{"id":41012,"date":"2024-01-16T21:18:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T02:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=41012"},"modified":"2024-01-16T21:18:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T02:18:14","slug":"lakeland-pigfest-jan-26-2024-jan-27-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/01\/16\/lakeland-pigfest-jan-26-2024-jan-27-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"LAKELAND PIGFEST Jan 26, 2024 \u2014 Jan 27, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 27th Annual Lakeland Pigfest will feature more than 150 competition barbecue teams during a weekend of good eatin\u2019, good friends, and good tunes to benefit Lakeland-area charities.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"388\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Lakeland-PigFest-Barbecue-Festival.jpg?resize=714%2C388&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Lakeland-PigFest-Barbecue-Festival.jpg?w=714&amp;ssl=1 714w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Lakeland-PigFest-Barbecue-Festival.jpg?resize=300%2C163&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Lakeland Pigfest \u2013 2-Day BBQ Festival<\/h2>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-Youtube aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"3e9e920d-5b51-46a1-a4bd-c9d0fd7d00f5\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-0887d959a2dc31ca4a3d414c46db6c32\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n                    <div >\n                        <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper preset-default insta-grid ep-google-photos-carousel\"\n                            style=\"max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"                                                                                                                >\n\n                            <div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-4b54861e1a0eece128ab34f73bc5e95a ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:340px; max-height:340px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"Visiting Lakeland, Florida - PigFest at SUN &#039;n FUN Expo Campus\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9uRIxYMW36o?feature=oembed&#038;color=red&#038;rel=1&#038;controls=2&#038;start=true&#038;end=true&#038;fs=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen title=\"LAKELAND PIGFEST Jan 26, 2024 \u2014 Jan 27, 2024\"><\/iframe><\/div>                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pigfest is one of the largest Barbecue Competitions in the southeast and the Largest KCBS-sanctioned event in Florida. Since 1997, the event has generated over 2 million dollars in charitable donations that have been disbursed to the Lakeland Community through various community partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/lakelandpigfest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2-day BBQ festival<\/a>&nbsp;is held at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/visitcentralflorida.org\/venues\/sun-n-fun-expo-campus\/\">SUN \u2018n FUN Expo Campus<\/a>&nbsp;on Medulla Road in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vcfmain.wpengine.com\/cities-towns\/lakeland\/\">Lakeland<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Friday, January 26th 5:00 p.m. \u2013 10:00 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saturday, January 27th, 10:00 a.m. \u2013 5:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 27th Annual Lakeland Pigfest will feature more than 150 competition barbecue teams during a weekend of good eatin\u2019, good friends, and good tunes to benefit Lakeland-area charities. 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