Hillsborough Hog Day
Starting date:
Ending date:
Event Details
The annual Hillsborough Hog Day offers family fun, good food, live music, crafters, merchandise vendors, games and rides, and the area's largest classic auto show.
The festival starts on Friday night, when 36 pig cooking teams from all over the state roll into town. For the next 12 hours, hams and pork shoulders roast on the cookers and tall tales are exchanged. The gates will open at 6:00 pm for a concert beginning at 7:00 pm featuring local a great performer!
When day breaks on Saturday, Hog Day is already bustling with activity. While vendors, who sell everything from video games to handpainted stained glass, set up in the General Merchandise, Food, and Craft areas, you hear a persistent "thunk, thunk, thunk" and you know the pig is ready. The cooking teams chop all their cooked pig and sauce a portion for the Barbecue Tasting Judges. The rest is shuttled to the main tent, where it's made into sandwiches and pounds of the freshest barbecue in the state. Cash prizes and trophies are awarded for best barbecue.
Orange County's largest festival, with attendance of up to 35,000 people, is always held on the 3rd Saturday of May, so mark your calendars.
Friday, 6 pm to 10 pm
Saturday, 9 am to 6 pm
Hillsborough Hog Day
Phone : 919-732-8156 (Always call and confirm events.)
Web: www.hogdays.com
Cook Offs
Attractions and Upcoming Events
Inn at Teardrop
An old-fashioned bed & breakfast located in the heart of historic Hillsborough. Built in 1769 and enlarged in 1880, the house has 6 rooms and is furnished with antiques. There is a small garden for guests to enjoy.
Hillsborough, NC Businesses
Occaneechi Indian Village
This is a 1701 reconstructed Occaneechi Indian Village with a palisade, huts, cooking site and sweat lodge. Appears as it did when used by the tribe along the Eno River Trading Path.
Hillsborough, NC Other Attractions
Orange County Historical Museum
Located on the site of NC's 1789 Constitutional Convention, the museum interprets the history of Orange County from pre-settlement period through 1950
Hillsborough, NC MuseumsHillsborough Commons
The major anchor store here is Wal-Mart, with adjacent service businesses, including a supermarket and restaurants.
Hillsborough, NC Other Attractions
Holiday Inn Express
83 rooms, including 7 suites. Free continental breakfast, pool, fitness center, 24-hour coffee in the main lobby, 24-hour fax and copy services. Near shopping and the interstate.
Hillsborough, NC Businesses