Arts & Entertainment
BB King's Rib Rock Festival Comes to Holmdel's PNC Arts Center This Sunday
Amazing food and amazing music will feed you, body and soul. Show starts at 3:00 pm on August 28.
Get ready for a mouthwatering concert that will fill your belly and blow your mind. BB King’s Rib Rock Festival arrives at PNC Bank Arts Center this Sunday, August 28. With music and food at every corner of the venue, all of your senses will be satisfied.
Come With Open Ears
Arrive on Sunday and expect nothing but the best of local and national Blues music. Local artists, Rock It Live, Dusty Gray, Sidewinder, and local legend, Matt O’Ree, perform on the Festival Stage, which starts at 3:00 pm.
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Following the Festival Stage are three artists who need no introduction: Gary Clarke Jr., J. Geils Band, and the King of the Blues himself, BB King.
Come With An Empty Stomach
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Rib Rock is much more than your typical BB King concert. Your day is filled with tons of Southern BBQ style food. In between acts, Chef James Conroy, from QVC, will be demonstrating “low and slow” BBQ techniques, featuring chef interviews, contests and activities.
In addition to the food, hungry concert goers with get to sample BBQ from Chop Shop BBQ, Local Smoke, and Chef George & Brother Joe's Baaah Bee Que. Seven-time New York State BBQ champion Big Belly BBQ from Hamburg, NY and Desperadoes Barbecue from Angola, NY will be serving up their specialties. Jersey Johnny’s Grill, Mother Shucker’s roasted sweet corn, and King Daddy Burgers will also be offering up their fare.
Local Smoke’s competition team, Fat Angel BBQ, recently won its third Grand Championship in three years at the New Jersey State BBQ Championship in Wildwood, NJ, dominating the field of 66 teams with first place awards in both chicken and brisket and a fourth place in ribs and pork. Both Chop Shop and Local Smoke were big winners in the 2010 BBQ and Brews fest at Monmouth Park.
Come On Down
With a full day of music and food ahead of you, now is the time to get your tickets. Concert starts at 3:00 pm with the main stage performances starting at 8:00 pm. Tickets start at $15 with six pack available for only $60. Head to Livenation.com or charge-by-phone at 800-745-3000.
If you're going, what are you looking forward to the most...Food or Music?
