by POPSUGAR Food 2

This week, spice up your free time with the chili cook-offs that are setting the country aflame. Whether you're looking for an epicurean adventure at the Bellagio, or something more along the lines of a back-country roadkill cook-off, you're in luck. Check out what's going on in your neck of the woods this week, and let us know if we've left anything off the list!

• Sante Fe, NM: Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta — Sept. 24-28
• Las Vegas, NV: Gourmet's Taste of Bellagio — Sept. 25
• New York, NY: Joy of Sake New York — Sept. 25
• Providence, RI: Food for Thought — Sept. 25
• London, KY: World Chicken Festival — Sept. 25-28

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• Emporia, VA: Virginia Peanut Festival — Sept. 25-28
• Kingwood, WV: Preston County Buckwheat Festival — Sept. 25-28
• Marlinton, WV: West Virginia Roadkill Cook-Off — Sept. 26
• Charlotte, NC: Culinary Arts Experience — Sept. 26-27
• Irmo, SC: Okra Strut — Sept. 26-27
• Los Angeles, CA: American Wine & Food Festival — Sept. 26-28
• Lawrenceburg, KY: Anderson County Burgoo Festival — Sept. 26-28
• Los Angeles, CA: Feast of San Gennaro — Sept. 26-28
• Redondo Beach, CA: Redondo Beach Lobster Festival — Sept. 26-28
• Cape Charles,VA: Fall Tomato Festival — Sept. 26-28
• Warrens, WI: Warrens Cranberry Festival — Sept. 26-28
• Wilmington, VT: Vermont Life Wine & Harvest Festival — Sept. 26-28
• Atlanta, GA: The Great Miller Lite Chili Cook-Off — Sept. 27
• Wichita, KS: Wagonmasters Downtown Chili Cook-Off — Sept. 27
• Charlottesville, VA: Charlottesville Vegetarian Festival — Sept. 27
• Urbana, IL: International Beer Tasting & Chili Cook-Off — Sept. 27
• Orlando, FL: Festival de Sabores — Sept. 27
• St. Louis, MO: St. Louis Wine Festival — Sept. 27-28
• Saugerties, NY: Hudson Valley Garlic Festival — Sept. 27-28
• Newport, RI: Taste of Rhode Island — Sept. 27-28
• San Jose, CA: Family Festa — Sept. 27-28
• Manassas, VA: Virginia Wine Festival — Sept. 27-28

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