The 4th Annual Risk it For the Brisket returns to Gilmer, TX, this weekend (April 6th). It's looking like a beautiful day of BBQ, live music, and FREE family fun.

Risk It For the Brisket is an annual FREE family event put on by Live Gilmer and sponsored by Credit Union of Texas. Here's how that Saturday is shaping up:

  • Risk it for the Brisket event begins at 11 AM on Saturday, April 6th in Downtown
  • BBQ Competition Sanctioned by Outlaw BBQ Association
  • Cornhole Tournament
  • Music Lineup:
    • Danny Sharpe – 1:00 PM
    • Derrick McLendon – 2:15 PM
    • Braydon Watts – 4:30 PM
    • Grant Gilbert – 6:15 PM
  • Mike Ryan will headline the CUTX Stage, showtime is 8 PM.

The free, family-friendly event, will feature a BBQ competition sponsored by Outlaw BBQ Association, with a $10,000 jackpot prize, and a variety of fun activities, including a kids corner, a local vendor fair, ax-throwing, a corn hole tournament, and a corn-eating contest.

This is gonna be a fun day, guys.

CUTX is partnering with Live Gilmer for the 4th Annual Risk it For the Brisket. On the second day of the event, CUTX is sponsoring a FREE concert with the headliner, Mike Ryan. Hope to see everyone there.

Craving more Texas and Red Dirt music? Check out the Free Radio Texas, LIVE! app available for ANDROID or IOS. Download it and immediately begin streaming the best music in the world. Sounds great during the week at work, or relaxing on the weekend.

Also, check out the pod, Buddy Logan's Aircheck podcast features interviews with the scene's biggest acts and is available to stream or download pretty everywhere.

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