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Welcome Media!

We appreciate your interest in the Blue Ridge Barbecue and Music Festival. Anything we can do to help you get your story, just ask!

Brenda Bradshaw, PR / Advertising
Office 828-693-8431 Cell: 828-777-8990

We certainly want you to be our guest at this year’s event at Harmon Field in Tryon, North Carolina. Please let us know if you are coming and need credentials. Admission and great food are complimentary, of course.

Of particular note this year is the culmination of our three-year GOING GREEN initiative. We hope to successfully reach our goal of reducing our total waste by 75% during this year’s Festival.

A special guest this year will be Cottage Living magazine. Their widely respected contributing food editor, Sara Foster, will be on hand for cooking demonstrations at their site at Harmon Field. A former chef in Martha Stewart’s organization, Sara is known for her great restaurant, Foster’s Market, (locations in Durham and Chapel Hill). She is the author of two best-selling cookbooks.


Hot Off The Grill

News and notes from the Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival

Still Accepting 2008 Cook Team Applications
2008 Festival makes Top 20 List!
2007 Festival a great success!
Video: Chism discusses victory
Chism delivers record performance to win 14th Festival
Southern Living BBQ tour coming to Festival
Good Housekeeping Recognizes the Festival!
Announcing Main Street !
Going green proves a success
National Geographic tours BBQ Festival

Media Credentials

Contact Brenda Bradshaw for all media-related questions.
Office: 828-693-8431
Cell: 828-777-8990

Press Releases

Blue Ridge Barbecue & Music Festival Celebrates 15 Years!

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Festival History



From humble beginnings in 1994, the Festival has grown to be one of the premier barbecue events in the nation. Learn more about its roots.

Going Green



How do some 25,000 people spend two days on Festival grounds without leaving a significantly negative environmental footprint? Learn more about the Festival's Going Green initiative.

GDS - Republic Services of NC again part of Festival's Going Green effort