2025 Sturgis Fall ~HOT PEPPER~ Festival 🌶️

Name: 2025 Sturgis Fall ~HOT PEPPER~ Festival 🌶️
Start: 2025-09-20T14:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-09-20T18:00:00-06:00
Location: Downtown Sturgis, SD

Schedule

Sat Sep 20 2025 at 02:00 pm to 06:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Downtown Sturgis, SD | Sturgis, SD

The Sturgis Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau invites your family to the 2025 Sturgis Fall ~HOT PEPPER~ Festival!
Our Fall Festival is entering its 6th year, and what better way to celebrate than by showcasing a local staple, hot peppers, at this year's event!
Attendees can enjoy FREE activities including:
🌶️ Local Market featuring pepper-related vendor products!
🌶️ Hot Pepper Eating Competition (see below!)
🌶️ Homemade Salsa Competition (see below!)
🌻 "Grange Display" Garden Produce Competition (see below!)
🍻 Fall Festival Pub Crawl
🌰 Kids' Fall Festival Activities
🚜 Hay Bale Maze & Hay Rides
🎶 Live Music All Day
🎃 Fall Photo Booth
Stop by Harley-Davidson Rally Point in downtown Sturgis from 2-6pm for this annual fall favorite event with a spicy twist.
-------------------- COMPETITIONS --------------------
Contact the Sturgis Chamber office at (605) 347-2556 or email [email protected] to enter the competitions by SEPTEMBER 12TH! Details and forms provided below and at our office.
🌶️ HOMEMADE SALSA COMPETITION (Enter by 9/12!):
Do you brew the best salsa around? Is it the spiciest, the sweetest, or maybe the most unusual? Enter our first Homemade Salsa Competition for a chance at a trophy! Click below to learn more and enter. Open to all!
Online Sign-up Form: https://tinyurl.com/2025-Salsa-Comp
🌻 GARDEN "GRANGE DISPLAY" COMPETITION (Enter by 9/12!):
Gardeners everywhere are invited to enter the "Garden Grange Display" competition! Simply select up to 10 of your best, most impressive home-grown produce items (can include vegetables, grains, berries, fruits, flowers, etc - small items may be grouped) and arrange them in your designated 2'x3' (approx.) table display area for judging and public vote. You may sell or keep your items!
Online Sign-up Form: https://tinyurl.com/2025-Grange-Display
🌶️ HOT PEPPER EATING CONTEST (Enter by 9/12!):
Do you have taste buds of steel? Are you considered a champion of spicy foods amongst your family and friends? Test your mettle and enter our Hot Pepper Eating Contest! Open to ages 18 and up - try a series of hot peppers to see if you have what it takes to be HOT PEPPER CHAMPION!
Online Sign-Up Form: https://tinyurl.com/2025-Pepper-Eating-Contest
🌶️ VENDORS (Register ASAP, space is limited!):
We are now seeking vendors of all kinds to attend the festival and sell your wares! We are especially interested in any vendor offering farmer's market items, hot peppers, hot sauce, salsa, or any hot pepper-related goods. Booths are just $20 for a standard 10x10' space!
Contact Kadence at (605) 347-2556 or email [email protected] to sign up as a vendor!
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This annual event is organized by the Sturgis Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau, an independent 501(c)6 nonprofit organization.