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BBQ and Barrels (International Bar-B-Q Festival)
Downtown Owensboro, 2nd Street riverfront, Owensboro, KY
Downtown Owensboro's riverfront fills with barbecue pits and bourbon tastings each May for a cook-off billed as the world's largest barbecue gathering. Teams compete over mutton and pork shoulder while stages along the Ohio River carry live music through the weekend. It has run since 1979 and was renamed BBQ and Barrels in 2023 to add the region's bourbon trail. The 2027 dates above are approximate, based on the festival's usual second-weekend-in-May slot.
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