Does the summer heat have you down? Catch the barbecue wave with these upcoming events that will help you transition from the sultry summer months into the crisp fall season. Heck, you may even pick up on some cooking tips to impress your friends right in time for college football Saturdays.
* What's better on Labor Day weekend than watching others labor over a smoker? Hit up the Bedford Blues & BBQ Labor Day Weekend Festival. With a $5 General Admission charge, you will get to attend this festival which was recently featured on the Travel Channel's BBQ Crawl. Also included is a musical lineup consisting of Jimmie Vaughn, John Mayall, Josh Weathers, and blues legend Buddy Guy. For $10 more -- you can try 10 samples and have 2 votes. You may even run into Danielle "Diva Q" Dimovski, hostess of BBQ Crawl.
* On Saturday, September 21st -- find the hitch in your giddy-up at the Boots, Beer, and BBQ fundraiser at Eddie Deen's Ranch in downtown Dallas. This is the 15th Annual Auction and Gala benefiting the Easter Seals. For $75 per person, you can bid on items for the silent auction, boot scoot to live country music, and loosen your belt buckle from all the BBQ you just consumed.
* If you partied at Jimmy Buffet's concert this year then you may find a similar party Friday night, September 27th at Camp Craig Allen's 7th Annual Amateur BBQ cook-off benefit. Happening at Bass Pro Shop in Grapevine, a $25 ticket will get you into the kick off party full of margaritas from the Dallas Margarita Society, casino tents, live music and a BBQ buffet. The following Saturday is the family friendly BBQ cook-off with 45 teams competing. Tickets are $10 donations per person at the door. Sample food from the team sites while delighting in a cash bar, eating contests, kid's area, live music and wheelchair sports! All donations benefit disabled youth, adults, and veterans!
* Oak Cliff dwellers and Dallasites alike -- the Blues, Bandits, and BBQ shindig is conveniently located for you in Davis Park. The competition's name is derived from famous past residents of Oak Cliff. Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughn and of course Bonnie and Clyde to be exact. Dates have yet be released but this will be the 4th Annual event. Previous years have included local craft beer tents, cooking demonstrations, kid's area, live music and of course BBQ. Stay tuned!
* Have you ever wanted to watch Dallas' top chefs go head-to-head in an all BBQ cook-off? Then Meat Fight may tickle your fancy. Last year's 1st annual event at Sons of Hermann Hall helped rake in a whopping $20,000 for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. This year's Meat Fight occuring at Four Corners Brewery, plans on exceeding that amount given the bigger event space allowing more tickets for sale. Mark your calendars for November 17th and I promise you'll have one hell of a good time. Tickets go on sale soon.
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