Portland Baconfest THIS Saturday @ EastBurn | Over 2,500 Bacon Lovers
August 17, 2010 — PDXPIPELINEOne of Portland's favorite events returns this weekend–BACONFEST. Over 2,500 people attended the event last year and well, Portland is in a record-breaking mood right now, so expect even more this Saturday.
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From press release:
BACONFEST 2010
2nd Annual Celebration of Portland's Love of Bacon
Saturday, 8/21 · Noon-8pm
1800 East Burnside
PDX.FM is proud to present the 2nd annual 2010 Portland Baconfest. On August 21, 2010 from 12PM-8PM there will be a block party like no other celebrating all things bacon. Baconfest will be held on the street at 18th and Burnside next to The East Burn.
Over 2,500 bacon lovers attended the 2009 Portland Baconfest-this year we're shooting for double. Twice the bacon, people, vendors, contests, bands, and prizes. This year there will be over two dozen Northwest vendors, two food carts, 4 local bands, and a DJ along with a baconeating contest, a bacon dance-off, prizes, beer, vodka, raffles, professional skateboarders and more – all to celebrate the meaty magical goodness that is bacon.
$5 – ADVANCE TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE @ Brownpaper tickets.
Sponsored by: East Burn, MacTarnahan's Beer, Bacon Salt, Bacon Skateboards, Tiny Meat, Skillet Bacon Jam, Bakon Vodka, Parker's Waffles, Das Foods, Get Fit Portland, Salted Caramel, and so many more. [Emily Gibson]
Schedule of events:
- 12:00 Opening Ceremonies + Contest — The Bacon Mile (ends 5pm)
- 01:00 Live Music — The KOS
- 02:00 Contest — Bacon Toss
- 03:00 Live Music — Target for Tomorrow and the Horns of Destruction
- 04:00 Contest — Bacon Eat-Off
- 05:00 Live Music — Drain
- 06:00 Bacon Dance-Off
- 07:00 Live Music — Kym Krash Band
August 17, 2010 at 06:33
It’s to bad that girl Jess isn’t throwing here FakinFest this year to counteract all the bad mojo and karma that this event brings.
Pic from last years Fakinfest http://letsgetsconed.blogspot.com/2009/10/fakin-fest-2009.html
August 17, 2010 at 23:49
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August 18, 2010 at 15:44
Bacon does not bring people bad mojo and karma, it brings people pure bliss the moment it melts in their mouth! MMmmmmmm!
August 18, 2010 at 21:03
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August 19, 2010 at 12:15
Bacon brings the world together… it’s the one thing Muslims and Jews can agree on.
August 20, 2010 at 09:54
[...] Portland’s Baconfest is tomorrow! We don’t have any BaconFest videos from last year. If you take some this year, please add to our vimeo group. For now, Jim Gaffigan’s homage to bacon will do quite fine. [...]
August 22, 2010 at 12:39
[...] & Pictures | Bacon Eating Contest August 22, 2010 — PDXPIPELINE Bacon Pops @ BaconFest East Burn Portland, Oregon Photo by PDX Pipeline More BaconFest pictures on Flickr [...]