NC Hot Sauce Contest & Festival
Topic Concert Venue
Why pick this one
NC Hot Sauce Contest & Festival spans 16 downtown Oxford blocks with live music, sauce judging, pepper contests, vendors, and family activities.
Best for
- Attending a two-day hot sauce festival in downtown Oxford
- Watching live hot sauce judging
- Entering or watching the Bailey Farms Pepper Eating Contest
- Hearing live music during a food festival
- Family outings with carnival rides, a kids area, and vendors
Look elsewhere if
- Looking for a permanent year-round concert venue
- Needing a private concert booking venue
- Seeking a restaurant or retail hot sauce shop rather than a scheduled festival
Specialties
- North Carolina hot sauce and barbecue sauce contest
- Pepper eating contest
- Live music festival
- Food and merchandise vendor festival
What makes them different
- Attracts more than 25,000 visitors to Downtown Oxford and Granville County each year
- Festival spans 16 city blocks in downtown Oxford
- 2026 pepper eating contest offers a $1,000 prize
- 2026 live music lineup includes five scheduled performances across Friday and Saturday
- 2026 marks the festival's 20th annual celebration
- Serves
- Oxford
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 100 Main St, Oxford, NC 27565-3319
- Phone
- +19196031101
- Website
- http://nchotsaucecontestandfestival.com/
- hello@rfuenzalida.com
Services
- Festival entertainment
- Live music
- Hot sauce judging
- Pepper eating competition
- Food and merchandise vendor space
- Family activities