Big T Memorial BBQ Cookoff & Music Festival will be held on September 7-8, 2018 in Fairfield. Proceeds from this event, which is sponsored by the City of Fairfield, benefit children with special needs in Freestone, Anderson, Navarro, Leon, & Limestone Counties.
Musical lineup for Friday night includes Yacht Rock Band, Blacktop Mojo & JB And The Moonshine Band.
Blacktop Mojo, a hard-driving Southern rock band based out of Palestine, Texas, is a fiery blend of post-grunge, classic rock, and metal that falls somewhere between Soundgarden, Black Stone Cherry, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Founded in 2012, the band released their debut album, I Am, in 2014, followed by a heavy bout of touring that saw the group sharing the stage with a wide array of heavy hitters, including Bon Jovi, Sammy Hagar, Candlebox, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Black Stone Cherry, Shaman’s Harvest, Pop Evil, Puddle of Mudd, and Drowning Pool.
The band has recently landed a slot on 2018’s Rock Fest, featuring headliners, Disturbed, Incubus, and Godsmack, among many other industry leading hard rock acts.
At the beginning of 2018, the band started work on its third full length release, as well as touring to support the second radio single from, “Burn The Ships,” a cover of Aerosmith’s “Dream On.”
Saturday night’s entertainment features Mitch Ballard with D. Vincent Williams and Chris Kirkpatrick (of NSYNC); Cameron Nelson; and Little Texas.
This year they will be having a Lone Star BBQ sanctioned event; and offering $10,000 in prize money and trophies! First Place through Tenth Place will receive prize money, as will Grand Champion and Reserve Champion.
Fee to enter is $200 per team and allows entry into any or all of the three categories: Brisket, Pork Ribs, and Chicken.
There will also be a Cook’s Choice Calcutta on Friday evening. Entry fee is $20 and winning team gets 90% of the pot.
New this year is a Kids’ Cooking Event on Saturday. Stay tuned for details.
Tickets for the big raffle are on sale now. The raffle offers up three great prizes:
1) Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar signed by the 2018 Big T Bands, plus Whiskey Meyers, Josh Ward, Bleu Edmondson, Scooter Brown, Bri Bagwell, Jody Booth, Stormy Cooper, & More!
2) Ride Along with CAF – Coyote Squadron in the Pride of Corsicana PT-19 WW2 open cockpit training aircraft for 30-45 minutes. Must be 18-years-old to ride.
3) All Inclusive Guided Hog Hunt for two on the F.E. Hill Ranch with Trinity River bottoms and rolling hillsides.
Need not be present to win. First drawn will get first choice of prizes. Second drawn will receive second choice; and Third drawn will get final prize.
Tickets are $20 each or 6 for $100. They can be purchased from any member of the Golden Circle Special Needs Association: Leldon Childs, Jeff or Matt Kirgan, Nicole Schaefer, Garret Scherer, Butch Margraves, Shannon Margraves, and Heather & Justin Hawkins.
There will also be a silent auction. If you or your business, organization, or church, would like to donate an item for the silent auction, please contact Nicole Schaefer by TEXT at 903-467-0054.
They are also searching for volunteers for the weekend of the event. If you are interested in helping out in anyway, please contact one of the board members listed above.
Other events scheduled that weekend are the Fairfield Citywide Garage Sale, the Annual Car Show on the Square in Fairfield, and the Annual Coon Hunt.
To find out more about this event, to register your cook team, or purchase event tickets, visit www.BigTBash.com or find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bigtmemorialcookoff.
