{"id":53281,"date":"2025-01-10T18:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T23:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=53281"},"modified":"2025-01-10T18:00:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T23:00:56","slug":"lakeland-pigfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/01\/10\/lakeland-pigfest\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland Pigfest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/lakeland-pigfest-logo-250px.png?resize=250%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/lakeland-pigfest-logo-250px.png?w=250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/lakeland-pigfest-logo-250px.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 28th 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\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lakeland Pigfest \u2013 2-Day BBQ Festival<\/h2>\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<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"645049\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"144\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lakeland-Pigfest-1.webp?resize=350%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53283 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #645049; width:685px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lakeland-Pigfest-1.webp?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lakeland-Pigfest-1.webp?resize=300%2C123&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Friday, January 24th 5:00 p.m. \u2013 10:00 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saturday, January 25th, 10:00 a.m. \u2013 5:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><video preload=\"auto\" autoplay=\"\" loop=\"\" playsinline=\"\"><\/video><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 28th 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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