Chile Pepper Festival 2016

Saturday, October 1, 2016 | 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

6 Scorching Global Bands
62 Fiery Food Artisans

Performance Schedule

10:00–10:40 am
Pilette’s Ghost
Red-hot fiddle and drum duo from Pilette, Louisiana

10:45 am–Noon
Dahka Band
Algerian beats and Nigerian melodies with a New York twist

12:15–1:30 pm
Élage Diouf
Groovy soul-rock by the award-winning Senegalese troubadour

1:45–3:00 pm
Hazmat Modine
Foot-stomping American roots with twisting global branches

3:15–4:30 pm
Aurelio
Sweet-voiced Afro-Caribbean pop by the Garifuna cultural emissary

4:45–6:00 pm
Lost Bayou Ramblers
Cajun swamp sounds from Louisiana’s Grammy-nominated trailblazers

Robbins & Ringold
The masters of ceremony light up the stage with fire breathing, sword swallowing, and other fiery feats.

Hot Sauce Sorcery

A&B American Style
Apinya Thai Food Co.
Bacchanal Sauce
Beast Feast Maine
Black Irish Hot Sauce
The Bronx Hot Sauce
Guyank Sweet-Hot Pepper Sauce
Homesweet Homegrown Hot Sauces
Karma Sauce
NYC Hot Sauce Company
Pisqueya Dominican Hot Sauce
Poor Devil Pepper Co.
Queen Majesty Hot Sauce
Redhead Hot Sauce
Torchbearer Sauces

Chile-Chocolate Debauchery

The Chocolate Room
Haute Chocolate
Hernán Mexican Mole
JoMart Chocolates
Laurie & Sons
Little Bird Chocolates
Lululosophy Artisan Chocolates
Maman Café & Bakery
MarieBelle New York
Raaka Chocolate
Rescue Chocolate
Sans Bakery
Tumbador Chocolate
Whimsy & Spice

Combustible Condiments

303 Salsas
Anarchy in a Jar
Auria’s Malaysian Kitchen
Calcutta Kitchens
City Saucery
Elvio’s Chimichurri
Gustavo’s Salsa
Jacky’s Jams & Jellies
The Jam Stand
Josephine’s Feast
Mama Margarita’s Salsa
Momo Dressing
Nafi’s Hot Pepper Condiments
Pierre’s Spicy
We Rub You
Woodward Extract Co.

Hi-Scoville Sweets

Brooklyn Soda Works
Bushwick Kitchen
Culture: An American Yogurt Company
La Newyorkina
Mike’s Hot Honey
OddFellows Ice Cream Co.
Spoonable

Piquant Pickles & Such

Divine Brine
Holy Schmitt’s Homemade Horseradish
Mama O’s Premium Kimchi
Mother-in-Law’s Kimchi
North Brooklyn Farms
Pure Mountain Olive Oil
Rick’s Picks
Zia Green Chile Company