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The Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival takes place in Kennesaw at Depot Park on the weekend of Friday, August 15th and Saturday, August 16th, 2025. (This is a new location for 2025.)
Admission and entertainment is FREE, but you’ll want to bring your wallet for food and drink.
The free concerts take place on Friday night and all day Saturday, and you can see the music line-up below.
There is also a ticketed VIP Tasting Experience that costs $21 in advance and $30 on the days of the event.
There will also be dozens of vendors selling BBQ and other food items.
Alcohol is available for purchase by those 21 and over.
No pets, please.
Festival Hours:
Friday — 6 to 10 p.m.
Saturday — 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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The festival takes place around the amphitheater in Depot Park, and along Main Street in downtown Kennesaw.
Depot Park is located at:
2828 Cherokee Street
Kennesaw, GA 30144
Parking & street closure info here
2025 music schedule
Friday night schedule:
- 6:30pm — George Pippen (folk, country, pop)
- 8:15pm — Hayden Coffman (country)
Saturday schedule:
- 10am — Phantom (alternative, punk)
- 11am — Hired Hands (country, bluegrass, southern)
- 12:30pm — Jessie Lane (country, pop)
- 2pm — Sons-N-Britches (classic country, southern rock)
- 3:30pm — Trent Mayo (country, singer-songwriter)
- 5pm — Red Boots on the Dance Floor (line dancing)
- 5:30pm — Candi Jenkins (singer-songwriter, American, country)
- 6:30pm — HunterGirl (country)
- 8pm — Mark Wills (headline act)
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