The Goldthwaite State Championship BBQ and Goat Cook-off, sanctioned by the Lone Star Barbecue Society, provides two days of fun, entertainment and food on April 23rd and 24th. While some contestents are grilling goats, others are competing for prizes showing off their goat’s best outfits.

Enjoy old fashion family fun with lots of activities for kids, food, music, washer tourney and dancing under the stars. You’ll even be able to participate in the Bloody Mary Challenge.

The Best Dressed Goat contest will most definitely provide some great Kodak moments. And no goat cook off is complete until you try a serving of goat meat.

Goldthwaite is a small city, population of about 2000, located at located at the junctions of U.S. highways 84, 183, State Highway 16. It’s the county seat of Mills County, which is named for John T. Mills, a justice of the Supreme Court for the Third, Seventh, and Eighth districts of the former Republic of Texas.

Goldthwaite is also known for the wildlife and great hunting leases and ranches.

While you’re in Goldthwaite, be sure to check out the Native American Interpretive Center and surrounding Botanical Gardens, the Goldthwaite Municipal Golf Course, the Mills County Museum and the Regency Bridge, locally known as the “Swinging Bridge,” is a one-lane suspension bridge over the Colorado River

Contact the Goldthwaite Chamber of Commerce, 325-648-3619 for more information, entry and vendor forms, and fun run schedule.