The Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce presents...
Schedule of Events
Events added Daily – Please check back weekly to see the additions!
Make plans to attend the 32nd Annual BBQ Festival on the Neuse and Wil King Hog Happenin. Downtown Kinston is the place to be May 1-4 with non-stop activities, entertainment and the best BBQ in North Carolina. Bring the family for a weekend of good times and memories! Enjoy beach music, burgers, barbeque, fireworks and fun southern style!
Just want to know where to get your BBQ?
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
6th Annual "Plein Air Paint Out"
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Location – Neuseway Park, corner of Gordon St. and Mitchell Street
For more extensive information and registration, please visit KinstonCCA.com...
Purchase an Official 2013 Festival Poster featuring the work of the 2012 Plein Air Paint Out Winne. Posters look wonderful in any home or office. Don’t miss out on this year’s addition.
Evening with the Stars
Visual art show & sale, heavy hors d'oeuvres, beverages, great entertainment. Arts Council's House Jazz Band will provide entertainment.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Caswell Center Foundation Golf Tournament
Location – TBA
Tee off for this Superball Tournament and join other Caswell supporters for golf and plenty of prizes! Trophies will be awarded, door prizes given, and prizes for closest-to-pin, longest drive, and most accurate drive. While enjoying the camaraderie on the course, your swing may land you more than just the good meal…..Your support will make life better for people with developmental disabilities in eastern North Carolina. Contact - Beverly Carruth at 252-208-3780 or Beverly.Carruth@ncmail.net
Caswell Center Foundation
Friday, May 3, 2013
6th Annual "Plein Air Paint Out" 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Judging will occur on Friday evening (5/4/2012) with artworks displayed and for sale.
32nd Annual Wil King Hog Happenin'
Location – Neuseway/Tiffany West Park Vietnam Veterans Memorial Area. Contact - Tammy Kelly – Chair 919-495-1116
Set-up and Arrival 12:00 noon
Welcome - Miss Kinston & Festival on the Neuse Hospitality team.
The 7th Annual Chamber Burger and Brew Bash (6:00 pm)
will heat things up on Friday night at the Festival on the Neuse/Wil King Hog Happenin'! This year we are partnering with Mother Earth Brewing to provide the best brew around.
The Chamber Classic Burger and Brew Bash will kick off Friday night's activities and continues until all burgers have been sold! The Chamber Classic Burger will feature hand-shaped fresh burgers, cheese, chili, slaw, mustard, ketchup and onions or you can dress your burger to taste! We will also feature our Hot Diggity Dog - the best dog you will ever bite! To complement your Burger or Hot Diggity Dog you can also have sweet potato fries donated by Tull Hill Farms. Dinner will begin at 6:00 pm.
We want the community to come out to the Festival and feast on the best burgers in the East while enjoying the sensational Steve Hardy's Original Beach Party and the Showmanship competition for the Wil King Hog Happenin'!
Sponsors for Burger and Brew
Welcome & Introduction of Cook Teams and Sponsors 6:30 pm
Meet the cooks and their sponsors as we introduce the 2013 Hog Happenin' teams and sponsors. Let's make these teams feel welcome!
Chief Cook Briefing 7:00 pm
Showmanship Competition - 7:30 pm
Location - Pearson Park
Don't miss this competition…these cook teams go all out to really "put on the Hog" as they compete for the showmanship awards in this competition. Past teams have entertained festival attendees with all kinds of themes…from singing cowboys to gambling pigs…you won't believe that pig cookin' can be so much fun!The tantalizing aroma of barbecue will soon be wafting down the banks of the Neuse as the Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce host the 32nd Annual Wil King Hog Happenin'.
A preliminary competition to the "Super Bowl of Swine" the Hog Happenin' will host more than 60 award-winning barbecue cookers. These grillmasters and goodtimers will descend upon Tiffany West/ Neuseway Park in downtown Kinston on Friday afternoon to compete for thousands of dollars in cash and prizes. Sanctioned by the North Carolina Pork Council, the Hog Happenin' cookoff is one of the most prestigious barbecue competitions in the state. Make sure that you "come on down" on Friday night for serious competition and serious fun as the teams compete in showmanship! Local cook teams, churches, volunteer fire departments, and civic organizations are encouraged to compete just as they have at the past Hog Happenin' for cash awards and prizes.
Contact: Tammy Kelly, 919-495-1116
Fireworks! 9:30 pm
Location – Herritage Street and Pearson/Tiffany West Park
Sponsored by Mother Earth Brewery
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Hog Happenin’
Tammy Kelly, chairperson
On-Site judging of BBQ 8:00 am
Opening Ceremony - 10:00 am
Location – Walk of Honor Stage
National Anthem
Welcome – Colonel Joe Tyson, Chairman, Kinston-Lenoir County Tourism Development Authority.
Contact - Bonnie and Herman McLawhorn 252-560-4440 Walk of Honor/SALUTE!
“Let the Feast Begin!”
Great Neuse River Rubber Duck Race 3:00 pm
Location – Riverfront by the Farmers Market
All prizes are donated by local Kinston merchants.
Contact - Bill Ellis, Kinston City Parks and Recreation Department, 252-939-3332.
Thank You 2012 Sponsors...
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Harvey’s
Tidewater Transit
Mallard Oil Co.
Century Link • Minges Pepsi • King's Restaurants
Kinston Public Services • TACC 9 • Coastal Connections Marketing
Lenoir County Emergency Services • Staples • Alsco
Lenoir Tire and Appliance • Falling Creek Country Club
Chamber President’s Club Festival Members:
Gold Sponsors
Harvey Fertilizer and Gas Lenoir Memorial Hospital
Silver Sponsors
Minges Bottling Group Perry Management Spring Arbor of Kinston
BB&T CenturyLink Progress Energy Carolinas
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. Spirit Aerosystems
Theme Song by The Donald Thompson Underwood Band
