Red DIrt BBQ

The Red Dirt BBQ & Music Festival in Tyler won’t start for another two months, but you can buy tickets today starting at 10:00am.

The event is scheduled for Saturday, May 3rd on the square in downtown Tyler. Barbecue from fifteen of Texas’s best barbecue joints will be served starting at 2:00 for VIP’s and will be available at 3:00 for general admission. Samples of the barbecue are free for attendees once inside the gates. In addition to barbecue, there will also be live music. Starting at 4:30 you’ll hear The Bigsbys followed by Green River Ordinance, Whiskey Myers, and the Randy Rogers Band.

There are three options for tickets:
$90 VIP ticket with admission at 2:00 and other goodies. Includes all live music.
$45 General Admission with admission at 3:00. Includes all live music.
$20 For music only, admission after 6:00. Barbecue not included.

Here’s the full BBQ line-up:

Black’s Barbecue, Lockhart
Buzzie’s BBQ, Kerrville
Country Tavern, Kilgore
Cousin’s BBQ, Fort Worth
Hutchins BBQ, McKinney
La Barbecue, Austin
Lockhart Smokehouse, Dallas
Louie Mueller Barbecue, Taylor
Micklethwait Craft Meats, Austin
Opie’s BBQ, Spicewood
Riverport Bar-B-Que, Jefferson
Schmidt Family Barbecue, Bee Cave
The Slow Bone, Dallas
Stanley’s Famous Pit Bar-B-Q, Tyler
Stiles Switch BBQ and Brew, Austin

Get your tickets here.