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Congratulations to our Jiggy Dessert Winners! Over 100 community leaders and Jiggy festival sponsors spent Friday evening blind tasting and viewing the desserts. The professional BBQ teams competed against each other and City employees also competed against each other. They were all beautiful and tasted amazing. Thank you to everyone who participated. BBQ Team Winners: Appearance 1st Place: Bourbon and Blues 2nd Place: Bad Rooster 1 3rd Place: Bad Rooster 2 Taste 1st P...

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The Jiggy People’s Choice winners are in! A huge thank you to the public for supporting our non-profits with your ticket purchase and for taking on the challenge of taste-testing the many types of pulled pork. The Top Ten People’s Choice Winners are: 1st Place: T&S BBQ - Shawn Colligan Pan Number 1 2nd Place: HessHogs - Josh Hess Pan Number 4 3rd Place: Hold Your Horses BBQ - Cary Chasteen Pan Number 7 4th Place: Big Dog BBQ - Theresa Bell Pan Number 47 5th...

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With 326 walkers/runners, the Jiggy with the Piggy 5K was a huge success Thursday evening. We loved seeing all the participants in the Jiggiest Costume Contest. We hope everyone had a great time and will continue to participate in the rest of the Run Kannapolis Series this year. Thank you to everyone who participated in the Jiggiest Costume Contest. The Jiggy Gals won the adult Jiggiest Costume Contest.   The overall male winner was Benjamin Kassel and the overall female winner was Ni...

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A portion of the Irish Creek Greenway is closed at this time. A tree has fallen on the greenway. The greenway is closed from the main entrance to Hambridge.

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The Jiggy with the Piggy 5K is this Thursday, May 4.  The event is part of the Run Kannapolis Series and the Jiggy with the Piggy Festival. Special prizes will be given to participants who wear piggy-related costumes. The Jiggy with the Piggy 5K begins at 6:30 p.m. at Vietnam Veterans Park on Orphanage Road. Please note this new location for the race. Pre-registration is $25 (and closes at 7 p.m. on May 3). Race Day Registration is $30 on-site from 5-6:15 p.m. All 5K finishers will re...

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Jiggy with the Piggy 2023 returns with the smells and tastes of barbeque and fun for the entire family. Make plans now to join us May 4 – May 7 in downtown Kannapolis. Visit www.kannapolisnc.gov/jiggywiththepiggy for the exciting Jiggy 2023 schedule. Country Artist Travis Denning will perform the Friday Night Jiggy Concert. An upcoming star in Nashville Denning had a number-one song, “After A Few” and other hits such as “David Ashley Parker from Powder Springs,&rdqu...

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  The Steam Festival, scheduled for tomorrow on the N.C. Research Campus, is CANCELLED due to the forecast for thunderstorms and rain showers, for most of the day.   We anticipate rescheduling the event and announcing the new date soon.

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Cabarrus County, the City of Kannapolis and the City of Concord are partnering to host a free event to educate residents about the Fair Housing Act and their rights as tenants or homebuyers. For some, housing discrimination can add hurdles to securing safe, permanent housing. To help increase understanding of the Fair Housing Act and rights afforded by it, the agencies are collaborating on “Fair Housing: Making Every Zip Code an Opportunity.” El Puente Hispano will host a Spani...

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The popular Stories Under the Stars program returns to Kannapolis in 2023! Get ready for another series of unique storytelling and performing arts events. All events are free and will begin at 7 p.m. at the Kannapolis Library. Programs are geared toward families with children of all ages and do not require advance registration. Join us as we kick off the Stories Under the Stars series with The Children’s Theater of Charlotte on April 29. The Children’s Theater of Charlotte...

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Come be a part of the Jiggy with the Piggy Festival on May 4 – May 7 in Kannapolis! We need volunteers to help with the BBQ competition, 5k walk/run, arts & crafts vendors, concerts, family movie and more! The festival needs more than 200 people for it to run smoothly and you can be a part of the excitement. Partners in the weekend events include: City of Kannapolis, Rowan CVB, Insite, Kannapolis Rotary, Kannapolis YMCA and more. Get a free T-shirt when you sign up to voluntee...

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