Vegetarians, beware. 3,000 lbs of bacon are coming to Keystone resort June 24-26 for a festival of meaty proportions.
The brain child of a Keystone skier and bacon aficionado, the Blue Ribbon Bacon Tour will be making its Colorado debut with bacon lectures, concerts, and of course lots and lots of sampling.
"As far as I'm concerned, if you haven't sampled a variety of bacon at 9,000 feet above sea level, you haven't lived," Brooks Reynolds, co-founder of the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival said on the event's website. "The Blue Ribbon Bacon Tour couldn't dream of a better location for this event. With [Keystone]'s help, we look forward to transforming River Run Village into a bacon lover's paradise. OHHHH, BACON!"
For $30, attendees will get access to unlimited bacon, a free beer, and "other bacon goodies," the Keystone communications team said. Other activities like a Kidzone, the golf course, and the gondola will be open for those looking for a reprieve from the salty, crispy pork snack.
Appropriately named, musical acts Devon Allman's Honeytribe (mmm... honey bacon), Yo Momma's Big Fat Booty Band (mmm...fat), and Reckless Kelly will rock River Run to provide some background noise to the crunching sounds you'll be emitting. Warren Station will also host an after party to burn off those extra calories.
"If words could only describe how I'm feeling right now," bacon connoisseur Neil Pederson of Golden, Colo. said to the Blue Ribbon Bacon Tour. "As a native Iowan, I miss the many different types of bacon available at local meat lockers and pig farms. At times, I long for an applewood smoked bacon from a pure bred Duroc pig. Or a few slices of dry-cured bacon from a true Berkshire breed. A tear comes to my eye, just thinking about the opportunity that lies before me."
Thinking this is the best festival you've ever heard of? Lodging rates are inexpensive (starting at $98 a night) and tickets are available now.
--Morgan Bast