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Four tickets to August 29, 2025, High On The Hog Dinner Four tickets to August 30, 2025, Q School Grilling Class Four tickets to August 30, 2025, Barbecue Reimagined Four

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Four tickets to August 29, 2025, High On The Hog Dinner Four tickets to August 30, 2025, Q School Grilling Class Four tickets to August 30, 2025, Barbecue Reimagined Four

Pinehurst Barbecue Festival Stay & Feast Experience and Chance to Win Four Tickets for Life!

  • Four tickets to August 29, 2025, High On The Hog Dinner
  • Four tickets to August 30, 2025, Q School Grilling Class
  • Four tickets to August 30, 2025, Barbecue Reimagined
  • Four tickets to August 31, 2025, Pitmaster Invitational*
  • Four tickets for life to Pitmaster Invitational*
  • Two hotel rooms for two nights at Hilton Garden Inn in Aberdeen
  • Two swag bags

*Includes VIP early access to pitmaster tastings


Close out the summer season in style in the Village of Pinehurst with a Stay & Feast package to the fifth annual Pinehurst Barbecue Festival. Fill your Labor Day weekend with ample events and tastings of barbecue meats from award-winning pitmasters and more than 50 sauce samplings. The Pinehurst Barbecue Festival has quickly become one of North Carolina’s top foodie events. Individual event tickets are available at www.pinehurstbarbecuefestival.com.

To celebrate the festival’s fifth anniversary, we are showcasing a special contest for Our State audiences. Enter this contest to receive four tickets to every festival event, plus, the winner will also receive four Tickets for Life to the Pinehurst Barbecue Festival Pitmaster Invitational.

Beyond the festival, explore everything Moore County has to offer from quaint downtown shopping to more than 30 hiking trails, five breweries, the BHAWK destination distillery, and more.

This story was published on Jul 02, 2025

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