Kick off festival season right … with music, barbecue and community! We welcome 85 local and regional BBQ masters and the best backyard chefs to compete in seven categories: Whole Hog, Ribs, Pork ****/Shoulder, Porkpourri, Sauce, Fan Favorite, and Fundraising Champion.

Our barbecue festival is a two-day event full of music, local beer, and fundraising. Both New Orleans musicians and national musical acts will keep you dancing all weekend long to whet your appetite to try every food option from Alabama white sauce to cracklin cochon de lait nachos.

The Cause

Hogs for the Cause has been voted Best Local Charity Event in New Orleans for many years now, and for good reason!     Through the amazing efforts of our fans and our teams, we have become the premier nationwide source of funding for families with children fighting pediatric brain cancer.

Hogs for the Cause works with both local and national children’s hospitals, including Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, Ochsner Hospital for Children, Duke Children’s Hospital, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Children’s Hospital, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, and Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, to offer monetary relief to families with children who have brain cancer.

Lineup

Lineup subject to change

Friday
-- Shane smith & the saints
-- Artist at large: grace bowers
-- Tanner usrey
-- Eggy
-- Mountain grass unit
-- The ries brothers
-- The iceman special
-- Gyasi
-- Jive talk

Saturday
-- Band of horses
-- The record company
-- Daniel donato’s cosmic country
-- Briscoe
-- Drayton farley
-- Cole chaney
-- Yasmin williams
-- Deltaphonic
-- Chris christy quintet

The Food

95+ teams enter. only a few remain. who will reign supreme as grand champion?

Hogs for The Cause is a sweet, savory blend of all the things that are amazing in life: music, an incredible cause, family & friends. Oh, and the most delicious (and often over-the-top!) pork dishes on Earth.

This year, 95+ teams have entered to compete across multiple categories: Ribs, Whole Hog, Pork Shoulder, and Porkpourri.

Bring your stretchy pants & come pig out!

Date: April 5 and 6, 2024.

Time:
3:30pm on Friday
11:00am on Saturday.

Venue:
UNO Lakefront Arena Festival Grounds
6801 Franklin Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70122

Tickets

Rain or Shine

For more info https://hogsfest.org/.