Perry-Taylor Chamber of Commerce
Contributor
The Smokin’ In The Pines BBQ Festival Is Kicking Off on the weekend of September 23 and 24 in Perry, Fla.
Exciting news! The most popular BBQ Contest in the North Florida area is coming up soon, the Smokin’ in the Pines BBQ Festival. This event promises to be the best show you’ll find in the Southeast. We expect thousands at this FREE event for a weekend filled with great BBQ, southern rock & country music, BBQ competitions ($15,000 in prizes), the Sauces of Honor Sauce Contest, Kids-Que Competition (ages 6-15), awesome food vendors selling seafood, sweet treats and lots of BBQ. We also have arts and crafts, Kid’s FREE Fun Zone Play area, with bounce houses and much more. The event will be held Friday, Sept. 23 and Saturday, Sept. 24 in Perry, Fla., at Forest Capital State Park. Music by the Tobacco Rd Band, the Green Farm Road Band, T.Woods, Jared Walker, Franc Robert and more!
Did we say BBQ?? There will be more BBQ than you can ever imagine! The People’s Choice portion (from 12:30 noon until 2:00 p.m. on Saturday) allows festival goers to sample over 35 different kinds of BBQ pulled pork for only $10.00 per person! There is NO ADMISSION for the event...YES, the event itself is FREE!!
The festival will also feature the official Smokin’ In The Pines OPEN BBQ Competition, where professional BBQ Teams from all over will compete for over $10,000 in cash and prizes. This event is the Florida State Championship Event, a Jack Daniels Qualifier Event as well as a World Food Championship Qualifier event, so the winner of the Smokin’ In The Pines OPEN BBQ Competition event qualified to be in the drawing to compete in the Jack Daniels Championship in Lynchburg Tenn., hosted by the Tourism Development Council and the Taylor County Chamber of Commerce. Our BBQ competition is sponsored by Advanced Refrigeration. This event features everything for the whole family, great food, fun, crafts and great music all throughout the two day event. Come on out and join us for a great weekend here in Perry, Fla., at the Forest Capital State Park for the best in music…BBQ and so much more! For more information, call the Chamber at (850) 584-5366 or go to www.smokininthepinesbbq.com.