20th Annual Hendricks County Ribfest 2025 Preview | Brent Mason & Tom Downard - video Dailymotion

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Get ready for the smokiest party of the summer! 🍖🎆  Humanity Health CBD owner Brent Mason sits down with Avon Chamber President Tom Downard to preview everything in store for the 20th Annual Hendricks County Rib-Fest & BBQ on Saturday, June 28, 2025 at the Hendricks County 4-H Fairgrounds (1900 E. Main St., Danville, IN).  Key Event Facts Festival hours: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM (fireworks at dark)  visithendrickscounty.com  Admission: Free – parking $10 per car (enter Gate 5)  visithendrickscounty.com  Presented by: Avon Chamber of Commerce  Full Schedule (subject to change)  avonchamber.org Time Activity 7:15 – 8:45 AM Rib Run packet pickup 9:00 – 10:00 AM Rise-N-Swine 5K Rib Run 10:00 AM Festival gates, Craft Fair & Kids Riblet Run open 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM Touch-A-Truck & Children’s Entrepreneur Farmer’s Market 2:00 – 3:30 PM “Best Ribs” & “Best Sauce” judging 3:00 – 8:00 PM Petting Zoo 8:45 – 9:30 PM Balloon Glow Fireworks Immediately after dusk  Live Music Line-up Time Artist Style 4:00 – 4:30 PM Reese Speckman Singer-Songwriter 4:30 – 5:15 PM Lenox Monroe Indy Folk-Rock 5:30 – 7:30 PM GrooveSmash High-Energy Party Band 8:00 – 9:30 PM Crush – The Bon Jovi Experience Tribute Rock  Find Humanity Health CBD We’ll be inside the Business Expo—stop by for free samples, expo-only deals, and a chat with Brent and the crew!  More Info & Directions  Complete schedule & FAQ: avonchamber.org/schedule-of-events/  Visitor guide: visithendrickscounty.com/events/festivals/ribfest/  Like 👍, comment 💬, and follow for more local event previews—see you at Rib-Fest!  #RibFest #HendricksCounty #IndianaEvents #AvonIN #BBQ #FestivalFun #HumanityHealthCBD

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00:00So, hey gang, look, I'm down at the Avon Chamber of Commerce.

00:03I'm talking to my friend, President of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Tom Downer.

00:06We're talking about the 20th anniversary of the Hendricks County Rib Fest and Barbecue.

00:1220th anniversary.

00:14Tom, have you been President for all 20 years?

00:15All 20 years.

00:16All 20 years.

00:17It's going to be a great one, guys, this year.

00:18They've got some new stuff going on this year.

00:21You may have seen these around town.

00:22Kind of gives you a list of everything that's going on.

00:24Tom just talked about some of these.

00:26So, at 9 a.m. in the morning, we're going to start off with a 5K and a riblet run.

00:31What is a riblet run?

00:32Is that you're running to get ribs?

00:34Is that what that is?

00:35Actually, we did that one year.

00:36But, no, the 5K is obviously what it is, a 5K run.

00:40The riblet run is for our little people.

00:42Oh, little kids.

00:43Little kids.

00:43Oh, kids.

00:43So, they just got, you know, they dash for about 100 yards.

00:47Okay, cool.

00:48And back.

00:49And they get a little metal, a little something.

00:51Okay, good, good.

00:52Guys, like I said, it starts at 9 a.m.

00:54The food starts when?

00:56At 10 a.m.

00:57At 10 a.m.

00:57This is a long day.

00:58So, you can come out a couple times.

01:00You come out in the morning and get something to eat if you want to.

01:03And then when it's not too hot, you know, a lot of people, like, maybe come out at lunchtime

01:07and have lunch with your family or whatever.

01:09And then come out in the evening again and have dinner.

01:11So, you can have three meals, actually, at the Rip Fest if you really like ribs that much.

01:15But while you're out there, there's going to be a whole bunch of other cool stuff going on.

01:18Obviously, so, it says the craft fair from 10 to 8, right?

