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Schedule of Events

Tentative 2024 Jiggy with the Piggy Schedule of Events, Subject to Change

 

Thursday, May 2

8 a.m. - 5 p.m. - BBQ Competition Teams Arrive

4 - 7 p.m. - Kannapolis Farmers Market Opens for the Season – corner of Dale Earnhardt Boulevard & Vance Avenue 

6:30 p.m. - Jiggy 5K Run - on the North Carolina Research Campus. Registration Opens Soon.

Friday, May 3

8 a.m. - 5 p.m. - BBQ Competition Teams Arrive 

5 p.m. - Jiggy Festival Opens - North Carolina Research Campus Horseshoe
Food, Arts & Crafts, Kids Zone, Carnival Rides, and More

Rides are $2/$10 wristband

7 p.m. -  Country Music Superstar Craig Morgan Performs the Jiggy Concert  - Free Admission - North Carolina Research Campus Horseshoe

9 p.m. - Jiggy Festival Closes 

Saturday, May 4

KCBS BBQ Competition - Throughout the day the professional barbeque teams compete for top awards and money prizes. 

7 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Y Service Club Pancake Breakfast – YMCA Kannapolis

9 a.m. - Jiggy Festival Opens to the Public – North Carolina Research Campus Horseshoe 

Food, Arts & Crafts, Kids Zone, Music, Carnival Rides, and More 

Saturday Kids Zone will feature a new Ninja Course.

Rides are $2/$10 wristband

Noon - 2 p.m. People's Choice - Pork Tasting (while supplies last) – North Carolina Research Campus Horseshoe 

(Look for the signs and the white tent)  Proceeds Benefit the Kannapolis YMCA, Kannapolis Rotary Club and the Kannapolis Youth Council. Festival attendees can purchase blocks of ten (10) samples for $10. 

5 p.m. - Jiggy Festival Closes 

Sunday, May 5

KCBS BBQ Competition - Throughout the day the professional barbeque teams compete for top awards and money prizes.