2021 Bar-B-Q Block Party planned for this weekend in Owensboro By Chellsie Parker | May 7, 2021 at 5:40 AM CDT - Updated May 7 at 3:31 PM OWENSBORO, Ky. (WFIE) - The 2021 Bar-B-Q Block Party is set for this weekend in Owensboro. This event was formerly known as the International Bar-B-Q Festival, but due to COVID-19, event organizers changed it to a block party to scale things down a bit. One thing people are not going to miss out on though this year is that barbeque smell. Attendees can come down to Second Street on Saturday, just outside the courthouse, for some old-fashioned Owensboro barbeque. They will still have the traditional backyard cooking competition as well as barbeque from several local churches.