Get out your family recipe for chicken bog and make sure you’re in Loris on Saturday, October 19 for the 45th annual Chicken Bog Festival!
History and Details
Since 1980, the lowcountry has celebrated on the third Saturday of October with a Bog-Off! Chicken Bog is a dish generally made of chicken, rice, sausage and various spices. However, at this festival you will get to experience many different recipes as the main event is a cooking contest. There is also a car and tractor show in addition to two stages that play music from local musicians and groups from 9AM to 5PM.
Chicken Bog is a traditional dish in South Carolina and consists of rice, chicken, sausage, spices, and everyone’s unique touch. This one-pot dish can sometimes be called Chicken Perlo or Chicken Pilau but whatever you call it, someone at the Bog-Off will win for their own special recipe and the grand prize for Top Bog Pro (professional chefs); Top Bog (amateurs); and People’s Choice.
Experience over 200 vendors at this event and there is fun for the whole family, including a children’s area. There will be a fireworks show to end the evening along with a free concert from a national act! The annual festival draws in crowds of close to 35,000 people.
Work off a few calorie and a big appetite in the Chicken Run 5K beginning at 8:30AM at Meeting Street in Loris before the festival begins. Registration is $35/person and families are welcome.
Find your way to 4242 Main Street in Loris, SC this fall and start boggin’!
Where to Stay
Condo-World offers many options in the North Myrtle Beach condos area which is only 30 minutes or less away from the Loris Bog-Off. Choose from 1 to 5-bedroom condos and beach homes in the multiple areas of North Myrtle Beach and relax after a day of enjoying the annual chicken bog festival of Loris!
