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BACONFEST
BACONFEST. A fundraiser for AREA RESIDENTIAL CARE, INC., Baconfest was first held in the fall of 2013. In 2014 the same celebration of the salty, crunchy treat--bacon--was scheduled for October 2nd at the Dubuque County Fair Grounds. Tickets were limited to the first 500 customers (450 general admission ($25) and 50 VIPs ($40)). (1)
Patterned after the Des Moines Baconfest, the local event in 2014 was planned to include an oink-off contest and the crowning of the first-ever King or Queen of Baconfest. (2)
In 2018 twenty-three food vendors competed for the votes of the judges and more than six hundred others in attendance. (3)
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Source:
1. Frenzel, Anthony. "Oink, Oink" Telegraph Herald, September 25, 2014, p. 1D
2. Ibid.
3. "Baconfest a Sizzling Success in Dubuque," Telegraph Herald, October 7, 2018, p. 20A