Started in 2011, the Tampa Pig Jig is an annual fundraising festival hosted by the HopeWill Foundation which donates its profits toward kidney disease research. Working towards research for FSGS kidney disease, the festival began as a backyard cookout with music and friends supporting each other. It has now grown to host a huge audience celebrating country and rock music alongside classic southern BBQ.
Previous performers have included Brad Paisley, Riley Green, Sam Hunt, X Ambassadors, Darius Rucker, Judah & the Lion, and more. Blending, country, rock, and BBQ, the festival draws in massive crowds and has gathered enough funds to begin three clinical trials focused on FSGS.