December 5, 2019
The 13th Annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival will be held at Horizon Events Center on March 7, 2020. Tickets for the event will be limited to only 5,000 and go on sale exclusively at blueribbonbaconfestival.com on Wednesday, December 18 at 12:18 pm. The 2020 theme, “Baco...
October 24, 2019
After 6 consecutive years of attracting over 10,000 bacon-lovers, the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival will transform once again by moving to a smaller venue and reducing attendance to 5,000. The Iowa Bacon Board predicts a smaller venue will yield more fun, resulting in an...
February 12, 2019
At 8 AM on Friday, Feb. 15, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds will ‘break bacon’ with international delegations from Belgium, Iceland and Japan at Terrace Hill. Each group will have traveled an enormous distance to participate in Iowa’s most celebrated winter event – the Blue...
November 15, 2018
The Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival will return to all four levels of the Iowa Events Center on February 16, 2019. Every year, festival organizers have announced a theme for the bacon community to embrace. From Baconmania’s wrestling to Sweatin’ to the Sizzle’s 1980’s worko...
September 13, 2018
On Saturday, September 29th, Chef Dominic Iannarelli will be returning to Kofu, Japan with the hopes of adding one more plaque to his trophy room. Last November, Iannarelli partnered with Japan’s Chef Mitsuru Yoneyama to win the “Best Dish” award at the Inaugural Japan...
December 7, 2017
The 11th Annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival will take place at the Iowa Events Center on February 17 from 10 AM to 5 PM. After 5 PM, the celebration will continue in Club Sizzle (4th Floor) with an after-party concert featuring Grammy-nominated band Smash Mouth. 2018’s...
October 20, 2017
The Iowa Bacon Board, organizers of the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival, have officially announced that the 11th Annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival will return to the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa on February 17, 2018. For the first time ever bacon-lovers of all age...
August 24, 2017
Organizers of the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival announced today that they have partnered with the Junior Chamber International Kofu (JCIK) to cohost Japan’s first ever baconfest. The Japan Bacon Festival will take place from 10 AM to 4 PM on November 3, 2017 (Japan Cultur...
November 3, 2016
The Iowa Bacon Board, organizers of the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival, has announced that coveted tickets to the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival will go on sale via www.hyveetix.com and the Wells Fargo Ticket Office on November 17 at 10:10 AM.
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August 25, 2016
The Iowa Bacon Board, organizers of the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival, officially announced that the 10th Annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival will return to the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa on February 18, 2017.
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