2014 Bourbon City BBQ Festival - $6000 payout for pro cooker and $2500 for backyard cookers. The Bourbon City BBQ Festival is gearing up for the fourth annual festival, June 6-7, 2014. The 2013 Bourbon City BBQ Festival was a great success. The festival had 24 Backyard Cookers, 32 Pro Cookers, and 14 Kidz Q participants, food booths and retail booths, Music, Entertainment, and Kids Area, and the second largest payout in the state of KY for the cornhole tournament . Over 4100 guest attended the event last year. The same events will be on hand again this year with the addition of a Wine Tasting event, and Car Show.