International Bacon Day, aka the greatest of food holidays, is celebrated every Saturday before Labor Day. Chances are, you already have a bacon dish on your cookout menu this year, so feel free to indulge in even more crispy, sizzling, greasy goodness.
And if you’re not heading out of town this weekend, save your money for one of the many festivals that highlight bacon and the drinks that pair well with it, happening this fall in cities across the country.
Celebrate International Bacon Day on September 1 by booking your flight to one of these five can’t-miss bacon festivals!
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South America’s largest music festival is arguably the world’s shiniest. With a star-studded line-up every year, the festival is renowned for packing in the huge headliners. In 2015, Katy Perry, Rhianna, Queen, Metallica, Rod Stewart, and Elton John played, just to name a few. And if you head to Brazil for the 2017 festival, you’ll see Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys, Bon Jovi, and Guns n’ Roses, plus many others. The festival is also held in Madrid and Lisbon in the years the Brazil event is taking a break.
Billed as the world’s biggest tomato fight, Bunol in Spain’s Valencia region has been hosting La Tomatina since the 1940s. If you want to participate, plan your trip to Spain for August.