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Bacon festivals are big in California as evidenced by the inaugural Big Bite Bacon Festival at the Queen Mary in Long Beach on Saturday, August 2, 2014. The event sold out before the doors opened! Guests dined on bacon burgers, bacon wrapped meatballs, and bacon ice cream sundaes, washing down the tasty treats with craft beers from some of California’s best breweries.

While eating and drinking to the backdrop of the regal Queen Mary ship, guests listened to a band perform and danced with a costumed character pig. In the center field the all-girls Las Vegas Sin (Legends Football League,) amazed  the crowd with their punting, passing and scrimmages.

Another entertaining, special guest was Chef Rahm Fama, star of Food Network’s Meat & Potatoes. The meat connoisseur grew up on a farm feeding livestock as part of his chores. At the bacon fest he signed copies of his book, Meat & Potatoes, which includes 52 simple meals such as Paella with Pepper Bacon.

The Big Bite Bacon Festival was a new event for the Queen Mary, which looks forward to an all-star line up of seasonal popular entertainment such as the  Herradura Tequila Dinner on Aug. 14, Long Beach Triathlon Aug. 17, Art Deco Festival Aug. 28, Shoreline Jam music festival Aug. 30-31,  Dark Harbor for Halloween season, and CHILL to take you into the New Year 2015.  See Queenmary.com