Jammin In JC is known for a variety of good blues music.

But barbeque is also a part of the festival, scheduled this year on September 25 and 26 in Junction City.

This year the barbeque contest will become a Kansas City Barbeque Society sanctioned event. A member of the Jammin In JC planning committee, Rick Dykstra, said they’ll probably triple the number of barbeque entries. “The contest is offering $5,000 in prize money. That’s pretty good. We should attract a lot of people for that.”

Cash awards go to the top ten places in each category. The four categories will be chicken, ribs, pork butt, and beef brisket.

The blues music during the festival will feature regional and national brands.  The headliner this year is Castro Coleman a-k-a Mr. Sipp, “The Mississippi Blues Child.”  Coleman has more than 125 credits and has played on over 50 national recordings with several Grammy nominated projects. Mr. Sipp was the 2014 International Blues Challenge Winner from The Vicksburg Blues Society.