2019 BarBQ Festival Visit Owensboro, KY


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It's time to get excited about two of our city's greatest staples because BBQ & Barrels is making a return to downtown Owensboro this spring! A celebration of our legendary barbecue and some of the best bourbon in the state of Kentucky, BBQ and Barrels is a two-day festival that'll be held on Friday, May 10 and Saturday, May 11 2024.


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BBQ & Barrels Returns to Downtown Owensboro, Kentucky in 2024. Mary-Katherine Published: January 29, 2024. Barb Birgy/Visit Owensboro. Last year, The City of Owensboro and Visit Owensboro reinvigorated the International Bar-B-Que Festival. After a couple of interesting years due to COVID including a creative drive-thru festival, BBQ & Barrels.


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The International Bar-B-Q Festival, Inc. board of directors announces the return of the Bar-B-Q Block Party on May 13-14, 2022. The annual festival is returning to a two-day event with even more barbecue and several other familiar festival elements. The festival will return to its barbecue-focused roots, featuring church cooking teams.


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BBQ & Barrels • Owensboro, Kentucky. Friday, May 10, 2024 12 PM - 10 PM • Saturday, May 11, 2024 10 AM - 10 PM. BBQ & Barrels represents the culmination of 45 years of a cultural tradition in Owensboro and Daviess County. It is the celebration of our past, our present, and our future, bringing together two of Owensboro's greatest.


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Once larger gatherings were allowed again, the International Bar-B-Q Festival Board transitioned to the Bar-B-Q Block Party. The refocused event continued the barbecue tradition in Owensboro on the 2nd weekend in May, with dozens of barbecue vendors filling downtown Owensboro in addition to the church cooking teams and Backyard BBQ Cookoff.


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While the event name may be new generally speaking, the foundation certainly is not as it continues upon the storied tradition of Owensboro's globally renowned Int' Bar-B-Q Festival which goes back nearly 45 years. The legacy of Owensboro's iconic BBQ legacy dates back centuries ago, to the early 1800's. It is the epicenter of.


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An Owensboro tradition will be revitalized on May 12 and 13, 2023 in downtown Owensboro. BBQ and Barrels is a new take on two of Owensboro's greatest culinary staples: unique barbecue and historic bourbon. "The Bar-B-Q Festival isn't ending, it's being reborn.


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OWENSBORO, Ky. (WFIE) - Crowds filled downtown Owensboro for BBQ and Barrels on Friday night. The city of Owensboro has hit the reset button on the International Bar-B-Q Festival. In this new.


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An Owensboro tradition will be revitalized on May 12 and 13, 2023 in downtown Owensboro. BBQ and Barrels is a new take on two of Owensboro's greatest culinary staples: unique barbecue and historic bourbon. "The Bar-B-Q Festival isn't ending, it's being reborn.


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Officials with Visit Owensboro say the BBQ festival is going to be rebranded starting this year as "BBQ and Barrels Festival.". Leaders say the event will now have a focus on not just BBQ, but.


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The rich barbecue and bourbon tradition in Owensboro will once again fill the streets downtown on May 10 - 11, 2024. New this year, festival attendees can expect more BBQ vendors, 5 church cooking teams, extra art vendors, a larger Baird Private Wealth Management Bourbon Experience in the Owensboro Convention Center, the addition of the KY Champions Motorcar Invitational, and concerts on the.


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BBQ & Barrels is your ticket to being immersed in the very best of the very best two worlds out there! Hosted in Owensboro, Kentucky, May 9 - 11.. the foundation certainly is not as it continues upon the storied tradition of Owensboro's globally renowned Int' Bar-B-Q Festival which goes back nearly 45 years. The legacy of Owensboro's.


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Tim Ross, the director of public events for the city of Owensboro, says this festival will be bigger and better than it's ever been before. He says the festival's new branding is expected to.


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The 2023 edition is going to have a brand-new name. It's called BBQ & Barrels and it's set for Friday, May 12th, and Saturday, May 13th in downtown Owensboro. The changes to the festival aren't a complete surprise. The COVID-19 pandemic triggered an evolution of the event. In the last couple of years, the popular festival has been referred to.


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Contact DetailsWebpublicWebTextOn the second weekend in May, the Owensboro riverfront becomes a hub of activity when cooking teams gather to compete with their secret recipes for barbecue. These teams are vying for best chicken, mutton and burgoo titles, as well as the Governor's Cup for the "BEST OVERALL BAR-B-Q COOKING TEAM." All total, more than 80,000 people will attend the festival with.


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BBQ & Barrels represents the culmination of 45 years of a cultural tradition in Owensboro and Daviess County. It is the celebration of our past, our present, and our future, bringing together two of Owensboro's greatest traditions - authentic, unparalleled Owensboro barbecue and historic Kentucky bourbon. Since 1979, people from all over.