ALL ACCOR

ALL ACCOR
Book, stay, enjoy. That's ALL.com
Showing posts with label BaconFest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BaconFest. Show all posts

Sunday, 23 March 2025

History in the bacon: Cassar-Daley to star at food festival

 

You can enjoy both bacon and fine music at the Kingaroy BaconFest this spring.

Australian country music legend Troy Cassar-Daley will be the headline act in the Queensland regional town on August 15-16.

The multi-award-winning singer-songwriter said he was excited to be returning to the South Burnett for an event that is all about one of his favourite foods to eat.

“I’ve heard great things about Kingaroy BaconFest and I’m looking forward to meeting the community and enjoying some local bacon,” he said.

The annual BaconFest began in 2018 and brings thousands of people to the region, which is the heart of Queensland’s biggest pork-producing region.



Newly appointed Chief Baconeer, Rob Fitz-Herbert, said to create the best possible venue for Troy’s performance, the festival would be moving from its traditional home in the town centre to Kingaroy’s Memorial Park.

“It’s an exciting transition for our festival," he said. "Our committee of volunteers and existing sponsors are buzzing with ideas about the potential this new site has to offer.

“Australian bacon will of course remain centre stage and will be featured, in its many and varied forms, by the food stalls and vendors that line our “Bacon Street” food precinct.”

Breakfast, celebrity chef demonstrations, a bacon eating competition, youth precinct and an official round of the Australian Barbecue Alliance Championship Series will star.

Cassar-Daley will take to the stage on the Saturday night.

For updates on when tickets go on sale, visit www.kingaroybaconfest.com.au.


Tuesday, 11 June 2024

Food festival aims to bring home the bacon


There is nothing like a good pun - and the folks behind Kingaroy's much-loved BaconFest are full of 'em.

Apparently it is when Kingaroy gets "piggy with it" for "another crackling instalment" of food fun.

Here's their news: "Bacon lovers are already sizzling with excitement with the news that the Kingaroy BaconFest is back on the local food festival menu for another year".

Set tantalise the taste buds of festival goers from August 16-18, the two-day festival will see celebrity chefs Alastair McLeod and Justine Schofield "bringing home the bacon" alongside Sunshine Coast foodie favourite Matt Golinski and long-time BaconFest ambassadors Dan and Steph Mulheron.

The program is, I am assured, brimming with mouth-watering swine-inspired food and drink, the annual bacon-eating competition, a smoke-off contest, and the Rasher’s Run through the South Burnett Rail Trail.

Early bird entry tickets for the festival are being released on June 12 with 30% discount on offer until June 30.

See https://www.kingaroybaconfest.com.au/