Ready for BBQ Season? BPL has Copies of Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q Book; 13th Annual Bob Bar-B-Q Blues Festival is April 20 in Bessemer
In 2022, BPL hosted book signings by Van Sykes, second generation owner of Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q, at the Central Library and at Five Points West Regional Library.
Sykes, whose parents Bob and Maxine Sykes founded Bessemer's iconic restaurant Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q in 1957, tells the story of the family business and their expertise in cooking barbecue in the book.
On Saturday, April 20, in Bessemer's DeBardeleben Park, the 13th Annual Bob Sykes Bbq & Blues Festival is presented by the City of Bessemer and Coca Cola. The event will combine the best of blues music and legendary Bob Sykes Bar B Q from noon to 8:00 p.m. The 2024 musical performances by award-winning blues musicians include Chris "BadNews" Barnes, Chambers DesLauriers Band, Nikki Hill, Misty Blues, Skyler Saufley, and Earl Williams.
Learn more about the Bob Sykes BBQ Blues Festival by clicking on www.bobsykesblues.com
In From the Pit to the Plate The Story of Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q, Van Sykes discusses how his parents, Bob and Maxine Sykes, came up with the vision of what later became Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q. Readers will meet Van's parents as well as some employees who he credits with Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q's success, such as pie whiz Dot Brown and third-generation pit master Jason Jewell. The book closes with a chapter in which folks share lots of love for Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q.
$25 tickets can be purchased at www.bobsykesblues.com or by visiting Bob Sykes Bar B Q Restaurant in Bessemer. Tickets are available the day of the event for $30.
Copies of the book From the Pit to the Plate: The Story of Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q will be available at the Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q Blues Festival on April 20.
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