Eating Your Way Across the South: A Few Food Festivals for All Kind of Foodies
From watermelon to BBQ festivals, you won’t go hungry when you’re visiting the South.
Here are a few upcoming food festivals that’ll appease any appetite:
- The 23rd Annual Winterville Watermelon Festival in Winterville, N.C., is set for August 21-23. Events include a carnival, live musical entertainment, crafts vendors; and yes, a watermelon eating contest.
- Nothing is better than some home-cooking, and you can enjoy it and more at the 14th Annual Buttermilk Days Festival in Bardstown, Kentucky on August 21-24.
- The 4th Annual Stokin’ The Fire BBQ & Music Festival in Birmingham, Ala., is scheduled for August 22-23. Taking place at Sloss Furnace, this KCBS sanctioned event will not only feature over 50 professionals firing up their grills in competition, but also around 50 local grill masters as well. The event also includes live entertainment, demonstrations and a kids zone.
- And while we are talking about Alabama, a little over 80 miles south of Birmingham, the ladies of Trinity Episcopal Church in Wetumpka are putting together an interesting event on August 23. The Gathering at the River Cookbook Fair and Tasting will highlight cookbooks from around the state and region. Samples of different will be available to try as well.
- “Boom Time in a Boom Town” is the theme for the 6th Annual “Flavor of the Past” festival in Wilimington, N.C. Scheduled for August 23, the city’s history, from the 1800s to World War II, comes to life in a different way through interactive events, tours and history-inspired recipes.
Photo credit: Knife and Fork, flickr, creative commons by nickwheeleroz
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