Bulls and BBQ to bring full day of family-friendly fun

Published 7:58 am Thursday, November 3, 2022

By Staff Reports

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Courtesy Currituck County Travel & Tourism

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Fall is here and it is that time of year again to grab your cowboy hat and boots and come on out to the Bulls and BBQ event at the Currituck County Rural Center-CCRC located in Powells Point. Bring your friends and family out for a day filled with fun family festivities, the event will be held on November 5, 2022 from noon until 6 p.m.

Free Festivities are open to the public from noon to 3 p.m., which includes the Anything Goes Craft Market, food vendors, mechanical bull riding, petting zoo, live music, Kinfolk Mobile Axe Throwing and cornhole tournament.

From 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., enjoy the 2022 People’s Choice BBQ Competition (which may include some of our KCBS competitors) where attendees get to be the judge of who’s serving up the best tasting barbecue, which includes judging favorite fixings as well. Tickets for the People’s Choice portion of the event are $10 per person and can only be purchased in advance online at BullsandBBQ.com. Once participants have finished sampling some delicious barbecue, they get to cast their votes for their favorite. Winners will be announced at 4 p.m. Proceeds from this competition will benefit the 4-H Backpacks for Kids, a local non-profit carrying out the mission to provide Currituck’s school-aged children with the necessities to enhance the total school experience and ensure they reach their full potential with dignity.

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The gate opens at 2 p.m. for the 5^th annual Currituck Bulls and BBQ Rodeo. Tickets for the rodeo can only be purchased online at BullsandBBQ.com and are $15 for adults and kids 13+ and $10 for children 6-12. A digital or paper (print out) ticket will need to be presented at the gate, so bring it with you. “Tickets are going fast so, please get your tickets in advance as tickets are expected to sell out,” noted event organizers. If the rodeo does not sell out, tickets the day of the event will increase to $20 for adults and kids 13+ and $15 for children 6-12. No refunds will be issued, rain date is scheduled for November 6.

“So come on out for a day filled with family fun, we hope to see you there,” invited organizers.

For more information, call 252-435-2947 or visit visitcurrituck.com/events/

Event Timeline:
Noon – Gates Open (craft market, mechanical bull riding, food vendors)
1 p.m. – Welcome
1:15–3 p.m. – Live music featuring Glen Shelton
3 p.m. – 5th Annual Rodeo Begins
4:15 p.m. – Rodeo intermission
5:30 p.m. – Rodeo Ends

Free Festivities (Noon-3 p.m.):
– Petting zoo
– Mechanical bull
– Inflatable basketball connect four
– Kinfolk mobile axe throwing
– LCVFD firetruck

Free Cornhole Tournament
12:30pm: Cornhole tournament registration
1:30pm: Cornhole tournament begins

Food Vendors (Noon-5:30 p.m.)