— All the Best in bacon —

A fundraiser in Ann Arbor, MI for Southern Foodways Alliance Brings together Bacon-Lovers, -Makers, Cooks, Curers and anyone who likes to learn, eat and enjoy cured and smoked pork belly.

Curious? I hope so. Camp Bacon is four days of all things bacon — eating, learning, listening, tasting and talking; a pork centric party that features everything from poetry to pigs.

Camp Bacon convenes on the evening of Thursday May 30, moves through a bacon-laden meal to a bacon tinged music to a day long delight of bacon learning and tasting, concluding on Sunday June 2 with a bacon street fair filled with bacon tasting, bacon crafts, bacon games and all around bacon fun. If you act quickly, you can be one of the lucky bacon lovers who gets to participate in all annual bacon gathering! Hope to see you at Camp!

Thursday,
May 30th,
2013

Zingerman's Roadhouse presents:
the 2nd annual Bacon Ball

7:00pm to 10:00pm
$50/person

The kick off to Camp Bacon 2013, we've dressed bacon up in it's finest attire and it's ready to party! Smoked, boiled, fried, bakes and grilled, we'll give bacon it's shining moment in a dinner meant for all true bacon lovers.

Sorry, this event is sold out!

Friday,
May 31st,
2013

Camp Bacon Baking with Ari
At Zingerman's BAKE!

1:00pm-5:30pm

We'll be using the power of bacon to flavor three amazing baked goods. You'll also get a dose of bacon knowledge from Zingerman's co-founder and Camp Bacon creator, Ari Weinzweig. You'll make a similar version of our wildly popular peppered bacon farm bread, bacon cheddar scones found in the book and bacon pecan sandy cookies.

Sorry, this class is sold out!

Saturday, June 1st, 2013

The Main Event @ Zingerman's Roadhouse

8:00 am to 4:00 pm
(breakfast is served at 7:30 am)
2501 Jackson Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

An all day bacon-fest celebrating everything that is bacon! A benefit to raise money for the Southern Foodways Alliance

List of Speakers (tentative):

Herb Eckhouse from La Quercia
Jeffrey Yoskowitz on the Israeli pork industry, past, present and future
Audrey Petty sharing bacon poetry
Keith Ewing on slaughtering techniques
Nick Spencer from Spencer's Jolly Posh Foods
Bob Nueske from Nueske's
Sam Edwards from S. Wallace Edwards and Sons
Raul Martin from Embutidos Fermin, speaking about the tradition of the Iberico ham in Spain, including a tasting of fresh and cured pork from this very special pig!
Jay Noble from Noble View Creamery
Natalie Chanin on bacon crafts
Eve Aronoff Frita Baditos

Sorry, this event is sold out.

Sunday, June 2nd, 2013

Bacon Street Fair

At Ann Arbor's Farmers' Market in Kerrytown
11:00 am to 2:00 pm

Donation to Washtenaw County 4-H suggested for admission. Vendors from near and far (including Zingerman's Deli, Bakehouse, Creamery, and Candy Manufactory) line the streets to bring you bacon inspired treats!

Contact the camp director

Sending your message. Please wait...

Thanks for sending your message! We'll get back to you shortly.

There was a problem sending your message. Please try again.

Uh oh, the word did not match the image. Please try again!

Please complete all the fields in the form before sending.

Camp Bacon Posters

Camp Bacon Luminaries Poster

Limited-edition Camp Bacon 2013 posters now on sale! This 18 x 24 poster highlights all the baco-luminaries appearing at this year's festivities. The perfect keepsake for the bacon lover who can't make it to Camp this year. It's the first of its kind and the beginning of a Camp Bacon tradition. Designed by Betsy Bruner with art by Ian Nagy and photo by Hannah Metler.

$15.00/each
Buy Poster

Travelogue Camp Bacon Poster

We've printed a handful of these beautiful posters (designed by Betsy Bruner and drawn by Ryan Stiner) to commemorate Camp Bacon 2013. Screen-printed in vivid color by VG Kids in Ypsilanti on archival paper from French Paper Co. in Niles, MI, this is the Camp Bacon keepsake for your favorite Bacophile.

$30.00/each
Buy Poster