01:23Correct.

01:23It's going to be like flea market, like craft stuff, kind of thing.

01:26Craft stuff.

01:26We partnered with the Plainfield Lions Club.

01:30Okay.

01:30And it's been a fundraiser for them for the last four years.

01:32Oh, cool.

01:32So, I've got an entire building set up, a lot of vendors there, a lot of great stuff.

01:38Fantastic.

01:38It's fantastic.

01:40From 10 to 8, we've got the Business Expo.

01:43That's where we'll be.

01:44So, a lot of cool local businesses out there, guys.

01:47Great place to come out and have a conversation.

01:50If you don't want to go into somebody's business when they're, you know, running their business

01:54and feel like you're kind of bothering them while they're trying to run their business,

01:57this is a great place to come out and just talk to people.

02:00We get a lot of people that come out that don't even know we're in the area.

02:04So, come on out and see all the other vendors that are out there that you may not even know

02:08about that are into Danville, Avon, Brownburg, Plainfield, West Indianapolis area.

02:12There's going to be a whole bunch of people out there.

02:15And then from 11 to 5 is the Celebrate.

02:19What's this?

02:19I can't read this.

02:20Yeah, it's a new program we have going on this year.

02:22We've got a couple of new things really geared toward families.

02:26One is a children's entrepreneurial farmer's market.

02:29Oh, cool.

02:30So, all the kids, it's basically teaching them how to run their own business.

02:33Yeah.

02:33And so, they have to make what they sell.

02:36Really?

02:37Whether that's a bracelet trinket, whether that's a dozen cookies.

02:41Okay.

02:41All kids.

02:42That's just a kid's area.

02:43It's all kids.

02:44We're looking to have 25 to 35 vendors there with doing that.

02:50So, what we did in addition to that in the same area to really get families in there and enjoy that whole environment is we've got a touch-a-truck.

02:58You know, those tend to be, have become very popular for families to, you know, to see a bulldozer, to see a firetruck.

03:08Okay.

03:08To see, you know, all kinds of-

03:10Being heavy equipment, you don't normally get a chance to see.

03:12Yeah, and our little kids like to play at home, you know, so now we're seeing it in real life.

03:16Okay.

03:16Fantastic.

03:17So, that's up until 5 o'clock, right?

03:19You've already got a full day from the rib run at 9 all the way up to touch-a-truck at 5.

03:23Then, the fun starts, right?

03:25The music starts.

03:265.30, we got Toy Factory, and at 8 o'clock, we got Crush.

03:30What kind of music is this, Tom?

03:31Well, Crush is our headliner.

03:33It's a Bon Jovi-type style music.

03:36Toy Factory is for everyone.

03:37You'll love it.

03:38A lot of instruments being played with that group.

03:41Cool.

03:41Like I said, Crush is more of a Bon Jovi group.

03:45But yeah, it's a great time.

03:46So then, after that's Fireworks.

03:48Well, that's correct.

03:50Fireworks are at 10.

03:5110 o'clock, okay.

03:52In between that, the bands will stop about 9.45, but in between that, we have our Balloon Glow.

03:58Okay.

03:58Tell us about that.

03:59Balloon Glow is super popular.

04:01We have seven balloons out there.

04:04Three of them are shapes of different types.

04:07Like one's a big pig.

04:08Right.

04:08I.e. Ribfest.

04:09Right.

04:09Makes sense.

04:10They love it.

04:10Love it.

04:11But as it starts to get dark, they fire those up, and it glows.

04:15And I tell you, the people at the event just kind of gravitate to that.

04:18Yeah.

04:18I'll tell you what.

04:19If you want to have an Indiana sunset, right, at the Ribfest, when the sun's going down,

04:25and these things start to light up, and all this fire, and everybody's eyes.

04:29They're beautiful colors.

04:30Like you said, I think there was a piece of corn last year, maybe, or something like

04:32that, a pig.

04:33You know, unfortunately, last year, we had some weather problems, and we really didn't

04:36get a whole day.

