Kickin’ Chicken event draws people to downtown Florence for food, music
By: Matthew Christian
FLORENCE, S.C. – South Dargan Street was filled with the smells of chicken and chili Friday evening.
The Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce’s 2018 Kickin’ Chicken and Chili Festival was held in the 100 block of South Dargan Street from 5 to 9 p.m. The festival drew residents from Florence and even tourists from Indiana to downtown Florence.
Jim and Kelly Lee were one couple attending the festival, which included music from the band Sideswiped.
“The organization of the event was very good,” Kelly said.
The festival features a chicken wing cook-off and a chili cook-off. The winners determined by a panel of judges were University of BBQ in the wings cook-off and Nucor Vulcraft in the chili cook-off. People’s choice winners will be announced today.
Jim said his favorite wings were those from Performance Food Service, which finished second.
Dennis and Danielle Hoskins were visiting from Indianapolis and received information about the festival on their phones and decided to attend. They hadn’t eaten yet but were excited to walk around to the various booths set up along Dargan Street.
The chicken wings and the opportunity to have something to do on a Friday night also drew Tawala Milling, Lisa Tention, and Debra Hill to the festival.
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