The Smoke and Brew BBQ is one of those must attend events that has become a tradition for Colorado locals on Labor Day Weekend. Don’t like crowds and over priced food at the Taste of Colorado downtown? Well this downhome meat lovers festival is for you.
Smokin’ Brew BBQ
Friday August 31, 2012 – Sunday September 2, 2012
Along with the KCBS Sanctioned BBQ competition there will also be several of the teams that will be vendors at the Smokin Brew, there will be music all three days of the event, there will be bounce houses for the kids.
Smokin Brew BBQ Labor Day Weekend Schedule
Friday, August 31, 2012
- 4-6 p.m. Happy Hour
- 6-9 p.m. Live Musical entertainment by Catfish Kray Blues Band
- 9:30 p.m. last call
- 10:00 p.m. CLOSED
Saturday, September 1, 2012
- Hours 10 a.m – 10 p.m.
- 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Blues All Star Band
- 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Reckless Red
- 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. The Indulgers
- 9:30 p.m. Last Ccall
- 10 p.m. CLOSED
Sunday, September 2, 2012
- Hours 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
- 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Black Jack Canyon Band
- 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Ashley Buchart Band
- 5 p.m. BBQ Awards Ceremony
- 7:30 p.m. last call
- 8:00 CLOSED
SMOKIN BREW BBQ LOCATION
Parker Station Parking Lot , Downtown Parker (intersection of Mainstreet and Pikes Peak)
Admission is FREE, Food, Beer and wine tickets are on sale for $1 per ticket. Cash ONLY! There is an ATM on site.
Tips for enjoying the BBQ:
- Drink responsibly and make sure your group has a designated driver
- Have a meeting place in case you get separated
- Don’t leave children unattended
Parker Lodging Options
- Hampton Inn Parker - www.hamptoninn.com 19010 East Cottonwood Drive, Parker – (303) 841-2977
- Super 8-Parker - www.super8.com 6230 East Pine Lane, Parker – (720) 851-2644
- Holiday Inn Parker - www.hiselect.com 19308 Cottonwood Drive, Parker – (303) 248-2147
2012 Smokin Brew BBQ Teams – Event Layout
- A Frog & A Dog
- Backdraft BBQ
- Bayou Bar-B-Que Catering Co.
- Burnin Bob’s Butts & Bones
- Cedar Smokers
- Chibi-Q
- CLARENCE
- Granny’s Bar-B-Gurus
- Grill Fellas
- Hoosier – Q
- Los Nerds
- Neighbors BBQ
- Perfect Pig Parts
- Pig Floyd
- Q Pig BBQ
- Q’ Tang Clan
- Red Swing BBQ
- Rib Runners BBQ
- Rocket Boys Pyro BBQ
- Rub ‘Em & Leave ‘em
- Smokaholics Anonymous
- Smoke N the Rockies
- Smoke Therapy
- Smokin Timbers
- Smoky the Blair
- Stars & Stripes BBQ
- Swinestone Cowboys
- The Kilted Pig Co
- White Oak Creek Smokers
- WHR Meat Masters
- Wild Hogs BBQ
For more information about the BBQ Festival in Parker visit the website www.smokinbrewbbq.com
The Cherry Creek Valley Rotary Club of Parker is part of the glue that binds this community together. They are responsible for supporting and organizing events like:
- Provide dictionaries to every third grader at seven local elementary schools
- Provide US Constitutions to fifth graders through Liberty Day Project
- Award a grant matched with District 5450 funds to Project Sanctuary, a local charity that provides free therapeutic mountain retreats to military families
- Put on Trick or Treat on Mainstreet for over 6,000 local kids in a safe, controlled environment
- Participate in matching grants to Parker Task Force and Douglas/Elbert Task Force
- Sponsor 9-11 breakfast for Parker Fire Fighters and Police
- Provide audio visual equipment and volunteer support to Douglas County Support Center
- Donate a bench to the Parker PACE Center
- Donate an audio system for Parker Downtown Mainstreet (pending)
- Send 4 kids to Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) camps
- Sponsor a foreign exchange student for a year in Parker
- Support Homes for Our Troops and Kids for Our Troops to help build homes for our disabled veterans
- Fund a water project and an audiology project in Ghana (pending)
- Provide a disaster relief shelter box to be deployed in one of the countries struck by a natural catastrophe
- Contribute to Polio Plus to continue the fight to eliminate polio worldwide
- Fund a water project in Africa (pending)
- Sponsor a Rotary Group Study Exchange couple
