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Are you hungry for some North Carolina barbecue? Who isn’t?!! Let that hunger lead you to the Carolina Barbecue Festival in Charlotte. It is a barbecue extravaganza that is happening at Victoria Yards on April 4 and 5, 2025. And we can help you save money on the festival with a coupon!
The festival will be kicking the weekend off on Friday, April 4, from 6 pm to 10 pm. It will be celebrating the rich tradition of Whole Hog Barbecue. Enjoy the drinks, eats, music and more! Meet the Pitmasters and watch them set up for the festival.
Festival Pitmasters include
- Matthew Register of Southern Smoke from Garland, North Carolina
- Brian Furman BBQ from Winterview, N.C.
- Elliott Moss of Elliott’s from Florence, S.C.
- Robbie Robinson of City Limits Barbecue from West Columbia, S.C.
- Dylan Cooke of Fork Grove Barbecue from Anderson, S.C.
- Tank Jackson of Holy City Hogs from Wadmalaw Island, S.C.
- Keith Henning of Black Powder Smokehouse from Jamestown, N.C.
- Jake Wood of Lawrence Barbecue from Durham, N.C.
- Lewis Donald of Sweet Lew’s Barbecue from Charlotte, N.C.
- Garren Kirkman of Jon B.’s Barbecue from Peachland, N.C.
- Kent & Jess Hess of Country Smoak from Lynchburg, Va.
- Nathan Monk of Lexington BBQ from Lexington, N.C.
- Ronald Simmons of Master Blend Family Farms from Kenansville, N.C.
- Ben Hooper of Ben’s Backdraft Barbecue Waynesville, N.C.
- Eric Pickle of Smoked Pickle Barbecue from Knoxville, Tenn.
Your festival ticket includes tastings from each one of the 17 Pitmasters. Each Pitmaster brings a unique style of cooking barbecue to the festival. I’d advise you to come hungry! That’s a lot of barbecue!
The Carolina BBQ Festival is offering curated drinks crafted for the festival plus beer and wine will be available for purchase. Local vendors will be there with unique hand crafted items. You can also purchase Carolina BBQ Festival merchandise.
The festival will be having raffles and you can win grills, gear and more great prizes. There will be live music throughout the festival. A portion of the proceeds will go to Hungry Heroes and Operation BBQ Relief.
Coupon
If you are looking for a way to save money, you’ve come to the right place. Book your ticket here and you can save
- $6 (17% discount) on Ticket to Friday Kickoff for 1 person
- $9 (12% discount) on General Admission Ticket to Saturday Festival for 1 person
- $23 (15% discount) on General Admission Ticket to Saturday Festival for 2 people
- $55 (18% discount) on General Admission Ticket to Saturday Festival for 4 people