Sturgis Fall ~HOT PEPPER~ Festival
Saturday, September 20th 2025
2025 Event Information
- 6th Annual Sturgis Fall Festival
- Saturday, September 20th, 2025
- 2PM - 6PM
- Harley-Davidson Rally Point (at Main Street & Harley-Davidson Way)
- FREE to attend!
View the official Facebook event page for updates:
About
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.
Competition Registration Now Open!
Register for one of our THREE thrilling competitions this year, showcasing everything fall has to offer!
- Hand out tastings of your very own salsa recipe for our People's Choice Homemade Salsa Contest!
- Sign up for the Hot Pepper Eating Contest to test your spicy mettle on stage against competitors!
- Enter the Garden "Grange Display" Contest to show off your homegrown garden produce, as made popular in the Stardew Valley game!
Click the buttons below for full details, rules, and online signup forms.
Homemade Salsa Competition
Sign up no later than September 12th!
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 People's Choice trophy! Click below to learn more and enter. Open to all!
Garden "Grange Display" Competition
Sign up no later than September 12th!
Gardeners everywhere are invited to enter the "Garden Grange Display" competition, as made famous on Stardew Valley! 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!
Hot Pepper Eating Contest
Sign up no later than September 12th!
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!
Vendor Registration Now Available!
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. Vendors must make every effort to sell fall-themed items, offer a fall activity, and/or decorate in fall style.Booths are just $20 for a standard 10x10' space!
Contact Kadence at (605) 347-2556 or email to sign up as a vendor!
