The 1st Annual Barbeque Festival
will be held on Friday, September 2 and Saturday, September
3, 2005 at the stunning Ashe County Park nestled in the Blue
Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. The Festival is a Kansas
City Barbeque Society nationally sanctioned cook-off
competition and festival.
This is not your typical tailgate barbeque event. This is a
major national event complete with professional barbeque
teams from around the US competing for prize money and
trophies. These events are managed and run according to a
set of organizational rules and include professional judges.
In addition to barbeque contestants, some of whom will be
selling their competition barbecue; there will be a limited
number of other food vendors on site. There will be an arts
and crafts area with local and regional artists selling
handmade items. A children’s area will also be available,
providing a site for children to play and have fun.
Regional musicians will provide live music throughout the
event ranging from blues, jazz, rock, gospel, and bluegrass.
Mission:
Our mission is to provide
operating funds to various non-profit organizations in Ashe
County by planning and staging an Annual Barbeque Festival
each Labor Day weekend. This Festival will feature a
competition cook-off between various BBQ cooking teams and
will be sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society, a
national organization. It will also include various music
forms and local hand-made crafts. It is our goal to aid the
region through tourism and to help various spin-off
businesses.
Ashe County Barbeque Festival
Organizing Committee
2005 festival set
The 1st annual Ashe County Barbeque Festival will be
held
September 2-3, 2005, at Ashe County Park, in
Jefferson, N.C.
volunteer leaders needed
The Festival committee is looking for some dedicated
and hard-working folks interested in serving as
Festival volunteers. Learn more and apply here.
Volunteers will receive a Festival T-shirt,
admission and a warm hand-shake and a friendly
smile. To contact volunteer coordinator please
contact
Dawn Goodman @ 336-246-1523 or visit to see other
volunteer opportunities.
www.asheonline.com/community/volunteer
admission
Admission to the festival is $5; children under 10
are admitted free when accompanied by an adult.
There are separate charges for food, drinks,
souvenirs and kids' activities.
sponsors
Boone Family Funeral Home
Blue Ridge Electric
Corporation
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