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Columbia,
SC – March 2024 / NewsmakerAlert: Get ready to fire up your
taste buds and mark your calendars because tickets for the highly anticipated
Southeastern
BBQ Showdown are set to go on-sale to the general public on Friday,
March 22, at 10:00 a.m.
The Southeastern BBQ Showdown
is an unprecedented culinary extravaganza that brings together the best
of the BBQ world for a two-day celebration of flavor, competition, and
entertainment. Hosted by Capital
City/Lake Murray Country at Segra Park, the home of the Columbia Fireflies,
this inaugural event marks a historic moment as the “first food sport competition
to grace a sports stadium in the United States”.
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From Fridays, South Carolina
Night, featuring a sizzling chicken wing competition and live music from
BAND
OF OZ, to the main event on Saturday, where 25 elite BBQ teams from
across the nation go head-to-head. It will be a feast for the senses with
celebrity BBQ teams, esteemed judges, an electrifying Country Music Concert
featuring multi-award-winning ALABAMA,
and a dazzling fireworks finale to ensure that the Southeastern BBQ Showdown
will be an unforgettable experience for all who attend.
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TICKETS
Online: SoutheasternBBQShowdown.com
In-person: Segra Park [1640
Freed Street, Columbia, SC 29201]
Visit SoutheasternBBQShowdown.com
for more information including BBQ Teams, vendors/exhibits, hotel reservations,
tickets, and more! Follow the Showdown on Facebook
and Instagram
to stay up to date with exciting news as the event builds and tune into
the Behind the Plate video podcast with Emcee Mark Conway
premiering every Wednesday on YouTube.
#SoutheasternBBQShowdown #TopFoodDestination
About ALABAMA
Over 50 years ago, Jeff
Cook, Teddy Gentry, and Randy Owen left the cotton farms of Fort Payne,
Alabama to spend the summer playing music in a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
bar called The Bowery. It took them six long years of tip jars and word-of-mouth
to earn the major label deal they’d been dreaming of. Then, seemingly no
time at all to change the face of country music. ALABAMA, country music’s
first band, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005. The
group is known for hit songs including “Mountain Music,” “Roll On,” “Dixieland
Delight” and “If You’re Gonna Play In Texas (You Gotta Have A Fiddle In
The Band).” From humble beginnings picking cotton in the fields to international
stars, ALABAMA went on to sell 80 million albums and charted 43 No.1 hits,
becoming the most successful band in the history of country music. In November
2022, ALABAMA co-founder Jeff Cook passed following a lengthy battle with
Parkinson’s disease. With his prior encouragement and wishes, ALABAMA continues
touring on a limited basis, keeping the iconic music they created alive
for the current and future generations of fans.
For more information on ALABAMA,
visit TheAlabamaBand.com.
About Capital City/Lake
Murray Country Regional Tourism Board
CCLMC is the official source
for all things Lake Murray
Country. To plan your next trip, find information on attractions, dining,
hotels, outdoor recreation, fishing, golf, and events. Explore The Top
Southern Destinations of Columbia, Richland, Lexington, Newberry, and Saluda.
For more information about CCLMC visit LakeMurrayCountry.com
or call 803-781-5940 | 1-866-SC-Jewel.
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#LakeMurrayCountry #TopSouthernDestination
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Media Contact:
Micah
Decker
VP of Marketing
Capital City/Lake Murray
Country Regional Tourism Board
803-781-5940 x 207 | 803-521-9096
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