6 Corners BBQ Fest - June 18 &19, 2011

Not very much information yet on this (first) annual BBQ Fest. There is a CBS Local Events listing here and also a press release. Both pages show an official web site. As of this time, that URL seems to go to a page that's just a placeholder.

This particular 6 Corners location is on Chicago's Northwest side at Cicero, Irving Park Road and Milwaukee Ave.

Here is info from the website:
Main Stage Line Up:
Saturday – June 18th 2011
12:30 pm – Rigor Vitae
2:30 pm – Verona Red
4:30 pm – Hoyle Bros.
6:30 pm – Tom Schraeder & His Ego
8:30 pm – The Bottle Rockets

Sunday – June 19th 2011
12:30 pm – Drop Steady
2:30 pm – The Opposition Party
4:30 pm – Canasta
6:30 pm – Funkadesi

Kids Corner Line Up:
Saturday June 18 2011
1:00pm Martial Arts Demonstration (brought to you by the YMCA)
2:45pm Mexican Folkloric Dance (brought to you by Rico Dance)
3:15pm Reversion Crew (brought to you by Rico Dance)
4:00pm Estampa Columbian Folkloric Dance (brought to you by Rico Dance)
5:30pm Jasmin Jahal School Of Dance

Sunday June 19 2011
12:15pm Super Stolie
1:15pm Martial Arts Demonstration (brought to you by the YMCA)
2:00pm Tierra Colombiana Dance (brought to you by Rico Dance)
2:45pm Reptile Show
4:15pm Mr. Ash Magic Show
5:30pm Jasmin Jahal School Of Dance

Walking around the area, there are kiosk's on several main street corners with posters inside advertising the event. According to the posters, there is supposed to be a pro wrestling event, and according to a couple site listings for local events, the WWE will be there(?). There is also a poster for a local entertainer Andrea Eve that states she'll be making a debut music performance. it seems MTV.com will be taping her performance.

Seems to be a exciting line-up.

Rigor Vitae are friends of mine. Great bluegrass/roots music with a killer dobro player.

Do you think there will be any BBQ at this BBQ fest, or is it just music?

stevez wrote:Do you think there will be any BBQ at this BBQ fest, or is it just music?

I hear that KC Masterpiece is going to be there in person.

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ronnie_suburban wrote:

stevez wrote:Do you think there will be any BBQ at this BBQ fest, or is it just music?

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Chicago BBQ Company
Robinson’s No. 1 Ribs
Windsor Ice Cream Shoppe

this is according to the website... apparently they have 4 stages of entertainment going on. will be interesting for sure.

so, no barbecue, then?

No real BBQ here, either:

http://www.ribfest-chicago.com/

But, it's this weekend so if you've got a hankerin'...

gleam wrote:so, no barbecue, then?

Yes there's real BBQ at this first ever Six Corners BBQ Fest:

Chicago BBQ Company, is a vendor.

http://www.chicagobbq4u.com/About_Us.html

Also....is Robinson's now not considered BBQ anymore, or are you guys just jaded?

Bo's BBQ is also on the list. As far as entertainment, there is some info being released regarding some big things going on during the festival. Local singer/model Andrea Eve is performing her song watch out for the first time, and it's being taped for television, there's also a pro wrestling event slated for sunday.

I found this article about the television taping on mtv.com

http://community.mtv.com/Post/Watch-Out ... 0801479B3E

and the song is located on the bottom of the article. Not bad at all if you ask me.

I'm excited about this festival. Seems a first time festival is trying it's hardest to be different and unique instead of just slowly building and using the first time excuse to cut corners and be lazy. thumbs up six corners~!!!

[quote="kenji"][quote="gleam"]
Chicago BBQ Company, is a vendor.
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He's a big operation. Was just watching them setup.

A Southern Pride was being hooked up when I was there this AM.

so how was this event. any thing good

philw wrote:so how was this event. any thing good

Didn;t try any food, but the sparse crowd made it a nice event to walk through. Lots of cool looking, older tattoed people.

This year's BBQ Fest is slated for June 16th & 17th.
www.6cornersbbqfest.com