Business Description
3rd annual BBQ & Blues coming to Cocoa Village's Riverfront Park June 7th-8th, 2013. Sanctioned by the Florida BBQ Association, we will be having a professional competition, live blues music, and much more!
National touring artist Damon Fowler will join some of Florida’s finest blues musicians including local one man band Matt Rossman, The Betty Fox Band, The Shaun Rounds Band and Josh Miller’s Blues Revue, on stage Saturday June 8th from late morning until dusk as they present the best in American Blues at the Third Annual BBQ & Blues in Historic Cocoa Village’s Riverfront Park.
Join us for the Third Annual, FBA Sanctioned, BBQ & Blues, Pro BBQ Competition June 7th & 8th 2013! This event is a designated State Championship by the governor of Florida and is an American Royal Invitational and Jack Daniel's World Championship qualifier.
Friday evening will see ongoing entertainment in the park brought to you by the Magic Dove Magic Shop, a VIP Party at the Parrish Grove Inn, and a Pub Crawl through Historic Cocoa brought to you by madhatterproductions.com. On Saturday, Riverfront Park will see the ‘meat’ of the BBQ contest and ring to music from some of the best Blues Artists in Florida! Also not to be missed Saturday are the People’s Choice judging at 11am, the Kids Fun Zone, various street entertainments, a vendor village showcasing the work of talented local artists and crafters, and of course the 5:00PM awards ceremony to honor the very tastiest in Florida BBQ! And don’t forget the food! A dozen BBQ vendors will be on hand to delight you with their culinary wares.
Again this year the festival welcomes Brighthouse Networks and Everything Brevard as key sponsors.
Admission to this great event is free and partial proceeds go toward supporting music in schools through Brevard Schools Foundation.
Event Schedule:
Friday June 7th
8:00am Cook Team Arrival-Set up time
12:00pm Meat Inspections Begin
5:00pm Mandatory Cooks Team Meeting
5pm-10pm Ongoing Entertainment in Riverfront Park by The Magic Dove
6-6:30 auxiliary contest turn-in
7pm VIP Party at The Parrish Grove Inn by Derby Street Eats
7pm-midnight Pub Crawl through the Village by madhatterpromotions.com (starts in park)
Saturday June 8th
9:30am Judges Meeting
10:00am Boston Butt Turn In
(for People’s Choice)
11:00am People’s Choice Competition
11:00am Chicken Judging
11:30am Matt Rossman on Stage
12:00pm Ribs Judging
1:00pm Pork Judging
1:30pm The Betty Fox Band on Stage
2:00pm Brisket Judging
3:30pm The Shaun Rounds Band On Stage
5:00pm Awards
6:00pm Josh Miller's Blues Revue on Stage
7:00pm Damon Fowler on Stage
9:00pm Event Ends
BBQ Competition and Blues festival
Open to the public 5pm Friday
FREE ADMISSION
Address & Contact
- Street:
- 430 Delannoy Ave.
- Postcode:
- 32922
- City:
- Cocoa
- State:
- Florida
- Zip:
- 32922
- Phone:
- FOR VENDOR INFORMATION, please contact Allan in the HCVA office at 321-631-9075 or cocoavillage@bellsouth.net
- Website:
- www.visitcocoavillage.com
- Category:
- Local Business
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