Last year’s event was cancelled due to the pandemic, but an online raffle raised more than $30,000 for charities.
Spokesperson Bryce Herman said the Ribfest committee had discussed planning for the August event, then talked about creating a drive-thru version on McArthur Island.
However, with COVID-19 case counts rising, along with the more contagious variants of the virus, and with the possibility of further health restrictions being issued, Herman said the committee decided to add 2021 to the 2020 ledger and concentrate on creating Ribfest 2022.
“It’s almost like deja vu, as a matter of fact,” Herman said. “ I was talking with Mike Miltimore [of Lee’s Music] yesterday and he said exact same thing to me. He said everything's getting canceled until September. He said it's like deja vu of March last year.”