Become Part of the Mile High BBQ Fest Experience

Mile High BBQ Fest is built around competition, entertainment, community, western culture, and the people who help bring the festival atmosphere to life.

Whether you are a BBQ team, judge, vendor, sponsor, performer, exhibitor, volunteer, or community partner, there are multiple ways to become involved in one of Colorado’s fastest-growing western lifestyle and entertainment festivals.

This is more than attending a festival.
It is an opportunity to help shape the experience itself.

Festival Highlights

• 15,000+ projected attendees across festival weekend
• 15,000+ Saturday night concert capacity
• championship BBQ competitions
• live music throughout the weekend
• western attractions and activities
• Vendor Village and Marketplace experiences
• Beer Garden and hospitality environments
• large-scale audience engagement

Explore Ways to Get Involved

Bring Your Team

Join the competition experience through Masters Series BBQ, Backyard BBQ, the One Meat Challenge, Junior BBQ, and additional competition opportunities.

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Become a Judge

Help support the competition experience by participating in judging, tasting, and live-fire BBQ evaluation opportunities.

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Become a Vendor

Showcase your business, products, food, or brand inside the Vendor Village and Marketplace environments.

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Become a Sponsor

Partner with Mile High BBQ Fest through experiential activations, branding opportunities, live entertainment integration, and audience engagement experiences.

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Live Music & Entertainment Opportunities

Artists, performers, and entertainers interested in becoming part of the festival programming can learn more about future entertainment opportunities here.

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Volunteer Opportunities

Support the festival experience through event operations, guest engagement, attractions, hospitality, and community involvement.

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Media & Promotional Partnerships

Content creators, photographers, media organizations, and promotional partners can explore opportunities to help showcase the festival experience.

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More Than a Festival

Mile High BBQ Fest is designed to combine:

• championship BBQ culture
• western lifestyle identity
• live entertainment
• community involvement
• food and beverage experiences
• immersive audience engagement
• large-scale festival atmosphere

The goal is to build a long-term Colorado festival tradition powered by competitors, businesses, artists, partners, and the community behind the event.

A Growing Colorado Entertainment Platform

Mile High BBQ Fest is being developed as a long-term western lifestyle and entertainment festival with significant growth potential.

As the event grows, opportunities for involvement will continue expanding through:

• larger competitions
• expanded vendor participation
• enhanced sponsorship inventory
• additional entertainment programming
• larger community engagement
• increased tourism visibility

The long-term vision is to create one of Colorado’s premier western lifestyle and entertainment festival experiences.

Join the Mile High BBQ Fest Community

Additional registration details, applications, participation information, and partnership opportunities will continue to be added as the festival develops.

Explore the sections above to learn more about how to become part of the Mile High BBQ Fest experience.