This Weekend Is The MD State BBQ Bash

BEL AIR, MD — The Bel Air Downtown Alliance is holding its annual BBQ Bash this weekend. The event is a barbecue-themed street festival featuring live music and vendors selling everything from baked goods to Ravens merchandise.

The BBQ Bash was canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

This year it was moved from the summer to October to give time for people to get vaccinated and the state to open up more, according to organizers.

A kids tent will offer face painting, story-time and other activities.

The beer garden is open to those 21 years old and up.

The Maryland State BBQ Bash is 4–10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 15, and noon to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 16, at 2 South Bond Street. Admission is free.

In the parking lot of the district courthouse on Bond Street in Bel Air, 30 championship barbecue teams and 40 amateur teams will compete for prizes to see who makes the best ribs and chicken.

Here's the musical lineup, sponsored by WXCY:

Friday Music

• 5 p.m. — Whistler Road
• 8:30 p.m. — Priscilla Block

Saturday Music

• 12 p.m. — DJ Lamar Live
• 2 p.m. — Route 66 Band
• 5 p.m. — Night Kings
• 8 p.m. — Heath Sanders

Parking For The Bash

Two locations will offer shuttle service to and from the event. Those riding buses need masks.

Shuttles will pick up people at Bel Air Elementary School (30 E Lee St, Bel Air, MD 21014) and Bel Air High School (100 Heighe St, Bel Air, MD 21014).

Masks are required on public transit in accordance with federal law, so people must wear face coverings on the buses. A limited supply of disposable masks will be available on buses, where to people maximum can be in a seat.

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