Tickets on sale for 67th Annual Farm-City BBQ

NAPLES (Oct. 3) –Tickets are on sale for the 67th Annual Farm-City BBQ, which will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 27 at the Collier County Fairgrounds, 751 39th Ave. NE, Naples. The popular charitable event features elected officials volunteering as “celebrity servers” handing out steak, corn, salad made from Immokalee-grown vegetables, and other lunch items. The $30 ticket includes beer, wine, soft drinks and live music by the Back Country Boys local country rock band. Tickets can be purchased at farmcitybbq.com or from one of the four youth charity beneficiaries: Collier County 4H Association, Collier County Junior Deputies League, Kiwanis’ Key Clubs, and Youth Leadership Collier. For sponsorship and more information, call 239-262-0015.

Folding pocket steak knives with the Farm-City BBQ logo will be sold for $10 at the event, along with barbecue sauces produced by students with Taste of Immokalee and $10 bags of local produce donated by Lipman Family Farms and offered by 4-H. Raffle tickets for a Big Green Egg barbecue donated by Sunshine Ace Hardware will be available online and at the event for a suggested donation of $20 each. 

More than 2,000 local business leaders and farm families attend the annual event. Melissa Blazier, Collier County Supervisor of Elections, is honorary chair. Russell Budd, founding partner of PBS Contractors, is chair. 

Supporters include Immokalee Seminole Casino Hotel as Stage Sponsor, Sunshine Ace Hardware as Steak Sponsor, PBS Contractors as Grill Sponsor, Alico Incorporated as Gate Sponsor, Naples Lumber as Bar Sponsor, and Naples Daily News and Life in Naples as Media Sponsors. Additional sponsors include Arthrex, Ave Maria Development, Cascade Engineering, Coleman Yovanovich Koester, Waste Management, Bank of America, Brian A. Glaeser State Farm, Coleman Taylor Klaus Et Al, JB Ranch, Motorola Solutions, Naples Airport Authority, Peninsula Engineering, O. Grady Minor, Stifel Nicolaus, and Stock Development.