The Austin Chronicle 35th Annual Hot Sauce Festival Presented by EastVillage

🌶 Austin's HOTTEST tradition is back! 🌶

The Austin Chronicle's 35th Annual Hot Sauce Festival Presented by EastVillage returns to The Far Out Lounge and Stage on Sunday, September 7, from 3-9 pm.

Get ready to enjoy dozens of tasty hot sauces and spicy goods, with cold drinks, local eats, and LIVE music – all while supporting the Central Texas Food Bank!

Featuring LIVE performances by:

Gran Moreno

West Texas Exiles

Los Desechos

Mira Mira (Vinyl Set)

TICKETS:

$15 Pre-sale | $20 Day-of

A portion of every ticket sold benefits the CTFB.

🔥 The Hot Sauce Competition returns:

Don’t miss the fiery showdown with awards for best Commercial, Restaurant, and Individual hot sauces, announced live at the festival!

Get in on the action by sampling as many sauces from our on-site bottlers as you can handle then vote for your favorites in the People’s Choice poll.

Voting will be held inside the Far Out Lounge & Stage and closes at 7pm sharp!

Sample and take home hot sauces brought to you by:

ATX Hot Sauce, Aunt May's, Barbaro Mojo, Bindu Bites, Boerne Brand, Cowboy Spice Company, Fantastic Fuego, Freaky Ferments, Fxcking Hot Sauces, High Seas Provisions, Hill Country Hot Peppers, Jaime’s Spanish Village, Klowns On Fire Gourmet Sauces, Mad Man Sauces, Mikey V's Foods, Old Bones Chilli Co., Savir Foods, Schlotzsky's, St. Blanes Hot Sauce, Stanky Sauce, Summer Camp Sauces, T0tsauce, Teardrop Pepper Co., Wicked Provisions, and Yellowbird.

Check out the complete list of contenders here!

HOT SAUCE MERCH: The Austin Chronicle will be selling Hot Sauce Festival merch inside of The Far Out Lounge this year! Stop by and cast your People’s Choice vote while you’re there.

FOOD TRUCKS: Enjoy local food truck options from Captain’s Pizza and Knuckle Sandwich.

The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. Look for them at the festival to stop by, say hello, and show them some love!

Thank you to our presenting sponsor EastVillage and partners: A Team Home Services, Ardalan Injury Law, BUBBL'R, Renewal by Andersen, Sun Garden Shave Ice, Tito's Handmade Vodka, Trialmed, Viva, and Xochi Soda.

Plus, visit the Viva Airlines booth at the Hot Sauce Festival to register for a chance to win round-trip Viva tickets to Mexico!

NO DOGS OR COOLERS. NO WALK-UP HOT SAUCE ENTRIES.

Please note: We’re cashless at the door! Credit cards only for ticket purchases.

Learn more at austinchronicle.com/hotsauce.

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