World Calendar of Hot Sauce Festivals & Spicy Events

Find a 🌶 Chile Festival, 🔥 Hot Sauce Festival or 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.

 JANUARY 2025

• Annual Hops n Hot Sauce Festival – January 18th, Humble, Texas

February 2025

• NMSU Annual New Mexico Chile Conference – February 3rd & 4th, Las Cruces, New Mexico
• Chilli Fest Willunga – February 22nd &  23rd, Willunga, Australia 
• Heatwave Hot Sauce Expo – February 22nd, London, Ontario, Canada
• Annual National Fiery Foods Show – February 28th – March 2nd, Albuquerque, New Mexico

March 2025

• The Herb & Chilli Festival – March 15th – 16th, Wandin, Australia
• Everybody’s Favorite Barbecue and Hot Sauce Festival – March 28th – 30th, Houston, Texas

APRIL 2025

• Pinellas Pepper Fest – April 12th – 13th, Pinellas Park, Florida
• Sunshine Coast Chilli Festival – April, Aussie World, 73 Frizzo Rd, Palmview QLD 4553, Australia
• Chinderah Chilli Festival – April, Gollan Dr, Tweed Heads West, NSW 2485, Australia
• Annual Indiana Hot Luck and Fiery Foods –  April, Madison, Indiana
• Boston Hot Sauce Festival –  April 26th & 27th, Boston, Massachusetts

MAY 2025

• Hot Sauce Society –  May 10th & 11th, London, UK
• The Cheese and Chilli Festival – May 17th & 18th, Christchurch, UK
• Annual ZestFest – May 23rd – 25th, Fort Worth, Texas
• Everybody’s Favorite Barbecue and Hot Sauce Festival – May 23rd – 25th, Des Moines, Iowa

JUNE 2025

• Winchester Cheese and Chilli Festival – June 7th & 8th, Winchester, UK
• Old Boney Mountain Hot Summer Night Festival – June 8th, Thousand Oaks, California
• Philippine Chilli Festival – June, Manila, Philippines
• Chichester Cheese and Chilli Festival – June 21st & 22nd, Chichester, UK
• Hop Sauce Fest – June 14th, Beach Haven, New Jersey
• Berks Pepper Jam –  June, Strausstown, Pennsylvania
• Everybody’s Favorite Barbecue and Hot Sauce Festival – June 27th – 29th, Sacramento, California

JULY 2025

• Everybody’s Favorite Barbecue and Hot Sauce Festival – July 18th – 20th, Cleveland, Ohio
• Guildford Cheese and Chilli Festival – July 19th & 20th, Guildford, UK
• Illinois Hot Sauce Expo – July, Joliet, Illinois
• Oxnard Salsa Festival – July, Oxnard, California
• New England Hot Sauce Fest – July 26th, Hampton, New Hampshire
• ChilliBobs East Midlands Chilli Fest – July – Nottinghamshire, England, UK
• McMillin Farm Hot Sauce Fest – July, Puyallup, Washington

AUGUST 2025

• Everybody’s Favorite Barbecue and Hot Sauce Festival – August 1st – 3rd, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Jungle Jim’s Weekend of Fire – August 23th & 24th, Fairfield, Ohio
• The Great Dorset Chilli Festival – August, Dorest, England
• Quad State Flavor Fest – August 9th, Boonsboro, Maryland
• Portland Hot Sauce Expo – August, Portland, Oregon
• Foxeria del Sol Hatch Chile Fest – August, Atlanta, Georgia
• North Hudson Pepper Fest – August 15th – 17th, Hudson, Wisconsin
• Everybody’s Favorite Barbecue and Hot Sauce Festival – August 15th – 17th, Centennial, Colorado
• Philadelphia Hot Sauce Festival – August, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Columbus Fiery Foods Festival – August, Columbus, Ohio
• Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival – August, Austin, Texas
• Benington Chilli Festival – August 23rd – 25th, Benington Lordship Gardens, UK
• Everybody’s Favorite Barbecue and Hot Sauce Festival – August 29th – 31st, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Fiera Mondiale Campionaria del Peperoncino – August 28th – September 1st, Rieti, Italy

SEPTEMBER 2025

• NJ Taco Festival – September, Augusta, New Jersey
• Heating up the Capital – September, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• North Carolina Hot Sauce Contest – September, Oxford, North Carolina
• Chile Pepper Food Festival – September 5th & 6th, Bowers, Pennsylvania
• Big Chili Cook-off – September, Evergreen, Colorado
• Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival – September, Austin, Texas
• Murphys Creek Chilli Carnival – September, Murphys Creek, Queensland, Australia
• Brighton Chile Fest – September, Brighton, Colorado
• Westwood Chile Fest – September, Denver, Colorado
• I like it Hot! Festival – September, Largo, Florida
• Heating up the Capital – September, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Similkameen Sizzle Pepper Fest – September, Keremeos, BC Canada
• Texas Hot Sauce Festival – September, Houston, Texas
• Roasted Chile Festival At The Heirloom Farmers Markets – September, Tucson, Arizona
• Pueblo Chile & Frijoles Festival – September, Pueblo, Colorado
• Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta – September 24th – 28th, multiple locations and events around Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Annual NYC Hot Sauce Expo –  September, Brooklyn, New York

OCTOBER 2025

• Everybody’s Favorite Barbecue and Hot Sauce Festival – October 3rd – 5th, West Palm Beach, Florida
• Hot Pepper Festival – October, Palestine, Texas
• Golden Beer Tasting & Chili Cook-Off – October, Golden, Colorado
• Blaze for the Brave – October, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• St. Martinville Kiwanis Club Annual Pepper Festival – October, St. Martinville, Louisiana
• North Texas Hot Sauce Festival – October, Bedford, Texas
• Sydney Chilli Festival – October 19th, Parramatta, NSW, Australia
• Briz Chili Fest – October, Newstead, Australia
• Fete du Piment a Espelette – October 26th & 27th, Ville d’Espelette, France

NOVEMBER 2025

• TN Hot Sauce Expo – November, Nashville, Tennessee
• Nevermore Hot – November, Baltimore, Maryland
• Hot Sauce Fest Atl – November, Atlanta, Georgia