Kick off summer and eat your way down Historic Pennsylvania Avenue at one of the largest weekend summer celebrations in the country! Foodies, families and friends will taste the triumph at this legendary two-day festival of flavors and fun.
Your taste buds are going to be the champion at the 32nd annual Giant BBQ Battle – so get ready to enjoy free product & food samples from over 100 free food samples in multiple pavilions, including the Taste of Giant Sampling Pavilion, the Giant World of Flavors, Alliance Smoke Show, Taste of Summer and more. Don’t forget to wash it down with micro-brews and wines in the Giant Corks to Caps Tasting Tent and beverage stations located primely across the event. Don’t forget to stop by for a little aloha at the all new Tiki Bar with George’s Mixes frozen drinks to fight the heat. You will also witness some serious feats of flavor live as pitmasters from all over the country compete for glory and prizes in the ultimate test of BBQ mastery with $45,000 in prizes to be won. Also witness the scholarship announcement of the winners of the Pepsi Future Chef Contest!
Across three entertainment stages (Pepsi Passport to Summer stage, Pepsi-Lay’s DC Go-Go stage and the Monster Energy 80s Block Party), there will be live music performances including Experience Unlimited, White Ford Bronco, The Reagan Years, The Crank Crusaders, Be’la Dona, Chuck Brown Band, and many more. And don’t forget about the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, olympic BMX performances, Art to Go-Go’s Spoken Word to Go-Go contest finalists, BBQ competition award ceremonies, Afrobeats, rock, reggae, jazz, blues and the list goes on! On the Giant Fresh Ideas Cooking Demo Stage, top chefs will provide live cooking demonstrations. There will also be medal-worthy BMX and Skateboarding freestyle shows all weekend long on the Monster Energy quarter-pipe. Talk about a concert with a view!
It’ll be an unforgettable event filled with fun, music, community and delicious BBQ. America’s Food and Music Festival awaits you! The full schedule of events can be found at BBQDC.com.
