There are still a few tickets available for this weekends Bacaonalia 2010!

Baconalia, Enid’s and Oklahoma’s first and only bacon festival – yes, bacon festival – is slated for Saturday, August 28, 2010 from noon to 4:00 p.m. in the parking lot adjacent to the Q Spot located at 221 W. Cherokee with musical entertainment to follow inside.

Who doesn’t love bacon? And what better way to celebrate our love for the meaty treat than a festival? Baconalia will consist of a cook off, a bacon eating contest, pageants, a hog calling contest, some mud wrestling, a “Hog Show,” and all around bacon related silliness.

Contestants for the bacon eating contest will be chosen on a first come, first entered basis. Announcements will be made during the festival to sign up and the first 20 people to sign up will get to participate in the eating competition. The competition will consist of eating a particular amount of bacon in a limited amount of time.

Hog calling is the ability to summon hogs; however, it is more often done just for fun. The hog callers will each get 45 seconds to do their call and they will be judged on clarity, creativity, and their ability to excite the audience.

The pageant titles will be Miss Piggy Princess for girls under 12, Miss Piggy for girls 13 to 17 and Ms. Piggy for women over 18. The criterion for the pageants is to do whatever the entrant feels embodies the spirit of the event and does not in any way refer to the size of the person vying for the title. Creativity will be judged heavily.

Motorcycle owners will be able to participate in the festival by entering their motorcycles into the “Hog” show sponsored by the Hog Trough. Motorcycles will be listed in several categories and judged by the festival attendees. This is an “all makes” contest and does not have to be a particular brand to enter.

There will also be the opportunity to mud wrestle a friend for $5. If the challenged does not wish to wrestle, they may pay $10 to avoid the challenge and all funds raised will go to the American Heart Association.

Tickets for the festival must be purchased in advance and will be $20. Each ticket will include a commemorative t-shirt, a drink coupon, and all the bacon you can eat. Children 5 and under are free, 6 to 12 are $10 which include bacon and a t-shirt, and kids over 12 are the same as adults. There will be no entry into the festival without a valid ticket and there will be no tickets sold at the gate. This is to ensure that the amount of food prepared is commensurate with the number of tickets sold. Tickets may be purchased online at www.iloveenid.com or in person at the RSVP center located at 602 S. Van Buren or The Felt Bird at 124 E. Broadway.

Email Tammy Wilson today for last minute ticket purchase.