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Memphis is Tennessee’s largest city. It combines gleaming new office buildings with the old cotton mills, steam paddle wheelers, Beale Street, Sun Studios, the Peabody Hotel ducks, Mud Island and of course Elvis Presley’s home Graceland.
It is becoming most famous for the Memphis in May International Festival. The annual celebration of music, food and fun. This year the fun starts on April 30th with the Beale Street Music Festival. This is a three day celebration of music on the banks of the Mississippi. It covers 33 acres and there are more than sixty top artists. There will be everything from local performers to international acts performing on four stages.
This festival is one of the major music events in Memphis. The music is varied and there is something to suit all tastes. You will be able to listen to a variety of musical genres including gospel, blues, R&B, alternative and soul. This attraction sells out annually so be sure to get your tickets at the earliest opportunity or you might miss out on this fabulous World famous event.
This year Memphis in May 2010 is featuring the country of Tunisia. Performers will be brought from the honoured country and there will be special programs designed to share the culture of the country through music, song and dance. Memphis in May runs educational classroom programs and competitions which are complemented by these events. This year I am sure everyone will enjoy the featured Orpheum performance Tunisia: Rhythm of the Sands which will be on May 6 & 7.
The Memphis in May International Festival believes that education is an integral part of the festival and they are committed to the education of the Mid-South community, both children and adults. Each year they are immersed in the culture of the chosen country. There are competitions, international exchanges and so much more! By the time a student graduates from high school they should have experienced the customs and cultures of 13 different countries.
For all of those who have a love of Barbecue, you must make your way to Tom Lee Park in downtown Memphis for the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest which runs from May 13-15. There are hundreds of teams competing for over $90,000 in prizes. This area is a riot of colour with the decorated team areas doing their best to win the best booth competition and of course their many trophies are on display to prove their right to be there. They may be busy grilling but many are dressed up for the Ms. Piggie competition or the t-shirt competition.
Speaking of competitions don’t miss the Memphis in May Triathlon. Head down to Edmund Orgill Park in Millington where you will find athletes from around the world ready to compete in the 1.5K swim, the 40K bike and the 10K run event. After this event there will be a barbecue, DJ and band.
Memphis in May 2010 closes this fabulous month with its oldest event, the AutoZone Sunset Symphony. This is an entire day of family entertainment on the banks of the Mississippi River. The day starts with music by local performers and is followed at 6pm by a spectacular Air Show from the Commemorative Air Force. There will be a variety of air craft performing amazing aerial stunts. Later as the sun sets the Memphis Symphony Orchestra performs as the sky lights up with a spectacular fireworks display.
Memphis in May International Festival is such a popular attraction Travel Advice Pages suggest you book tickets for the events you are interested in as early as possible since tickets for the most popular shows sell out rapidly.
There will be a further article concerning the artists performing at the Festival as soon as the information is available.
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First let me state that the Memphis in May World Championship BBQ Contest is an amazing sight to behold…
The sweet smell of hickory hangs thick in the air. Booths (some 3 levels tall) line the mile long park. Over 100,000 people flock to this Mecca of BBQ every year to eat, drink, and worship at the altar of swine.
Now you will find people who trash this and other BBQ festivals because teams hold private parties and won’t let them in…this is the truth, we do hold private parties and most of the time we won’t let you in, but please give me a chance to explain WHY we don’t (and CAN’T) let people in to our booths…
The reason all of us teams do not provide food to festival goers are 3 fold…
1. Health codes prohibit us from distributing food and beverages to festival goers…We only can give things to our “invited guests”
2. We pay for this contest out of our own pockets…even the smallest Patio Porker team is probably spending 2 grand to enter and compete…some of the bigger teams can spend over 25-30 thousand dollars….My teammates and I throw in $300 each, so yes, it is our party.
3. We cannot accept money or sell anything to the general public - We WILL BE disquallified from the contest for doing so. It is about winning to us, so please don’t ask us to ruin our chance to win.
We as teams are truly sorry that people come every year expecting to be able to just walk in and eat whatever they want…and every year people actually yell at us, and I’ve even had some people become violent (I have been hit) because of the above rules. Please understand this, we plan and save our money for months to do these contests. We spend a week of our vacation time to set this up and take it down. We work very hard to compete and the parties that people are not “allowed in” are our celebrations with family and freinds…
NOW- If you do a little internet leg work you will find that in the months prior to the contest you have the ability to join many of the teams through their facebook and webpages.
If you just want to attend the festival and not be on a team then you have many options -
1. Get on Facebook and the web and make friends with some teams
2. The Peoples Choice Contest - From 2-6pm on Thursday and Friday of the contest. $4 gets you 5 samples of BBQ which you vote on, the winner is determined by the masses.
3. Cooker Caravan - This program is free and lets you tour team booths
*Thursday, May 14 and Friday, May 15
11:30 am - 3:30 pm
(last tour leaves at 3:30 pm)
*Saturday, May 16
10:30 am - 2:30 pm
(last tour leaves at 2:30)
Teams give you guided tours of their booths, and here’s a little secret…a few of us will invite you back for the party
Neil Gallagher
Pitmaster - Too Sauced To Pork BBQ