Hot Sauce & Chile Festivals and Shows Upcoming in 2009

Scott Roberts August 10, 2009 at 12:03 pm food Digg this ArticleDigg Share via FacebookShare    

name-hereThe period of next few months is one of the best times of the year for chile and hot sauce festivals and shows in the U.S. (and one on Canada). There's a deluge of them, so be sure to attend a show if there's one nearby where you live to experience the sights, sounds and the flavors. Here they are in chronological order:

2009 Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival - August 30th
Austin, TX Waterloo Park, 12th and Red River
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Market/HotSauce

National Buffalo Wing Festival - September 5-6
Buffalo, NY at Coca Cola Field
http://buffalowing.com

Hatch Chile Festival in New Mexico - September 5-6
Hatch, NM at the Chile Festival Grounds
http://www.nmchili.com/hatch_chile_fest.htm

Hot & Spicy Food Festival - September 4-7
Toronto, ONT Harbourfront Centre
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/worldroutes/festivals.cfm?festival_id=42

Chile Pepper Food Festival - September 11-12
Bowers, PA at Bill Delong Memorial Park
http://www.pepperfestival.com/

Chile Pepper Magazine's 2009 Zestfest - September 11-13
Fort Worth, TX in the Stockyards
http://www.zestfest2009.com/html/

North Carolina Hot Sauce Contest in Granville County - September 12
Oxford, NC on Main Street and more
http://www.nchotsaucecontest.com

I Like it Hot Festival & BBQ - September 12-13
Largo, FL at Minnreg Hall
http://www.ilikeithotfestival.com

2009 Houston Hot Sauce Show - September 19-20
Stafford Centre Arts Theatre, Stafford, TX
http://www.houstonhotsauce.com

Open Fields - September 25-27
Central Indiana, at an undisclosed location (close to Waverly, IN)
Free and open to all, BUT...like past years, this is BY INVITE ONLY - contact Jim Campbell at jim @ wildpepper.com for an invite and for more information.





     Comments
Comment Buddah
2009-08-13 16:49:06
I have a list on the Facebook "Chileheads" group page. I know there is a nice little festival in Bowers, PA the same week as Zestfest. I was there last year during the hurricane/tropical storm we had by in the east coast.

http://www.pepperfestival.com/
Comment Scott Roberts
2009-08-13 17:16:47
Buddah, I saw that list on FB after I got this done. I wish I would have known about it. It would have saved me an hour or two of research time.;-)
Comment Buddah
2009-08-13 17:24:02
That is why I get paid the big bucks. :D
Comment A. C. Etzel
2010-08-07 21:10:10
What will the date be for the 2010 festival
Comment Scott Roberts
2010-08-07 21:44:55
A.C., check out the http://www.scottrobertsweb.com/calendar.php link for remaining 2010 dates.

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