The World Calendar for Hot Sauce and Chili Festivals

Welcome to World Calendar for Hot Sauce and Chili Festivals put together by CraftHotSauce.com

We've learned about and added many hot sauces festivals to our calendar from people reaching out, so please comment below if we are missing any. You can try many sauces from these events with the Craft Hot Sauce Subscription Box. 

Craft Hot Sauce does not run or organize any of these events, so use the attached link to find out more information, buy tickets, or ask questions. 

June 2019

• Hop Sauce Fest - June 1st, Beach Haven, New Jersey
• The Cheese and Chilli Festival - June 8th & 9th - Christchurch, UK and June 22nd & 23rd - Basingstoke, UK
• Chili and Barbeque Festival - June 8th-9th, Hanover, Germany
• Chi Town Hot Sauce Expo - June 29th-30th, Chicago, Illinois

July 2019

• The Cheese and Chilli Festival - July 6th & 7th - Swindon, UK July 20th & 21st -  Guildford, UK
• Old Boney Mtn Hot Summer Night Festival - July 11, Thousand Oaks, CA

August 2019

• The Great Dorset Chilli Festival - August 3rd-4th, Dorest, England
• Chilli Fiesta - August 9th-11th West Dean, England
• Chilifest Finland - Mid-August, Tampere, Finland
• Pepper Fest - August 16th-18th, Hudson, Wisconsin
• Portland Hot Sauce Expo - August 17th-18th, Portland, Oregon
• The Cheese and Chilli Festival - August 3rd & 4th - Cheltenham, UK, August 17th & 18th - Winchester, UK
• Peperoncino Day - August 4th-5th, Viareggio (Lucca), Italy
• Rieti Cuore Piccante - August 28th - September 1st - Rieti (Lazio), Italy
• California Hot Sauce Expo - (Dates TBA), Anaheim, California
• Maldon Smoke and Fire Festival - August 17th-18th,  Essex, England
• Philippine Chilli Festival - August 24th, Manila, Philippines

September 2019

• National Buffalo Chicken Wing Festival - August 31-September 1st, Buffalo, NY
• Hatch Valley Chile Festival - August 31st-September 1st, Hatch, New Mexico
• NJ Taco Festival - September 7th, Augusta, New Jersey
• Chile Pepper Festival - September 6th-7th, Bowers, Pennsylvania
• North Carolina Hot Sauce Contest - September 14th, Oxford, North Carolina
  
• I like it Hot! Festival - September 14th-15th, Largo, Florida
• Fiery Foods Festival - September, Pasco, Washington
• 8th Annual Hot Pepper Festival - September 9th, Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT
• The Pepper Festival - September 14th, Auburn, California
• St. Martinville Pepper Festival - Mid September, St. Martinville, Louisiana
• I Like it HOT! Festival - September 14th-15th, Largo, Florida
• Easton's Chile Pepper Festival - September 21st, Easton Pennsylvania
• Chilifest - September14th-15th, Sunderland, Massachusetts
• Irish Hot Sauce Expo, September, Dublin, Ireland
• Saucetoberfest - September, Flemington, New Jersey
• Texas Hot Sauce Festival -September 21st-22nd Houston, Texas
• Chile & Frijoles Festival -September 20th-22nd, Pueblo, Colorado
• Festival of Heat - September, London, England
• Chile Pepper Festival 2019 - September 28th, Brooklyn, NY
• Texas Hot Sauce Festival - September 21st-22nd, Houston, Texas

October 2019

• Jungle Jim's Weekend of Fire - October, Fairfield, Ohio
• Datil Pepper Festival - October 5th, St. Augustine, Florida 
• Belgium Chilli Fest - Mid October, Antwepen, Belgium
• Pflugerville Pfall Chili Pfest - October 19th, Pflugerville, Texas
• Fete du Piment a Espelette - October 27th-28th, Ville d'Espelette, France

November 2019

December 2019

• Burton's Winter Chilli Festival - December, Burton on Trent, England

January 2020

• 3rd Annual Hops n Hot Sauce Festival - January Houston, Texas
• 19th Annual ZestFest - January, Irving, Texas

February 2020

• Chilli Fest Willunga - February,  Willunga, Australia 

March 2020

• 32nd Annual National Fiery Foods Show - March, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Heatwave Hot Sauce Expo - March, London, Ontario, Canada
• Chinderah Chilli Festival - March, Kingscliff, NSW, Australia
• The Herb & Chilli Festival - March, Wandin, Australia 

April 2020

• 24th Annual Indiana Hot Luck and Fiery Foods - April, Madison, Indiana 
• Hot Sauce Society - April, Peckham, London, UK
• 14th Annual Bring The Heat Chili Cook Off - April, Clinton, New Jersey
• Eighth Annual NYC Hot Sauce Expo - April 18th-19th, Brooklyn, New York
• Pinellas Pepper Fest - April 27th-28th, Pinellas Park, Florida

May 2020

• 31st Annual NJ State Chili & Salsa Cook-off - Mid-May Toms River, New Jersey
• Berks Pepper Jam - Late May, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania

Our monthly hot sauce subscription membership has many hot sauces that are featured at these festivals above.

Please comment with below with a link and date if we are missing any. Thank you!

-Brian