Celebrate Barbecue In Myrtle Beach: Surfside Beach BBQ Festival Guide

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You are invited to bring your family and friends for two days of celebrating fabulous barbecue!  Surfside Beach is in the greater Myrtle Beach area.  The Surfside Beach BBQ Festival is coming to Yaupon Parking Lot on March 8 and 9, 2025.

Festival Hours

• Friday, March 7 – 4 pm to 7 pm
• Saturday, March 8 – 10 am to 4 pm

Surfside Beach BBQ Festival Info

The festival begins on Friday with Anything But BBQ!  Admission is FREE and the festival is open to the public.

The barbecue pros that will be in Saturday’s BBQ competition will be cooking anything that isn’t barbecue.  You should find some old Southern favorites and some dishes that will be new to you.  Their creations will be available for purchase.

There will be a large vendor area with arts, crafts and merchandise.  You’ll see some unique creations and browsing is always fun.  And there will be activities for children.

Saturday’s festival is also FREE and open to the public.  This is the day for the Barbecue Competition.  The barbecue pros will be creating their most delicious dishes and will be battling it out for your vote.  The wafting aromas will be fantastic!

Live Entertainment

You can enjoy more live entertainment on Saturday:

• 10 am to 1 pm – King Tide Band
• 1 pm to 4 pm – The Entertainers

So tantalize your taste buds with some of the best barbecue ever!  And have a fun weekend for the entire family at the Surfside Beach BBQ Festival.

More About Barbecue

If you loved the barbecue at the festival and want to learn more about barbecuing, try these cookbooks.  And you can use our links to see how you can save money on them.

• Seriously Good Barbecue Cookbook by Brian Caumgartner and Andrew Rea
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    Seriously Good Barbecue Cookbook: Over 100 of the Best Recipes in the World (Fox Chapel Publishing) Explore BBQ from Texas to Memphis with Brian Baumgartner, aka Kevin Malone from The Office
    Amazon

    $ 6.05 -70%
• Franklin Barbecue – A Meat Smoking Manifesto by Aaron Franklin and Jordan MacKay
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    Franklin Barbecue: A Meat-Smoking Manifesto [A Cookbook]
    Amazon

    $ 13.93 -54%
• Big Moe’s Big Book of BBQ by Moe Cason
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    Big Moe's Big Book of BBQ: 75 Recipes From Brisket and Ribs to Cornbread and Mac and Cheese
    Amazon

    $ 15 -50%

Traveling Myrtle Beach

Are you from out of town and are you looking for a hotel or rental?  You can find discounted rates in Planning A Trip To Myrtle Beach on a Budget.