Annual Lexington Barbeque Festival Draws a Hungry Crowd
If you like barbecue, get your stomach to Lexington – especially in October. That’s when the annual
Lexington Barbecue Festival takes place. Lexington is known as the “Barbecue Capital of the World,” with 20 barbecue restaurants in a town with a population of about 20,000. For the festival, an eight-block stretch of Main Street is closed to traffic, and 150,000 people attend to sample the more than 15,000 pounds of barbecue prepared by chefs. Named
"One of the Top Ten Food Festivals in the U.S.A." by Travel & Leisure Magazine, admission is free.
