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Get sauced at city’s newest festival
Jimmie Vaughan will headline the event. (POSTMEDIA NEWS ARCHIVES)
Winnipeggers can get sauced at the city’s newest festival.
The inaugural Winnipeg BBQ and Blues Festival will focus on food and fuzz with Texas blues legend Jimmie Vaughan headlining the musical portion of the summer event while a barbecue competition will feature contestants from across North America.
"This is truly a celebration of both music and barbecue. It’s about good food, good music and everyone getting together in the summer in an affordable safe environment," says Rick Fenton, artistic director and event co-organizer.
The festival will take place Aug. 17-19 at Red River Exhibition Park. The thee day festival includes a Winnipeg Harvest "Meat Ball" fundraiser, 20 bands playing on three stages, food vendors, the House of Chrome big rig show and shine, a burger wars hamburger-making competition and the Winnipeg Free Press Pit Masters Competition, a Kansas City Barbecue Society Sanctioned event featuring teams from all over the continent battling it out for grilling supremacy.
Early bird weekend passes go on sale Thursday at Ticketmaster for $32.50. Children under 12 will be admitted free with an adult. The first 1,000 people who buy tickets will have access to the charity Meat Ball on Aug. 17.
Other musical acts lined up so far include Little Miss Higgins, the Sojourners, Jim Byrnes, Steve Dawson, Big Dave McLean and Romi Mayes. More artists will be announced in the coming months.
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Updated on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 3:57 PM CDT: Adds video
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