BaconFest tickets go on sale Monday in St. Joseph with this year’s theme of Pork Wars: The Bacon Awakens.

“We are excited to bring BaconFest to St. Joe for its second year” says James Fisher, Baconfest St. Joe coordinator. “This year we are challenging our booths, as well as the attendees to incorporate the theme into their activities.”

The 2015 event is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 26 at the St. Joseph Civic Arena. Participants will be able to try numerous bacon creations from appetizers, to entrees to desserts, take part or watch a bacon eating contest and various other activities. General admission tickets will allow participants in the doors at 2 p.m., P.I.G. tickets will allow participants in at 1 p.m.  The event will run until 5 p.m.

BaconFest St. Joe will again benefit the Dream Factory of Northwest Missouri.

“Last year we sent our application in and you know I was hoping,” said Rite Hook, Dream Factory area coordinator. “This kind of helps get our name out there.”

The Dream Factory uses donations to help grant dreams of critically and chronically ill children between the age of 3 to 18.

Ticket prices go up after August 17 and then again after Sept. 1

Ticket locations include all four Apple Market Grocery Stores in St. Joseph and Savannah, Atchison Chamber of Commerce, Student Body in Maryville, Merz Farm Equipment in Falls City, Nebraska, Eagle Communications (KKJO, KSJQ, KFEQ and KESJ) in St. Joseph or online at http://stjoseph.bigdealsmedia.net/