Wabash Valley Pepper Fest & Hot Sauce Expo
Terre Haute, Indiana. Past edition
- Dates
- September 19, 2026 Date has passed
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2026 10:00 AM TO 8:00 PM
- Where
- Terre Haute, Indiana
- Official site
- Wabash Valley Pepper Fest & Hot Sauce Expo: home
Our take written by Pepperheads
The listed September 19, 2026 edition has ended. The site listed hours of 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM at The Meadows Shopping Center Complex, 2800 Poplar St, Terre Haute, IN. Its schedule listed the League of Fire belt match from 1:00 to 2:00 PM and an amateur hot pepper eating competition from 4:30 to 5:30 PM, and said event times may be adjusted as the day progresses.
The festival's description listed pepper growers among its vendors, and the site said donations support CODA. We did not find a ticket price on the pages we checked. These are past-edition details, not an invitation to attend.
Past-edition details from its own site
Location
The Meadows Shopping Center Complex 2800 Poplar St, Terre Haute, IN 47803
What's there
A full-day festival packed with spicy food, hot sauce, pepper growers, food vendors, craft vendors, specialty vendors, live entertainment
Schedule
10:00 AM Gates Open and Festival Welcome
Schedule
1:00–2:00 PM League of Fire: Road to the Americas Belt Match Professional pepper-eating championship
Schedule
4:30–5:30 PM Amateur Hot Pepper Eating Competition
Schedule note
Event times may be adjusted as the day progresses.
Cause
All donations support CODA directly