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Bluemont BBQ Bash and Blackberry Bonanza

Bluemont BBQ Bash and Blackberry Bonanza

Join us for our newest and most exciting festival yet, our Bluemont BBQ Bash and Blackberry Bonanza on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at Great Country Farms, Bluemont, VA!  We are so excited to announce our First State Certified BBQ Competition with competitors arriving from all over the country!  This event is a KCBS (Kansas City Barbecue Society) certified competition which means it is an official event, not a backyard BBQ.

The competition begins on Saturday and we have a jam packed calendar of events.  Join us for our u-pick blackberries which will be at their peak. Our berries are thornless and trellised for easy picking and the best part, they are pesticide FREE!  We will have our first Blackberry Bonanza Dessert contest; open to anyone who wishes to enter.  Simply fill out the application at the bottom of this page which details our entry guidelines.

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BBQ, did someone say BBQ???  That’s what this festival is all about!  We will be featuring four meat competitions including- ribs, pulled pork, chicken and beef. As if that’s not enough, our Roosterauté will be serving up our famous BBQ and Kettle Corn all weekend long too! 

Our brand new market will be open featuring our sauces, dressings, and u-pick produce; our new cafe will be serving up some tasty treats; and Bluemont Vineyard will be open with wine-tasting, featuring blackberry wine, made from Great Country Farms’ blackberries. 

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Other activities include (but are not limited to):

  • Live entertainment featuring local band- LDE (Lloyd Dobler Effect)
  • A Waiter’s Race
  • Relay Races for all ages
  • Tye-dying of one of our infamous “Got Berries?”  T-shirts (or bring one of your own items to our tye-dye fun).
  • And we can’t forget all of the fun for the kids. We have 4 mazes to challenge the little farmers, rope swings, pedal tractors and 60’ slides. We also have a HUGE jumping pillow, a brand new king size play set and if you bring a line and a pole, you can go on down to our stocked fishin’ hole. We will also have lots of special activities including crafts, storytelling and much, much more!
  • We’ll also have our hayrides to our u-pick blackberry fields, which are first come, first served. 

Be sure to follow us on Twitter (@thefarmersays) and Facebook as we tweet and post about picking conditions!

Admission:

Click here for advanced tickets at a discounted rate (available until July 29 at $ 10 pp, day of event $ 12 pp).

 

$12.00/adult, $ 10/child.  Children 2 yrs and under, CSA members, Fan of the Farm pass holders and Military ID card holders – no admission charge.

 

 

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor or would like to be a vendor for this event, email Jaclyn at Jaclyn@greatcountryfarms.com .  Vendor spaces are limited, so reserve your spot today!

If you are interested in competing or judging, please fill out our application and send it in!

BBQ Cooking Team Application.

BBQ Judges Application 

Blackberry Bonanza Dessert Application

Waiters Race Application - Restaurants Only

KCBS Rules and Regulations

 

Great Country Farms

18780 Foggy Bottom Road

Bluemont, VA 20135

Tel: 540 554 2073

www.greatcountryfarms.com

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