AaaaaChuuu!

In the DC area we are suffering from pollen, but I’m so happy spring is here and it’s time to be outside (albeit sniffing). Here’s the latest collection of BBQ events happening around the country involving Barbecue competitions, Blues and Brews—as well as other live music, cornhole, motorcycles…… [Links in festival names]

May 3-4
Apple Blossom BBQ | St. Joseph, MO

May 3-4
Bixby BBQ’n Blues Festival | Bixby, OK

May 3-4
Brew, Blue & Bar-B-Q | Lansing, KS

May 3-4
City of Show Low’s BBQ Throwdown | Show Low, AZ

May 3-4
Elk Grove BBQ Championship | Elk Grove, CA

May 3-4
Jiggy With the Piggy | Kannapolis, NC

May 3-4
Lansing DAZE: Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q | Lansing, KS

May 3-4
League City Music Festival & BBQ Cookoff | League City, TX

May 3-4
Show-Me State BBQ Cookoff | Kennett, MO

May 3-4
WhistleStop Festival | Huntsville, AL

May 3-5
Smokin’ on the Water | Liberty, IN

May 3-5
The Masters in May | Appleton, WI

May 4
Brews, Blues & BBQ | Yorktown, VA

May 4
DizzyFest 13 | Manassas, VA

May 4
Red Dirt BBQ & Music Festival | Tyler, TX

May 4
Route 66 Smoke Out | Dwight, IL

May 4-5
BBQ Jamboree | Fredericksburg, VA

May 4-5
Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival | Ridgefield, CT

May 10-11
Boss Hog Cook-Off | Waynesboro, GA

May 10-11
International Bar-B-Q Festival | Owensboro, KY

May 10-11
Minnesota in May | Falcon Heights, MN

May 10-11
Smoke on the Lake BBQ Festival | Acworth, GA

May 10-11
The Grasshopper ‘18 BBQ Cookoff | DeSoto, KS

May 10-11
Wild West BBQ Cook Off | Lamar, CO

May 10-11
Yaga’s Wild Game BBQ Cook-Off | Galveston, TX

May 11
Backyard BBQ Festival | Murfreesboro, TN

May 15-18
Memphis in May World Championship | Memphis, TN

May 17-19
Nor-Easter BBQ Showdown | Plymouth, MA

May 17-18
BBQ Throwdown | Wyandotte, MI

May 17-18
Bloomin’ Barbeque & Bluegrass | Sevierville, TN

May 17-18
Buckeye BBQ Fest | West Chester Township, OH

May 17-18
Kings of Q BBQ Cook-off & Festival | Ayden, NC

May 17-18
Stills and Grills Festival | North Wilkesboro, NC

May 17-18
Valley Veterans BBQ Competition | Valley, NE

May 18
Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival | Columbia, SC

May 18
Spring Out to Sunset Barbecue Competition | Valparaiso, IN

May 18-19
Lexington Battle Green BBQ Festival | Lexington, MA

May 18-19
Twin Valley Fire & Smoke | Morgantown, PA

May 24-25
Best Dam Barbecue Challenge | Boulder City, NV

May 24-25
Chantilly Farm Bluegrass & BBQ Festival | Floyd, VA

May 24-25
Hog Wild BBQ Festival | Brookhaven, MS

May 24-25
Papa Joe’s Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival | Evans, GA

May 24-26
BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay | North Bend, OR

May 24-26
Beaver Creek Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival | Beaver Creek, CO

May 24-26
Red, White & Bar-B-Q | Westmont, IL

May 24-26
Roc City Rib Fest | Rochester, NY

May 24-27
Berea’s National Rib Cook-off | Berea, OH

May 25
Big Bear Memorial Weekend BBQ Festival | Big Bear Lake, CA

May 25-26
Gettysburg BBQ Festival | Gettysburg, PA

May 30-Jun 1
Chillin n Grillin BBQ Festival | Sands Springs, OK

May 29-Jun 1
Erie’s Wild Rib Cook Off & Music Festival | Erie, PA

May 31-Jun 1
World’s Oldest BBQ Cooking Contest | Covington, TN

May 30-Jun 1
Big Blue BBQ Championship | Marysville, KS

May 31-Jun 1
Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition | Kansas City, MO

May 31-Jun 1
McLouth BBQ Blowout | McLouth, KS

May 31-Jun 1
Smokin in Steele | Owatonna, MN

May 31-Jun 1
Smokin on the Lake | Monroe City, MO

May 31-Jun 1
South Dakota BBQ Championships | Huron, SD

May 31-Jun 1
Up in Smoke on the Square | Lincoln, IL

Jun 1
Craft Brew & Que | Little Elm, TX

Jun 1-2
Horse Town Brew n’Que Festival | Norco, CA

Jun 1-2
Sun BBQ Fest | Uncasville, CT

Jun 5-8
Happy Harry’s RibFest | Fargo, ND

Jun 6-8
Derby BBQ Festival | Derby, KS

Jun 6-8
Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship (part of Pecan Festival) | Okmulgee, OK

Jun 6-8
Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Festival | Derby, KS

Jun 7-8
Almost Heaven BBQ Bash | Weston, WV

Jun 7-8
Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge | Kansas City, KS

Jun 7-9
Granite State BBQ Championship | Hancock, NH

Jun 7-9
Virginia Bar-B-Que | Virginia, IL

Jun 8
Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival | Richmond, VA

Jun 8
Buskers, Brews & BBQ | Aurora, CO

Jun 9
Beltway BBQ Showdown | Upper Marlboro, MD

Jun 12-15
W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival | Henderson, KY

Jun 13-16
BBQ Ribfest | Ft. Wayne, IN

Jun 13-16
Rose Festival BBQ | State Center, IA

Jun 14-15
Central Plains Ribfest | Holdrege, NE

Jun 14-15
Chisholm Trail Roundup | Lockhart, TX

Jun 14-15
Colorado BBQ Challenge | Frisco, CO

Jun 14-15
Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook Off | Hernando, MS

Jun 14-15
Great Eldorado BBQ, Brews and Blues Festival | Reno, NV

Jun 14-15
Hartford Rib Off | Hartford, CT

Jun 14-15
Hog Capital BBQ Challenge | Kewanee, IL

Jun 14-15
Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life | Kansas City, KS

Jun 14-15
Peak City Pig Fest | Apex, NC

Jun 14-16
Ribfest Chicago | Chicago, IL

Jun 15
Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival | National Harbor, MD/Washington, DC

Jun 15
Miles City Cowtown Cookoff | Mile City, MT

Jun 15-16
King of the County BBQ Fest | Martinez, CA

Jun 21-22
Auburn Hills Summerfest Barbecue Cook-off | Auburn Hills, MI

Jun 21-22
Blount County BBQ Bash | Maryville, TN

Jun 21-22
Covington Cork & Pork Festival | Covington, VA

Jun 21-22
Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | Lenexa, KS

Jun 21-22
Silicon Valley BBQ Championship | Santa Clara, CA

Jun 22
Blues, Berries & BBQ Festival | Columbia, SC

Jun 22
Cape May Blues, Brews & Barbecue Festival | Cape May, NJ

Jun 22-23
Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle | Washington, DC

Jun 22-23
Heritage Days BBQ Showdown | Belvidere, IL

Jun 22-23
Leadville BBQ & Brew Festival | Leadville, CO

Jun 23
Montana BBQ Cook-Off | Absarokee, MT

Jun 28-29
York County BBQ Festival | Delta, PA

Jun 28-30
Smokin on the Pecos | Artesia, NM

Jun 29
Bacon, Brew & BBQ Festival | Sun Prairie, WI