Alabama	Above The Best BBQ & Musica Festival - Fort Rucker - Feb 22-23, 2008 Sloss Furnaces Stokin' The Fire BBQ Festival -       Birmingham - 2008 TBA Smokin' In The Wiregrass - Tri-State BBQ Festival -       Dothan - May 16-17, 2008 The Mitchell Company BBQ Championship and Hog Wild Festival - Mobile - March 7-8, 2008 Whistle Stop Festival - Huntsville - May 02-03, 2008
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas	Bikes, Blues & BBQ - Fayetteville - Sept 24-27, 2008
California	Brews. Blues And BBQ - Yuba City - 2008 TBA ClovisFest - Red ,Hot and Real California State BBQ Championship - 2008 TBA
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida	Hernando County Rodeo And Barbecue Festival - Brookesville - Oct 10-12, 2008 Lakeland Pig Festival - January 25-26, 2008 Pig On The Pond - Waterfront Park - Cleremont FL - March 7-8, 2008 The Sixth Annual Plant City Pig Jam - Plant City - 2008 TBA (after clicking on link, scroll down to find info on this festival)
Georgia	Barnesville BBQ & Blues Festival - Barnesville - April 25-26, 2008 Decatur BBQ Festival - Decatur - 2008 TBA Dillard Bluegrass & BBQ Festival, Dillard - August 1-2, 2008 National BBQ Festival - Douglas GA - October 31-November 1, 2008
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois	The Southern Illinois Bluegrass & BBQ Festival or www.BluegrassBBQ.com - Salem - 2008 TBA - KCBS Sanctioned ~ State Championship Qualifier - Illinois BBQ Society Qualifier The Virginia Bar-B-Que - Virginia (yes city of Virginia in Illinois) - June 6-8, 2008
Indiana	BBQ Rib Fest - Fort Wayne, 2008 TBA Ribberfest - Barbeque, Blues & Balloons - Madison -       August 15-16, 2008
Iowa	BBQ in the Bluffs - Council Bluffs - May 09-10, 2008
Kansas	Brew, Blues & BarBQ - Lansing - May 02-03, 2008 The Great American Barbecue - Kansas City. May 21-25, 2008 Kansas Winter Que - Great Bend, February 15-16, 2008
Kentucky	Annual BBQ and Chili Cookoff , Richmond - 2008 TBA Barbecue On The River, Paducah - 2008 TBA Cave Run Rock-n-Blues-n-BBQ Fest, Morehead -       July 18-19, 2008 International BBQ Festival, Owensboro - 2008 TBA W.C. Handy Blues & BBQ Festival, Henderson - 2008 TBA
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland	Pork In The Park - Salisbury - April 18-20, 2008
Massachusetts
Michigan	Hot Blues And BBQ Festival - Oxford - 2008 TBA Smokin’ Jazz and Barbecue Blues Festival - 2008 TBA
Minnesota
Mississippi	Mississippi Springfest - Ashland - May 09-10, 2008 Oxford Town BBQ Throwdown - 2008 TBA
Missouri	Bates County's Great American BBQ State Championship & Fall Festival - Butler - 2008 TBA Osage River Bottoms BBQ & Blues Festival - Warsaw - May 16-17, 2008 The 2nd Annual Great Pacific Missouri BBQ & Bluegrass Festival - Pacific - August 15-16, 2008 Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival - Springfield - April 18-19, 2008 Roots 'n Blues n' BBQ Festival - Columbia - 2008 TBA Sedalia Lions Club Blues & BBQ - Sedalia - 2008 TBA
Montana
Nebraska	North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival - North Platte - May 09-10, 2008
Nevada	Best In The West Nugget Rib Cook Off, Sparks - Labor Day Wknd 2008
New Hampshire
New Jersey	Guitarbeque 2007 - Asbury Park - 2008 TBA
New Mexico	National Fiery-Foods & Barbecue Show, Albuquerque - February 29 - March 2, 2008
New York	Grillin' On The Bay - Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn,2008 TBA Hudson Valley Rib Fest - New Paltz - August 15-17, 2008 The Lake Placid NY, I Love Barbeque Festival - Lake Placid - 2008 TBA
North Carolina	Blue Ridge BBQ Festival, Tryon - June 13-14, 2008 Maggie Valley 5th Annual Western N.C. BBQ Festival - Maggie Valley - 2008 TBA Rockin' Rib Fest - Troutman - May 30 - June 01, 2008 The BBQ Festival, Lexington - Oct 25, 2008
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma	Bixby BBQ’n Blues Festival, Bixby - Bixby May 09-10, 2008 Boots & BBQ - Claremore - May 16-17, 2008 Claremore Rotary BBQ Festival - Claremore - 2008 TBA
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina	Carolinas Childrens Home BBQ Cookoff Festeival, Columbia - 2008 TBA Carolina Q Cup - World BBQ Championship Cookoff, Columbia - 2008 TBA Festival of Discovery - Annual BBQ and Hash Cookoff, a KCBS Sanctioned South Carolina State Championship event, Greenwood - July 10-12, 2008 Smoke At The Lodge, Summerville - April 4-5, 2008 Squeelin On The Square - KCBS State Championship BBQ Cookoff, Laurens - 2008 TBA
South Dakota	4th Annual Q-Fest - Milbank - June 28, 2008
Tennessee	Annual Tennessee Heritage BBQ Festival - Smyrna - June 14-15, 2008 Bloomin' Barbeque & Bluegrass - Seiverville - May 16-17, 2008 Chester County BBQ Festival - Henderson - 2008 TBA Memphis In May - World Championship BBQ Cooking Contest, Memphis May 15-17, 2008 Porkin' in the Park - Clarksville - April 4-5, 2008 Tennesse State BBQ Festival - Lenoir City Park Tellico - 2008 TBA
Texas	Annual Texas BBQ Festival - Austin - 2008 TBA
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Washington D.C.	National Capital BBQ Battle, Washington DC - 2008 TBA
West Virginia
Wisconsin	North Star BBQ & Blues Fest - DeForest - June 06-07, 2008
Wyoming