Department. We will have art/ Crafters (over 50 in ‘08 and ‘09), Kids games/rides, face painting, hay rides, clowns, special appearances, giveaways/door prizes, live bands performing all day (Gospel, Rock, Country, Beach, Bluegrass, etc….). If that was not enough we will be serving our famous BBQ and stew all day made fresh by the volunteer firemen.
This will be one event you will not want to miss! Free admission and parking (Handicap parking available), If you are interested in being a vendor please email us at porkjam@bellsouth.net. We expect 2,000 in attendance