MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - The 35th Annual Loris Bog-Off Festival returns this weekend, Oct. 18, 2014, to downtown Loris beginning at 9 a.m.

A celebration of a regional staple, chicken bog, the event will have cooks competing in the grand championship chicken bog cooking contest

There will also be two stages of entertainment, a car show, over 200 vendors, a free concert by country artist David Fanning and a fireworks display.

The festival is free to the public.

For more information on this and other events, go to www.GrandStrandEvents.com.