04:38Maybe even, not even, really, a half day.

04:40Right.

04:40About 3.30.

04:41Yeah.

04:41So, come out this year, right?

04:43These guys really need support.

04:44This community needs support.

04:45The vendors that are out there, they put a lot of time and energy into making this food

04:49for you guys.

04:49And again, you can't control the weather, but if it's beautiful out there, please do come

04:53on out there and hang out with us all day long.

04:55There's going to be, there's a rib competition, right?

04:57There is.

04:58Best ribs, best sauce.

04:59Best ribs, best sauce.

05:00If I'm not mistaken, the locals, Double D BBQ has won the last two years in a row, right?

05:06Yeah.

05:06So, we need a new winner this year, guys.

05:08So, come on.

05:08We need some barbecue guys to step up because Double D's been doing it, and we need a new

05:13local favorite, if you will.

05:14Not the whole Double D's, but just, you know, a little fun competition.

05:17Right.

05:17So, Petting Zoo, if I remember last year, this year too?

05:21Petting Zoo is back again.

05:22Kids Inflatables are back again.

05:25Okay.

05:25Some different type of inflatables.

05:27Okay.

05:27You know, we always like to kind of change it up.

05:29Nice.

05:29We're super, super excited this year about Ray Skillman being our presenting sponsor.

05:35They've been fabulous partners with us, and we're looking forward to continuing that

05:40moving forward.

05:41Last question.

05:44Cashless, cash, tickets.

05:46How do folks need to think about being prepared to get there and buying drinks and buying food

05:51and that kind of thing?

05:52I appreciate you asking that because we, just like every place else, when you go to Game

05:56Bridge Fieldhouse or you go to the Colts game, you know, everybody's going to credit card

06:00only.

06:01Cashless.

06:01Yep.

06:02Cashless.

06:02We still have the ability to have people use cash and buy tickets to buy their food,

06:09but you don't have to wait in the line to get those tickets to buy food.

06:12You can actually just go up to the food vendor.

06:14Oh, okay.

06:15And pay with your card.

06:15Okay.

06:16So, no, you can buy tickets and use those, but they're not absolutely necessary.

06:20You can use a credit card if you go.

06:21If you want, if you have cash, you probably need to buy tickets.

06:23You do have to buy tickets.

06:23Because the vendors don't pay cash.

06:25Correct.

06:25Very good.

06:26If you're going to buy something directly, credit card's okay, but buy some tickets ahead

06:29of time, and that way you know that no matter where you're going buying drinks or food,

06:33then you can still get the product, right?

06:35You bet.

06:36Guys, again, I think this is a fantastic community event.

06:41We've been there for multiple years.

06:43We absolutely love being around there.

06:45June 28th, 10 to 10, Hendricks County 4-H Fairground.

06:4920th anniversary.

06:51I can't say that enough.

06:53And anything else you want to add?

06:55You bet.

06:55Appreciate that.

06:56Yep.

06:56Parking is $10 for the entire carload, whether you have two people in it or whether you

07:02have eight people in it.

07:04Parking is $10.

07:05We can take cash credit there as well.

07:08We do have some micro brewers there this year.

07:11Brewer Brothers here locally on the west side is going to be there, along with Micecraft.

07:18Everybody's heard of Micecraft.

07:19They're going to be there.

07:19We're going to have a little wine bar there as well.

07:23And then we've got our friends at Humanity Health CBD there.

07:25We'll be there as well.

07:26So, again, guys, can't say it enough.

07:28Please come out.

07:29Support the community.

07:30These guys put a lot of work into this event.

07:33It's a fun event.

07:35Who knows what the weather's going to be like?

07:37It doesn't matter.

07:37Put a rain cone on if it's raining.

07:39Put on your shorts if it's sunny.

07:40Come on out and support these guys.

07:41All right?

07:42Tommy, thank you much, brother.

07:43I'll see you June 28th.

07:44You bet.

07:44Peace.

20th Annual Hendricks County Ribfest 2025 Preview | Brent Mason & Tom Downard

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