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Photos: Family fun at the seventh annual BBQ-N-Blues festival in La Salle

Event featured live music, bbq cookoffs and more

Shawn Koehler and Marck Bosnich of the Pork Smokers and Wolfpack BBQ groups cut ribs apart for the judges during the BBQ-n-Blues Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 in La Salle. (Scott Anderson - sanderson@shawmedia.com)

By Scott Anderson

Community members of all ages came out to the seventh annual BBQ-N-Blues festival on Friday in downtown La Salle.

The event featured bbq cookoffs, children’s activities, live music, food vendors and a wide variety of activities for all ages.

The event kicked off the weekend events in La Salle which was capped with Saturday fireworks following the Jazz-N-the-Street event.

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Audrena Tucker 6, of Princeton, sucks the BBQ juice off of a rib during the BBQ-n-Blues Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 in La Salle.

Audrena Tucker 6, of Princeton, sucks the BBQ juice off of a rib during the BBQ-n-Blues Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 in La Salle. (Scott Anderson)

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