Blues Hog BBQ and Music Fest comes to Savannah, Tennessee
Blues Hog BBQ and Music Fest comes to Savannah, Tennessee
March 31-April 1, 2017
On March 31 through April 1, Southwest Tennessee Tourism will transform the sprawling lawn of Green Acres RV Resort located in Hardin County, Tennessee into the Blues Hog BBQ and Music Fest,
A two-day celebration of great music, great food, and family fun. Beginning on Friday afternoon, visitors can enjoy live music by some of the best bands that have been rising in popularity at festivals
Across the area. The outdoor fun includes something for all ages, arts and crafts, a kids-que, a selection of food styles for purchase and sampling, including BBQ pork, chicken, brisket, desserts, cold drinks
And of course, since we are in Savannah, Tennessee, we will definitely include some mouthwatering catfish!
The Blues Hog BBQ and Music Fest is a Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) event that for the past two prior years was held in nearby Jackson, Tennessee. This year the event organizers are pleased to
Announce the new venue at Green Acres RV Resort adjacent to Hwy. 128 between Savannah and Pickwick, Tennessee. Along with being a KCBS sanctioned BBQ competition, the Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest
Is also a state championship BBQ contest. Over $15,000 is up for grabs in a battle for Grand Champion! The Blues Hog BBQ Contest is also a Jack Daniels' World Championship and American Royal Invitational
Qualifier as well! Come enjoy 2 days of great music and the heavenly smells of some of the best BBQ in the country.
Admission to the grounds is FREE! Plenty of parking on site and just across the highway.
Schedule of Events! Live! Music! Food, Games, and Cooking Demos for All Ages
CATFISH:
Friday afternoon, we will host a National Catfish Derby Championship of Catfish Cook-off and serve up what Savannah is famous for… catfish and hushpuppies. This cook-off will have two divisions - restaurant and amateur with three
Categories - fried, grilled & most unique.
MUSIC:
Bring a lawn chair, gather family and friends, and join us as we feature a full weekend of music from a slate of popular bands. Friday's line-up starts at 5 p.m. With Freedom, Skelton Crew and Coyote Creek. Saturday's line-up starts at 1:30
P.m. With Lady Sundown, Step N’ Tyme, Music Stew, Stumpwater, and Dead Horse, one of the area’s best emerging bands, whose infectious energy and originality have earned them a devoted following.
FUN:
Come back on Saturday for more food and fun! Vendors will open up at 9 a.m. With lots of food to eat while mingling through the Cook-off Team area to watch the professionals at work. Fun activities will include
Jump Houses, Gravity Jumpers, volleyball and more, in addition to arts and craft vendors showing and selling their wares.
The event is proud to be part of Smithfield's Get Grilling America Tour. In the Smithfield Kitchen, Celebrity Cook Melissa Cookston, the winningest woman in barbecue, a four-time Whole Hog World Champion, and
Two-time Memphis in May World Champion, will be hosting demonstrations. A great Southern Delta chef, Cookston is the proprietor of three locations of the Memphis BBQ Co. And the recently opened STEAK by
Melissa in Southaven, Ms. Melissa is the author of two best-selling cookbooks, Smokin’ in the Boy’s Room and Smokin’ Hot in the South which won the National BBQ News 2016 Book of the Year Award. Smithfield's
Ambassadors will be handing out samples, coupons, and swag!
People's Choice - Public Food Sampling
Get tickets to the people’s choice event on Saturday morning and sample some of this great award winning BBQ from the champions. For $5 you can sample professional BBQ teams' pulled pork and vote for your favorite. Winners of the
People's Choice Awards will be announced at 4:30 p.m. Saturday during the competition awards.
No outside coolers, food, or beverages will be permitted. The festival will feature open lawn seating and visitors are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chairs; no seating will be provided. Blues Hog BBQ and Music
Fest will take place rain or shine.
To enter your BBQ team, the Catfish Cook-off, or to be a vendor, visit our website at www.blueshogbbqandmusic fest.com.
Proceeds from the Blues Hog BBQ and Music Fest will benefit Aspell Recovery Center of Hardin County, the Darryl Worley Cancer Treatment Center, Hardin County Jesus Cares, and the Christian Assistance Ministries.
For more information contact Southwest Tennessee Tourism at 731-616-7474 or Hardin County CVB at 731-925-8181.