Party of the Year

Does your team host a great party on Friday night? A panel of judges will visit each participating tent on Friday evening during specified times to pick the Party of the Year!

To be eligible to participate in the 2017 American Royal Party of the Year Contest, contestants must enter a division:

1. Corporate – Any participant receiving primary event funding from a business and/or charity for the party and/or any team using their party expense as a deduction on their federal income taxes or to entertain business associates.
2. Individual Team – Teams inviting friends and families, with no business interest associated with the event.

Judging for this event will be Friday evening at specific, predetermined times.   A panel of easily identifiable judges will visit each site and will make themselves known to the teams as soon as they arrive at each team’s contest site.  Judges will score parties based on overall site appearance and showmanship. Judges must be allowed into a team’s site to participate in this contest. Judges will spend the same amount of time at each tent (specific amount of time to be determined)

It is at the sole discretion of the teams to provide food, drink, and/or souvenirs though no formal presentation to the judges is required. Teams may not sell anything inside the tent to judges. 

There is no fee to participate in “Party of the Year.” Please specify on the application if your team would like to participate.

Teams (Individual and Corporate) who win “Party of the Year” in their division will receive:

• 2017 Party of the Year Trophy
• Banner
• $500 Credit towards 2018 American Royal World Series of Barbecue® Application

There will be no pass-downs allowed.