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Spruce Pine BBQ Championship & Bluegrass Festival Master Schedule
 
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Beginning at 12 noon — Overnight Camping Available for BBQ Teams at Parkway Fire Department 
Friday, July 19, 2013
Beginning at 8am — BBQ Team & Vendor Set Up
Beginning at 10am — Pork Butts Distributed to
     BBQ Teams; Meat Inspection begins
3pm - Mitchell Co Transportation shuttles begin from
     remote parking sites
3pm — Cooks Meeting for BBQ Teams
4pm — Event Open to Public; Kids Area Open
4pm — Food & BBQ Vendors Open to Public
4pm — Common Ground
5:30pm — Barn Burner Cloggers
6pm — Steak Throwdown turn in
6pm — Tru Blue
7:30pm — Barn Burner Cloggers
8pm — IBMA Nominees Darin & Brooke Aldridge Performance
10pm — Event Closes for Public - Mitchell County Transportation shuttles available as required
All Night Into the Early Morning — BBQ Teams Create Top-Quality 'Que!
 
Saturday, July 20, 2013
8am - Spruce Pine Skedaddle - 5k Race
10am — Event Open to Public; Kids Area Open
10am — Cornhole Tournament begins
10am — BBQ Teams Turn In Pork Butts for Blind Judging
10am — Food & BBQ Vendors open to public
10am — High Country Boomers
11am — BBQ Teams Turn In Pork Ribs for Blind Judging
11:30am — Mountaineer Cloggers
12noon — BBQ Teams Turn In Chicken for Blind Judging
12noon — New Roots Bluegrass
1:30pm — Mountaineer Cloggers
2pm — Unspoken Tradition
3:30pm — BBQ Championship Awards Ceremony
4pm - Typical Mountain Boys
5:30pm - Cole Mountain Cloggers
6pm - Bluegrass Mix
7:30 - Cole Mountain Cloggers
8pm - Encore performance of Balsam Range, Winner 2011 IBMA Song of the Year
10pm — Event Closes to Public - Mitchell County Transportation shuttles available as required
 
3rd Annual Spruce Pine BBQ Championship & Bluegrass Festival - July 18 - 19, 2014
 
Responsible volunteers are needed in a variety of jobs for both Friday and Saturday.
If you are interested please contact Mike Tollison by e-mail at tmtollison@yahoo.com
with your name and phone number.