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Rib America Festival Memorial Day Weekend

The Rib America Festival presented by U.S. Cellular returns to downtown St. Louis next week Friday, May 27 through Monday, 30, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. daily at Soldier’s Memorial Plaza.  The Rib America Festival is a fun filled event-featuring award winning barbeque, music, and more!  Charter Media reserved seats in front of the stage are on sale now at all Ticketmaster outlets. 2011 sponsors for the event include U.S. Cellular, Budweiser, Pepsi, Fabick CAT, Charter Media and Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark.   

Rib Tickling Trivia & Fun Facts

  • Rib fiends will have approximately 2,460 minutes during the four-day feast to savor enough ribs to hold them over until next year’s the St. Louis Rib America Festival!
  • Master Grillers from across the United States will have a "bone to pick" over whose ribs are the best
  • 637,000 watts of electricity will be used to keep the Main Stage pumping with live music throughout the St. Louis Rib America festivities.
  •  253,000 moist towelettes will wipe the sauce from sloppy fingers and faces.
  • Thousands of rib lovers will be crawling across the grounds in search of their favorite BBQ.
  • An estimated 7,378,000 bones have been served to rib lovers at the St. Louis Rib America Festivals over the years!
  • 444,600 bones will be discarded—stretching 42 miles if placed bone-to-bone.
  • 1,500 gallons of barbecue sauce will stick to everyone's ribs.
  • 19 awesome bands and artists will perform for screaming fans at the 2011 St. Louis Rib America Festival.

The American Red Cross will be onsite all weekend long. A new feature to the 2011 event includes the Street Rodder Magazine 2011 ‘Road Tour’ at the Rib America Festival on Monday, May 30 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

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The event always features the best, award winning, BBQ teams from across the country that will be serving up their finest ribs, bbq sandwiches and much more all weekend long!!!

Appearing on the Budweiser Stage:

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Friday, May 27th
Puddle of Mudd
AC/DShe
Brown Bottle Fever         

Saturday, May 28th
Kansas
Loverboy
Montrose
Mark Farner (formerly of Grand Funk Railroad)
Pat Travers
Derek St. Holmes (of the Ted Nugent band)
Healing Sixes

Sunday, May 29th
Collective Soul
Candlebox
Seven Mary Three
Shooting with Annie
The Last Good Year

Monday, May 30th
38 Special
Molly Hatchet
Fabulous Motown Revue
Well Hungarians
Street Rodder Magazine "Road Tour" from 11 am-1pm – Monday Only!

 *All Artists Subject to Change without Notice.

Ticket InformationFREE ADMISSION before 5:00 p.m. on Friday & before 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday.  Admission charge is ONLY $7.00 (which includes the concerts) after 5:00 p.m. on Friday and after 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. There will also be $2.00 off admission coupons available at select St. Louis area U.S. Cellular locations, good for one day of admission per person while supplies last. Children 12 & under are free. 

Charter Media Reserved Ticket Information: There are a limited number of Charter Media reserved seat tickets (located in front of the stage) for each day. Reserved tickets include a seat, access to private restrooms and access to a private bar. No lines! Reserved tickets purchased before May 27 include admission, after May 27 do not. Reserved tickets are on sale now at all Ticketmaster outlets and Ticketmaster.com.

Master Grilling Teams: The world’s greatest BBQ grilling teams will be on site cooking up their specialties from across the country all weekend long featuring Bog Boned BBQ from Tennessee, Coyote Roadhouse BBQ from Illinois, Cowboy’s BBQ from Texas, Willingham’s World Champion BBQ from Tennessee, Porky Chicks BBQ from Arkansas, Chicago’s BBQ from Illinois and Joey’s Texas Thunder BBQ from Texas.

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