Schedule of Events
Your weekend can be as full or relaxed as you’d like – there’s always something going on at the National Cornbread Festival. Use this schedule to plan what you want to see and when you need to be there. Find the fun!
27th Annual National Cornbread Festival
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
Festival Gates open at 9:00 CDT
Time
*All times are Central | Tower Community Bank Stage | Builtwell Bank Stage | K&K Waste
Front Porch Stage | Lodge Cook-Off Stage TBA |
9:00 a.m. | ||||
9:15 a.m. | ||||
9:30 a.m. | 5K Road Race
Results & Awards | Baking Demo
Karl Worley
Biscuit Love | ||
9:45 a.m. | ||||
10:00 a.m. | Cornbread Eating Contest | |||
10:15 a.m. | ||||
10:30 a.m. | Cornbread Eating Contest |  Robert Lee | Lodge Demo | |
10:45 a.m. | Cook-off Rules | |||
11:00 a.m. | Forever 13 | Contestant #1 | ||
11:15 a.m. | Contestant #2 | |||
11:30 a.m. | Contestant #3 | |||
11:45 a.m. |  Mother Legacy | Contestant #4 | ||
12:00 p.m. | Ice Cream Eating Contest (12:10) | Contestant #5 | ||
12:15 p.m. | Contestant #6 | |||
12:30 p.m. |  High Carbon Steel | Contestant #7 | ||
12:45 p.m. | Ice Cream Eating Contest (12:50) | Contestant #8 | ||
1:00 p.m. |  Jesse Black | Contestant #9 | ||
1:15 p.m. | Contestant #10 | |||
1:30 p.m. | Buttermilk Chugging Contest (1:40) | |||
1:45 p.m. | ||||
2:00 p.m. |  Le Gato | |||
2:15 p.m. |  Trae Carlton | Last Heat Ends | ||
2:30 p.m. | Lodge Demo | |||
2:45 p.m. | Winners Announced | |||
3:00 p.m. | Frozen T-Shirt Contest (3:10) |  Lori Rayne | ||
3:15 p.m. | Lodge Demo | |||
3:30 p.m. | Cast Iron Grilling Demo
David Olson
Live Fire Republic | |||
3:45 p.m. | ||||
4:00 p.m. | ||||
4:15 p.m. | ||||
4:30 p.m. |  Mae Estes | |||
4:45 p.m. | ||||
5:00 p.m. | ||||
5:15 p.m. | ||||
5:30 p.m. | ||||
5:45 p.m. | ||||
6:00 p.m. |  David Nail | |||
6:15 p.m. | ||||
6:30 p.m. | ||||
7:00 p.m. |
Sunday, April 28
Festival Gates open at 9:00 CDT
Time
*All times are Central | Tower Community Bank Stage | Builtwell Bank Stage | K&K Waste
Front Porch Stage | Lodge Cook-Off Stage TBA |
7:30 a.m. | Rotary Pancake Breakfast | |||
8:00 a.m. | Community Worship | |||
8:15 a.m. | ||||
8:30 a.m. | ||||
9:00 a.m. | ||||
9:15 a.m. | ||||
9:30 a.m. | ||||
9:45 a.m. | ||||
10:00 a.m. | Cornbread Eating Contest | Cornbread Eating Contest | ||
10:15 a.m. | Josh Burton | |||
10:30 a.m. |  The New Quintet | Cooking Demo Lodge Chefs Kris Stubblefield and Shannon Van Dusen | ||
10:45 a.m. | ||||
11:00 a.m. | ||||
11:15 a.m. | ||||
11:30 a.m. |  Courtney Holder | Lodge Demo | ||
11:45 a.m. | Ice Cream Eating Contest | |||
12:00 p.m. |  Emerald Butler | 4-H Cook-off Heat 1 | ||
12:15 p.m. | ||||
12:30 p.m. | Ice Cream Eating Contest (12:35) | |||
12:45 p.m. |  Ryan Oyer | |||
1:00 p.m. |  Cassidy Lynn | 4-H Cook-off Heat 2 | ||
1:15 p.m. | Buttermilk Chugging Contest (1:25) | |||
1:30 p.m. |  Mountain Cove Bluegrass | |||
1:45 p.m. | ||||
2:00 p.m. | Add New | |||
2:15 p.m. |  Alex Miller | |||
2:30 p.m. | Randy Steele | Winners Announced | ||
2:45 p.m. | Frozen T-Shirt Contest | |||
3:00 p.m. | ||||
3:15 p.m. | ||||
3:30 p.m. |  Emily Ann Roberts | |||
3:45 p.m. | ||||
4:00 p.m. | ||||
4:15 p.m. | ||||
4:30 p.m. | ||||
4:45 p.m. | ||||
5:00 p.m. |