Today’s BBQ Festival on the Neuse schedule
7:30 a.m.: Bicycle Fitness Ride for Scholarship, registration, 9.5-mile or 22.5-mile ride
8 a.m.: Hog Happenin’, on-site barbecue judging; Emcee Martha Bishop/TACC 9, Farmers Market stage
8:25 a.m.: Fitness ride lineup
9 a.m.-4 p.m.: The Arts and Crafts Market, Ellis Carriage Building, Blount and Herritage streets
9 a.m.-1 p.m.: Open car truck show
9:30 a.m.: Second annual cornhole tournament; first toss, 10:30 a.m., St. John’s Masonic Lodge No. 4 AF & AM
10 a.m.:
- Opening Ceremony, National Anthem, Walk of Honor stage
- Welcome — Col. Joe Tyson, chairman, Kinston-Lenoir County Tourism Development Authority
- Steve Hardy’s Original Beach Party, Pearson Park stage
10 a.m.-noon: Amusement Rides, Mitchell Street
10 a.m.-1 p.m.: Heritage BBQ Pit, Pearson Park
10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Special Festival shopping events, Herritage Landing merchants
10 a.m.-4 p.m.:
- Art Fest, Herritage Street between Blount and North streets
- Kid’s Fest
- Farmer’s Market, Lenoir Co. Farmer’s Market, 100 N. Herritage St.
- Wine Garden, garden behind The Red Room, North Street
- Vendor’s Market, Gordon, Mitchell, North and Herritage streets and in the park
- Antique Tractor and Farm Equipment exhibit
- “Tobacco Money Feeds My Family” Outdoor film, Ellis Buggy Bldg.
- Karaoke with KG
- Overland Gallery studio opening, Herritage and Blount streets
10 a.m.-5 p.m.: CSS Neuse II Living History event, Gordon and Herritage streets
10 a.m.-until: The Nature Center/Planetarium/Big Daddy Train
10:30 a.m.: Ring City Roller Girls, behind Mother Earth in parking lot
10:30 a.m.-noon: Kinston Public Safety fire engine display, Caswell Street near Queen Street
11 a.m.-2 p.m.: Civil War Battlefield guided bus tours, CSS Neuse, Herritage Street
11 a.m.-4 p.m.: The Seaside Band, Pearson Park stage
11 a.m.-4 p.m.: BBQ plates $7, sandwiches $3, pound $7, advance bulk orders, call 252-527-1131, Pearson Park, Farmers Market, Herritage Street behind Mother Earth, Blount/Mitchell streets
11 a.m.-6 p.m.: Brewery Tours, Mother Earth, tours every 30 min., 311 N. Herritage St.
Noon: Teen Nation Tour 2013 concert and autographs, Herritage Street stage
12:30 p.m.: Ring City Roller Girls, behind Mother Earth in parking lot
1 p.m.:
- Third annual Golden Key Award presentation, Pearson Park stage
- Mandolin Orange, The Red Room
1:30 p.m.: Sauce Boss competition, Pearson Park, main stage
2 p.m.: 4-H Rabbit and Poultry Show, farmers market, to enter
2:30 p.m.: Ring City Roller Girls, behind Mother Earth in parking lot
2:30-4 p.m.: Public Safety fire engine display, Caswell Street near Queen Street
3 p.m.:
- Car/Truck Show awards, Car Show stage
- 4-H Donkey Drop Bingo, Mitchell Street
4 p.m.: Great Neuse River Rubber Duck Race, Riverfront by farmers market, call Bill Ellis at 252-939-3332
7:30 p.m.: Nnenna Freelon Concert, Kinston Community Council of the Arts
For more information, visit bbqfestivalontheneuse.com