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Texas Monthly BBQ Fest Brings 35-Plus Top 50 Joints to Lockhart
Saturday's BBQ World's Fair downtown is free. Sunday's Top 50 Picnic, with every joint from the magazine's top ten, has general admission left at $140; VIP is sold out.
Texas Monthly's two-day BBQ Fest returns to Lockhart, which calls itself the barbecue capital of Texas, on November 7 and 8. Saturday's BBQ World's Fair runs from noon to 6 p.m. around the downtown square, with barbecue joints, the returning Taco Trail of Texas taquerias, cooking demos, live music and an artisan market. It is free to attend; the magazine asks people to RSVP for updates, and you pay for what you eat. The fair benefits Feeding Texas.
Sunday's Top 50 Picnic at Lockhart City Park is the ticketed main event: more than 35 joints from the magazine's 2025 list of the 50 best barbecue joints in Texas, including all of the top ten, serving samples with live music. VIP tickets are sold out; general admission was still available at $140, with tickets for children 6 to 12 at $40 and children 5 and under free, according to Texas Monthly. Vendors are invited by the magazine's editors; there are no applications.
The picnic is on natural grass and uneven ground, and parking at the park can be bought in advance. Friday, November 6, is First Friday in downtown Lockhart, when businesses stay open late.
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