Chile Pepper Fiesta 2011 - Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Saturday, October 1 | 11 a.m.–6 p.m. | Rain or Shine

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Fire breathing. Scorching hot sauce. Chocolate debauchery.

New York’s hottest fall tradition, featuring eight bands from chile-loving regions around the world. Sample goodies from today’s hottest chocolatiers and cast your vote at the Chile-Chocolate Takedown. Pick a pepper at our local farm stand and delight in sizzling salsas, pickles, kimchee, and other red-hot specialties. Don’t miss your chance to savor the fiery flavor...Brooklyn style.

Lost Bayou Ramblers with Violent Femmes' Gordon Gano ★ The Defibulators ★ Chico Mann ★ Dominic James & The Rhythm Machine ★ Mariachi Tapatio ★ Terry Dame & Electric Junkyard Gamelan ★ Dogcat ★ Tom Swafford

Sizzling Bands on the Cherry Esplanade Stage

Noon–12:30	Mariachi Tapatio De Alvaro Paulino Mesmerizing mariachi with a dash of Mexican folk dance
12:45–1:45	The Defibulators Red-hot urban honky-tonk
1:45–2:00	Matt Timms Hosts The Brooklyn Chile-Chocolate Takedown Awards The impresario himself crowns the people’s choice for chile-chocolate excellence
2:00–3:00	Dominic James And The Rhythm Machine Congolese rumba rhythms meet Caribbean dance grooves
3:15–4:30	Chico Mann Funky Afro-Latin electronica
4:45–6:00	Lost Bayou Ramblers Featuring Violent Femmes' Gordon Gano Louisiana's own smokin' Cajun roots band
	Masters of Ceremony Robbins & Ringold Circus masters light up the stage between acts with chile pepper juggling, fire eating, and other red hot and ridiculous antics

Chile-Chocolate Wonderland at the Osborne Garden

11:00–5:00	"Hot" Chocolate Meet celebrated chile-chocolate creators and taste their tantalizing treats The Chocolate Room Fine & Raw Chocolate Lagusta's Luscious Liddabit Sweets Mast Brothers Chocolate Nunu Chocolates Raaka Chocolate Taza Chocolate Tumbador Chocolate Whimsy & Spice YouCake Cookies
11:00–12:30	The Brooklyn Chile-Chocolate Takedown Cast your vote for the borough’s best amateur chefs
1:00–4:00	Kids' Workshop: Spiced Hot Cocoa Mix Make your own cocoa concoction to sip at home
11:00–5:00	Chocolate Bar Get your chocolate and chile beer on tap

Wonderland Stage at the Osborne Garden

11:30–12:15	Dogcat A mélange of Moroccan, Balkan, and Middle Eastern music
12:30–1:15	Tom Swafford Traditional fiddle stylings by the local virtuoso
1:15–2:00	Dogcat A mélange of Moroccan, Balkan, and Middle Eastern music
2:45–3:30	Terry Dame & Electric Junkyard Gamelan Groove to the clayrimba and other percussive inventions
3:45–4:15	Tom Swafford Traditional fiddle stylings by the local virtuoso
4:15–5:00	Terry Dame & Electric Junkyard Gamelan Groove to the clayrimba and other percussive inventions

Sizzling Serenades at Magnolia Plaza

11:00–11:30	Mariachi Tapatio De Alvaro Paulino Brooklyn's own mariachi mavens play the Plaza
11:30–Noon	Mariachi March Join the procession to the Main Stage musical kickoff

Feel the Burn! at Magnolia Plaza

11:00–5:00	Nice 'N' Spicy Meet award winning chefs and sample their savories Bhut Pepper Brooklyn Salsa Company Grace Foods Green Salsa Company Guyank Hot Pepper Sauce High River Sauces Horman’s Best Pickles Karma Sauce La Boîte Biscuits & Spices Lost Bayou Ramblers Golden Pepper Sauce Mama O’s Kimchee My Friend’s Mustard Nuts + Nuts People’s Pops Sol Sauce Sour Puss Pickles Tickle Sauce
11:00–5:00	Chile Pepper Farm Stand Pick up a pepper from your favorite local farmer. Viviano Family Farm, Mattituck, NY
11:00–5:00	A Caribbean Pepper Grows In Brooklyn From the sweet ají dulce to the scorching chocolate habanero, learn about Island peppers with youth and gardeners from the East New York Farms! project
Noon–5:00	Chile Soap to Help You Cope Chill out with these lifelike creations from J&L Handmade Soap.
2:00–4:00	Mosh Potatoes–Cookbook Signing With Steve Seabury The author shares spicy recipes, anecdotes, and mayhem from the heavyweights of heavy metal.

Fiery Delights throughout the Garden

1:00–5:00	Spice Racks Relax and check out the stacks at BBG’s chile library Gardener's Resource Center
1:00–5:00	Indigenous Clay Cooking Vessels Stunning and sustainable pots from around the world Rotunda
2:00–2:30 3:30–4:00	Cooking In Clay: A Spicy Journey Scrumptious samples by indigenous food expert Nathalie Herling Rotunda
3:30–4:00 4:30–5:00	Tour De-Chile A look at the Garden's chile plants with BBG’s own Dave Daly Herb Garden