2024 Guide to Red, White & BBQ event at SeaWorld theme park in San Antonio, Texas

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The Olympics are here, and during this time we are all feeling patriotic.

You can extend that feeling when you visit SeaWorld theme park in San Antonio, Texas.  This is true all through the year, as the theme park has always had a great emphasis on celebrating the military and veterans.  But it’s also true in SeaWorld San Antonio’s brand new summer festival, Red, White, & BBQ!

Red, White & BBQ is an event that runs from August 9, 2024, through September 2, 2024.  Red, White & BBQ is a celebration of America’s BBQ Flavors.  Combine this barbeque with refreshing drinks and live entertainment, and you have one swell event.

I’d like to go into further detail about the food, drinks, and entertainment you’ll experience at Red, White, & BBQ.  And then I’ll tell you how you can save money on tickets!

Red, White & BBQ Menu

There are special booths set up throughout the theme park where you can find the barbeque and drinks.  They are broken up by the different styles of BBQ they are celebrating.

Texas BBQ Flavors

Food

  • Hickory Smoked Wagyu Beef Briskets
    • Served with Texas baked beans (onion & green chili peppers) & Texas toast
  • Slow Cooked Beef Shank Sandwich
    • Served on a toasted hoagie roll
    • with Texas baked beans (onion & green chili peppers) & Texas toast
  • 72 hours Bone in Beef Short Ribs
    • Served with southern style butter beans & Texas toast

Drinks

  • Texas Sipper
    • Vodka
    • Elderflower Liqueur
    • Mixed with Grapefruit Juice
    • Splash of Sparkling Soda
  • The Bluebonnet
    • Vodka
    • Blueberry Syrup
    • Mixed with Pink Lemonade
    • Lemon Wedge
  • Maker’s Lemonade
    • Makers Mark
    • Triple Sec
    • Mixed with Pink Lemonade
    • Splash of Sprite
  • Lone Star Draft

Kansas City BBQ Flavors

Food

  • Beef Brisket
    • Served with corn on the cob & Jalapeno cheddar cheese corn bread
  • Burnt End Brisket
    • Served with Jalapeno cheddar cheese corn bread & corn on the cob
  • Burnt End Sandwich
    • Served on a bun with corn on the cob
  • Grilled Corn on the Cob
    • Served in the husk

Drinks

  • The Royal Dragon
    • White Rum
    • Gold Rum
    • Dragon Fruit Syrup
    • Mixed with Lime Juice
  • Royal Tea
    • Crown Royal
    • Peach Schnapps
    • Mixed with Lime Juice
  • Four 6666 Amber Lager
  • Miller Lite

Memphis BBQ Flavors

Food

  • Memphis Style (Dry Rub) Ribs
    • Served with Pork Belly Succotash & Creamy Cole Slaw & Pork Belly Succotash
  • Mac & Cheese with Pulled Pork
  • Boneless Ribs (Marinated and Sauced)
    • Served with Pork Belly Succotash & Creamy Cole Slaw
  • Pork Belly Succotash
    • A stewed medley of lima beans, pork belly, onion, okra, corn, and cherry tomatoes

Drinks

  • Scottish Tea
    • Cutty Sark
    • Peach Schnapps
    • Mixed with Lemon and Lime Juice
  • Double Punch
    • Dragon Berry Rum
    • Strawberry Syrup
    • Mixed with Pink Lemonade
  • Wild Berry Burst
    • Wildberry Syrup
    • Mixed with a hint of Mint
  • Yuengling Lager

Carolina BBQ Flavors

Food

  • Pulled Pork Slider
    • Served with pancetta collard green
  • Pulled Pork Sandwich
    • Served with Carolina Cole Slaw
  • Porchetta (Pork Loin Wrapped in Pork Belly)
    • Served with pancetta collard green and cheddar cheese corn bread
  • Hushpuppies
    • Served with a spicy “comeback sauce”
  • Cheddar Cheese Corn Bread
    • Served with Carolina Cole Slaw

Drinks

  • Carolina Pineapple Reaper
    • Bourbon
    • Chipotle Pineapple Syrup
    • Mixed with Ginger Beer
  • Watermelon Aqua Fresca (LTO)
    • Watermelon Syrup
    • Mixed with a hint of Mint
    • Topped off with Soda
  • The Lemon Bounce
    • Vodka
    • South Seas Blend Syrup
    • Mixed with Pink Lemonade
  • Shiner Tex Hex IPA

Hawaii BBQ Flavors

Food

  • Luau: Grilled Kalua Bone-In Chicken
    • Cooked in clay with tropical fruit salsa & jasmine rice
  • Marinated Grilled Mahi Mahi
    • Wrapped in a banana leaf with jasmine rice
    • Served with tropical fruit salsa
  • Huli Huli Chicken Thigh
    • Served with grilled pineapple and jasmine rice

Drinks

  • Mai Tai
    • Dark Rum
    • Amaretto
    • Orange Curacao
    • Mixed with Lime Juice
  • Whiskey Bourbon Blackberry Smash
    • Jim Beam
    • Blackberry Syrup
    • Mixed with a hint of Mint
  • Tropical Tiki (LTO)
    • Hawaiian Island Syrup
    • Mixed with Lemon Juice and Lime Juice
  • Kona Big Wave Golden Ale

Live Entertainment

Pit Master Talks

What is more fitting in an event called Red, White & BBQ than Pit Master Talks?  You’ll learn a lot from some of Texas’ top BBQ professionals.

  • 2M Smokehouse
    • Pitmaster: Esaul Ramos
    • Friday, August 16 & Saturday, August 24
  • Bussin’Q Barbecue
    • Pitmaster: Anthony Bueno
    • Friday, August 9th through Sunday, August 11th
  • Eaker Barbecue
    • Pitmaster: Lance & Boo Eaker
    • Sunday, August 18th & Sunday, August 25th
    • Sunday, September 1st through Monday, September 2nd
  • Kreuz Market
    • Pitmaster: Roy Perez
    • Friday, August 23 & Friday, August 30
  • The Original Black’s Barbecue
    • Pitmaster: Kent Black
    • Saturday, August 17

Live Music

There will also be live music during the event that coincides with the BBQ styles:

  • Texas Country
  • Kansas City Jazz
  • Memphis Blues

We don’t know much about this live music but will tell you once we know!

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