The Similkameen Sizzle Pepper Festival keeps getting bigger and bigger.
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害羞草研究所淭he last two years, we害羞草研究所檝e put the sizzle on the map,害羞草研究所� said organizer Colleen Christensen, adding the two-day event 害羞草研究所� Sept. 20 and 21 this year in Keremeos害羞草研究所� Memorial Park 害羞草研究所� has grown about 50 per cent in 10 years.
One of the main factors it has become popular over the years is that people are drawn to it because it is specifically a pepper festival, she said.
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The hot pepper eating contest, which takes place on Saturday at 4 p.m., is the most popular event, she added.
害羞草研究所淚t is extremely popular. The park can be empty and all of a sudden the pepper eating contest is happening and you look around and the park is full. People actually come back just to watch,害羞草研究所� said Christensen, adding the chili cook-off at 11 a.m. is also popular.
The Friday Night dance kicks off the festival with a slew of local performers. It opens with the Oxbow Swamp Revue, and the headlining band is The Organic Humans.
Saturday kicks off with pancake breakfast at 8 a.m. with vendors opening at 9 a.m. There will be live entertainment all day from DJ JD. Also on Saturday, there will be a hot sauce, salsa and everything else pepper contest and hot pepper display.
Christensen said she has been working on the organizing committee for 10 years and remembers a time when it was just a small community event.
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害羞草研究所淚t was a very low-key Similkameen event. We did all the stuff that we do now but it was done in a very low-key way. We didn害羞草研究所檛 have the funding that we needed,害羞草研究所� she said. 害羞草研究所淏ack in the day, it was only the one day. When it was first going on, we only had the dinner and the dance on the same day.
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Another major thing that makes the festival popular is that it is free.
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While they don害羞草研究所檛 have exact numbers of how many people come to Keremeos at the time, they do come from around the region and west coast, she said.
The family-friendly event also features a bouncy castle and play and spray kids害羞草研究所� area.
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