Besides featuring the annual Saturday morning parade and evening fireworks extravaganza, Waterbury's Not-Quite Independence Day (NQID) celebration includes the Green Mountain BBQ & Music Festival over Saturday and Sunday with authentic barbecue, food trucks, craft brews and live music. More than 6,000 BBQ enthusiasts will come to watch 50 pit masters from across the region compete in the Green Mountain BBQ Championship - sanctioned as a Vermont state BBQ championship by both the Kansas City Barbeque Society and New England Barbecue Society. This event supports Rotary Club of Waterbury, a local civic nonprofit association.