Looking for a spicy event in your area? Find a 🌶 Chile Festival, 🔥 Hot Sauce Expo, BBQ Festival, 🌮 Taco Festival, or Chili Cook-off near you! Dates of each event change yearly, so be sure to visit their page for current dates, times, and event locations. Use either my interactive map, or scroll down for a printable list of all events by month.
Know of an event that’s not on the map? Email me and I’ll be sure to add it.
2022 EVENTS
JANUARY 2022
- Annual Hops n Hot Sauce Festival – January 22nd, Houston, Texas
February 2022
- NMSU Annual New Mexico Chile Conference – February 2nd, Las Cruces, New Mexico
- Chilli Fest Willunga – February 19th – 20th, Willunga, Australia
- Annual Hot N Spicy Festival – February, St. Augustine, Florida
- Heatwave Hot Sauce Expo – February 26th – 27th, London, Ontario, Canada
March 2022
- Annual National Fiery Foods Show – March 4th – 6th, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Chinderah Chilli Festival – March, Kingscliff, NSW, Australia
- The Herb & Chilli Festival – March 19th – 20th, Wandin, Australia
- Murphys Creek Chilli Festival – March 22nd, Murphys Creek, Australia
APRIL 2022
- Annual Indiana Hot Luck and Fiery Foods – April 10th, Madison, Indiana
- ChilliFest UK: Margam Chilli Festival – April 3rd, Margam Park Adventure, UK
- The Beijinger’s Hot and Spicy Fest – April, Beijing, China
- Canadian Festival of Chili and BBQ – April 30th – May 2nd, Langley City, British Columbia, Canada
MAY 2022
- ChilliFest UK: Hitchin Street Chilli Festival – May 28th, Hitchin, UK
- The Cheese and Chilli Festival – May 28th & 29th, Christchurch, UK
JUNE 2022
- Hop Sauce Fest – June 4th, Beach Haven, New Jersey
- Chili and Barbeque Festival – June 4th & 5th, Hanover, Germany
- The Cheese and Chilli Festival – June 18th & 19th – Winchester, UK
JULY 2022
- The Cheese and Chilli Festival – July 2nd & 3rd, Swindon, UK
- Old Boney Mountain Hot Summer Night Festival – July 14th, Thousand Oaks, California
- The Cheese and Chilli Festival – July 16th & 17th, Guildford, UK
- Oxnard Salsa Festival – July 30th – 31st, Oxnard, California
AUGUST 2022
- The Great Dorset Chilli Festival – August, Dorest, England
- North Hudson Pepper Fest – August 19th – 21st, Hudson, Wisconsin
- Hot Sauce Society – Peckham, London, UK
- Fiera Mondiale Campionaria del Peperoncino – August 24th – 28th, Rieti, Italy
- Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival – August, Austin, Texas
- Heating up the Capital – August 27th, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Benington Chilli Festival – August 27th – 29th, Benington Lordship Gardens, UK
SEPTEMBER 2022
- Pinellas Pepper Fest – Fall 2022, Pinellas Park, Florida
- Midwest Wing Fest – September, Fairview Heights, Illinois
- National Buffalo Chicken Wing Festival – Labor Day Weekend, Buffalo, New York
- Hatch Valley Chile Festival – Labor Day Weekend, Hatch, New Mexico
- NJ Taco Festival – September, Augusta, New Jersey
- Chile Pepper Food Festival – September, Bowers, Pennsylvania
- Holker Chilli Fest – September, Holker Hall and Gardens, UK
- Brighton Chile Fest – September, Brighton, Colorado
- Westwood Chile Fest – September, Denver, Colorado
- Chili Fest (the dish, not peppers), September, Superior, Colorado
- Big Chili Cook-off – September, Evergreen, Colorado
- North Carolina Hot Sauce Contest – September, Oxford, North Carolina
- Annual NYC Hot Sauce Expo – September, Brooklyn, New York
- I like it Hot! Festival – September, Largo, Florida
- The Pepper Festival – September, Auburn, California
- Annual NJ State Chili & Salsa Cook-off – September. Toms River, New Jersey
- Chile Pepper Day at the Easton Farmers’ Market – September, Easton, Pennsylvania
- Similkameen Sizzle Pepper Fest – September, Keremeos, BC Canada
- Philippine Chilli Festival – September, Manila, Philippines
- ChileFest at Mike’s Maze – September, Sunderland, Massachusetts
- Saucetoberfest – September, Flemington, New Jersey
- Texas Hot Sauce Festival – September, Houston, Texas
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden Chile Pepper Festival – September, Brooklyn, New York
- Hot Sauce Fest – September, Irving, Texas
- Pittsboro Pepper Festival – September, Pittsboro, North Carolina
- Roasted Chile Festival At The Heirloom Farmers Markets – September, Tucson, Arizona
- Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta – September, multiple location and events around Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Pueblo Chile & Frijoles Festival – September, Pueblo, Colorado
- Annual ZestFest – September 30th – October 2nd, Dallas, Texas
OCTOBER 2022
- Datil Pepper Festival – October, St. Augustine, Florida
- Jungle Jim’s Annual Weekend Of Fire – October, Fairfield, Ohio
- Golden Beer Tasting & Chili Cook-Off – October, Golden, Colorado
- Tyne Bank Brewery Tyne Burner – October, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Hot Pepper Festival – October , Palestine, Texas
- St. Martinville Kiwanis Club Annual Pepper Festival – October, St. Martinville, Louisiana
NOVEMBER 2022
- Heatwave Hot Sauce Expo – November, Ontario, Canada
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