2016 NC Blueberry Festival Gudie

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13th Annual

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Your Guide to the 2016 North Carolina BLUEBERRY FESTIVAL

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Welcome to the 13th Annual North Carolina Blueberry Festival

A Message from the Mayor...

We in Burgaw are delighted to host this wonderful festival in our historic town center. It gives us a chance to show how beautiful a place our home town is, full of small-town charm, history, friendly people and interesting architecture.

We hope the festival has everything you and your family enjoy, with a large variety of vendors, children’s activities, great food, live entertainment and of course, fresh blueberries. You can visit our shops, restaurants, historic buildings and parks and maybe even take a stroll on our walking trail.

So enjoy your time in Burgaw and come back to visit us sometime. Burgaw is a great town, year round.

- Eugene Mulligan, Mayor Town of Burgaw 2 – NC Blueberry Festival

– June 18, 2016

It’s here, the 2016 NC Blueberry Festival!

by Olivia Dawson, NC Blueberry Festival Coordinator It’s that time again, time to once again celebrate at the 2016 North Carolina Blueberry Festival!!

I am excited to say that this year the festival will celebrate its 13th Anniversary as the festival continues to grow in popularity! This year’s festival will be held on Saturday, June 18, 2016, as is tradition, always held the third Saturday in June in Downtown Burgaw around its Historic Courthouse Square.

Like in years past, Blueberry and BBQ Sales be available beginning at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 17th. This is just the start of events and activities that kick off the festival on Friday! In addition to our customary one day event, the festival is excited to continue with our Friday night event to kick off another great festival! On Friday night join us as the fun starts by enjoying entertainment provided by the Fantastic Shakers from 7 to 10 p.m. at the main stage!

Another Friday favorite to the locals as well as our visitors is the well-known Annual Recipe Contest where many bring their cooking and creative skills which of course has to include blueberries in a prepared dish to be judged, held at our restored Burgaw Community House adjacent to the Courthouse Square, this is a continuing event sponsored by The Star News, with the Annual Whole Hog BBQ Cook-Off Event also commencing Friday evening. The BBQ Cook-off event is another favorite annual blueberry festival tradition, which features champion cookers throughout North Carolina.

The North Carolina Blueberry Festival is always growing in attendance and familiarity. It remains as one of the top premier family events in our state. The festival is a symbol and a tribute to this area’s blueberry farmers, as well as the blueberry production in the southeastern region of our state.

With the excitement of additions to the festival, while also returning to tradition and to what our festival attendees enjoy, we have high hopes of an even greater festival this year and larger crowds! The festival has brought back many of the favorite bands so we are excited about this year’s entertainment lineup.

This year the festival will host more than 130 of the best craft vendors from around our state, many appetizing food vendors, added activities for the children, an old favorite the Annual Blueberry Car Show, our Annual 5K Run/ Walk, Tour de Blueberry bike ride as always provided by the Cape Fear Cyclists group, Model Train Show presented by the Cape Fear Model Train Show Society inside our renovated depot, non-profit organizations, civic groups, and educational displays. Back again this year is the Antique Show and Appraisal Fair that will be located on the depot dock.

Let me remind you to visit the area church booths that provide us with their delicious blueberry baked goods and jams! But of course the festival’s main attraction is the abundance of fresh local blueberries provided by our many farmers from around the area, so most importantly do not leave without your flats of blueberries!

Come join us on Friday night June 17th from 7- 10 pm and on festival day Saturday June 18th from 9 a.m. to 10p.m. as we celebrate the 13th Annual North Carolina Blueberry Festival! Come enjoy the taste of the good ’ole southeastern North Carolina blueberries! This is a festival you are sure to enjoy!

As always the festival’s success is owed to all the volunteers, visitors, farmers, and our sponsors! We appreciate their support in making this festival such a great and fun-filled family event enjoyed by thousands!

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Celebrating the 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off The North Carolina Blueberry Festival holds a Barbecue Cook-Off each year. This event is an annual blueberry festival tradition. This year the North Carolina Blueberry Festival will proudly celebrate its 13th year! The pigs will be cooked by many local area contestants along with champion cookers from throughout North Carolina where they will compete once again to be named the 13th Annual NC Blueberry Festival Barbecue Champs!

The contestants are judged on the taste of their barbecue and their sauce served with it. The pigs may be cooked with wood, charcoal, or gas. Cooking begins on the Friday evening before the festival, June 17, 2016, and Judging will begin at 8:00 am on the Saturday morning of the festival, June 18, 2016. After judging of the array of flavors, the meat is then chopped and served at the festival as BBQ. You will find this to be the most popular meal at the festival!

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The 2016 NC Blueberry Festival Queens, crowned Saturday May 21st, 2016. The queens are as followed: 2016 NC Blueberry Festival Queen, Danielle Dunnagan 2016 NC Blueberry Festival Teen Miss, Cara Insco 2016 NC Blueberry Festival Young Miss, Alyssa Andrews 2016 NC Blueberry Festival Junior Miss, Mirindia Humbert 2016 NC Blueberry Festival Little Miss, Ila Lee Monical 2016 NC Blueberry Festival Mini Miss, Savannah Baker 2016 NC Blueberry Festival Tiny Miss, Payton Rae Waits

The 3rd Annual NC Blueberry Scholarship pageant was once again held at the Penderlea Auditorium in Penderlea.

The queens will represent this year’s NC Blueberry Festival to advance the general education of blueberries and tourism while promoting the festival all year long.

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ENTERTAINMENT The Fantastic Shakers

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Schedule of Events Friday, June 17th, 2016

8:30 AM Recipe Contest @ The Beautifully Restored Burgaw Community Building, located at

102 East Wilmington Street, Burgaw, NC 28425, Judging begins at 11 am 11 AM BBQ Cookoff Participants Arrive 11 AM – 3 PM BBQ Sales & Blueberry Sales at Family Dollar 5 PM Gates Open, Beer, Blueberries, & BBQ will be available 7 – 10 PM Festival Kickoff featuring The Fantastic Shakers at the main stage

Saturday, June 18th, 2016

7 AM 5K Run/ Walk 8 AM Tour de Blueberry Ride Check-In Hosted by The Cape Fear Cyclists 9 AM Tour de Blueberry Ride Begins

Festival Vendors Open

Car & Truck Show Antiques & Appraisal Fair

Hosted by Pender County Museum & Historical Society

(Antique Vendors open 9 am-5 pm) (Appraisals 10 am-4 pm) Model Train Show Located inside the Historic Burgaw Depot

Welcome & Festival Opening Entertainment

Provided by 82nd Airborne Division’s All-American Chorus 10 AM Entertainment provided by “The Bridges” 11 AM Presentation by Ronald McDonald 12 – 1 PM Opening Ceremony

Presentation of Colors & National Anthem

Sponsor Recognition, Scholarship Awards Recognition, BBQ Cook off Awards 1 – 3 PM Band of Oz 3 – 4 PM Shag Contest 4:30 – 6 PM Bryan Mayer, Singer/Songwriter from NC and a new voice to country music!

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