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If you enjoy live music and eating ribs from some of the best dang pit masters around you definitely don't want to miss the 2019 Kalamazoo Ribfest.

Joan Osborne will take the Kalamazoo Ribfest stage on Saturday, August 3rd. Bet you didn't know this about her.

The Kalamazoo Ribfest musical lineup has been announced and it has a distinctively '90's feel to it, with Friday night headliners Everclear, and Saturday night it will be Spin Doctors and Joan Osborne. Local Blues wunderkind Jake Kershaw will play on Thursday night.

Yesterday was the beginning of the biggest party in Southwest Michigan all year long and who better to kick off the entertainment than a woman who has been performing in Kalamazoo for over 18 years

If Blue Oyster Cult, Craig Morgan and Chase Bryant, didn't bring in the 25,000 people who flocked to this year's Kalamazoo Ribfest, it was the smell of smoky and sweet barbecue!
Downtown Kalamazoo was packed Aug. 6 through 8 with people who were hungry for finger-lickin'…

Kick off Kalamazoo Ribfest right!
Get down to Arcadia Creek Festival Place in downtown Kalamazoo for delicious food, refreshing libations, and more entertainment than the band shell can hold!

Country singer Craig Morgan recently played at the Grand Ole Opry — and you can see him in Kalamazoo during Kalamazoo Ribfest on Saturday, Aug. 8.

Shut down the rumor mill!  The headliners for Ribfest Kalamazoo 2015 are official!

Kalamazoo Ribfest 2014 is officially underway! Many who have attended or are planning to attend have questions about the festival, so we've put together this handy guide. Keep checking back as we keep you up to date on everything that's going down at Ribfest this year...

 
 
Kalamazoo has multiple vendors  with mouthwatering ribs.  We want to know which is the best?
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