Discounted general admission tickets for the fourth annual Holy Smokes Lowcountry Barbecue Festival are available at 10 a.m. on July 10. Ticket buyers must sign up for the Holy Smokes newsletter at holysmokeschs.com to gain access to the tickets.
General admission tickets will be available for $75 until July 14 when the price goes up to $95. VIP tickets ($250) are available, too, and are all-inclusive of food and adult beverages. Kids under six are free and kids under 13 are $25.
Held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. November 9 at North Charleston’s Riverfront Park, the festival features over 50 pitmasters and chefs from all over the country.
The festival grounds include four barbecue villages: Texas, Traditional, New School and Coastal. Returning pitmasters include Rodney Scott, Chris Lilly, Pat Martin and Jonathan and Justin Fox, who have participated since the first fest in 2021.
Participating Charleston area pitmasters and chefs include: Swig & Swine’s Anthony DiBernardo, Palmira Barbecue’s Hector Garate, Bessinger’s BBQ’s Michael Bessinger, Rodney Scott’s BBQ’s Rodney Scott, Home Team BBQ’s Aaron Siegel and Taylor Garrigan, King BBQ’s Shuai and Corrie Wang, Holy City Hogs & Lawrence’s Seafood Co.’s Tank Jackson and Zero Forks Given’s captain Jamie Hough.
VIP attendees can snag barbecue from Charleston area chefs and pitmasters including Vern’s Dano Heinze, Wild Olive and Obstinate Daughter’s Jacques Larson, Chubby Fish’s James London, The Grocery and Lola Rose’s Kevin Johnson and Fugazzi, Porchetta Shop and Le Farfalle’s Michael Toscano.
Check out the full pitmaster and chef lineup online.
The fundraising festival has donated over $300,000 to its beneficiaries, Hogs for the Cause and the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Charleston (RMHC) since its inaugural year. Hogs for the Cause supports families fighting pediatric brain cancer and RMHC is a “home-away-from-home” where families can stay while their children undergo medical treatment.
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