Business View Magazine | August 2019

332 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE AUGUST 2019 THE SAN BENITO Hog Waddle Country Concert and Cook-off The San Benito Hog Waddle Country Concert and Cook-off is legendary. Hog waddle is a funny term but it’s also a historical tidbit that is exclusive to San Benito. Back in the early days, around 1914, the town had their annual Cabbage Day parade to celebrate the harvest. One year, one of the town’s pioneers, Alba Heywood (an agricultural engineer) decided to march about 2,000 of his hogs in the parade and it was quite a spectacle. At the end of the parade, someone fired a celebratory shot in the air and scared the hogs and they scattered through the town. It took the people about three days to round them up. So that’s the first and last time San Benito had a hog waddle. But they do still celebrate with an annual concert and delicious cook-off!