Friday, Aug. 26, 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. and Saturday, Aug. 27, 12 p.m. to 12 a.m.
This sizzling downtown event is a marriage of heaven and heaven. Sound and taste come together in an explosion of sensory pleasure. Downtown Springfield, Inc., and Illinois Central Blues Club fire up a night and a day of great blues music and some of the best barbeque you’ve ever tasted.
The soiree features 40 barbeque competitors and vendors setting up shop outdoors on the streets of Springfield serving ribs and more.
Local and national blues musicians play and compete in the Blues Club Challenge for a chance represent the ICBC at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tenn.
Children’s activities and entertainment are available in the afternoon on Saturday.
Admission is $5, while children under 12 years of age get in free. All the fun takes place at Fifth and Washington streets on the square.
For more information phone 544-1723 or visit Downtown Springfield, Inc.’s website at www.downtownspringfield.org as the list of entertainment is finalized.