Pepperpalooza
Join us for the 5th annual Pepper Palooza! All throughout the potager gardens in A Tasteful Place, peppers take center stage.
Date & Time:
August 9, 2025
10am-3pm
Venue:
A Tasteful Place
About This Event
A spicy celebration of peppers, featuring displays of varieties like habanero, cayenne, and bell peppers. Guests can enjoy a vendor market with pepper-based products, live music, culinary demos, and a fun atmosphere with garden and lake views. The event is indoors with air conditioning for comfort.
Schedule
10am-3pm Vendor Market
Confirmed Vendors include Poor Vida, Pepper and Thyme, F-king Hot Sauces, Asian Mint, Olive Texas Ranch, CocoaVina, Charlie’s Jalapeno Salsa, Dearest Paperie, Real Honey Apple Farm, Bobby’s Best Plant Starts & The Jelly Queens
10am-3pm Live Music by Andy Sperandeo
10-10:30am Pepper Walk*
10:30-11am STEMStop: Mild to Wild*
Families explore the Scoville Scale and test their taste buds as they investigate the science behind what makes some peppers mild and others wild.
11am, 12pm, & 1pm Garden Chef Series*
Jalapeño Ice Cream with Salsa Seca
2-2:30pm Pepper Talk*
2:30-3pm STEMStop: From Seed to Spice *
Families use their senses of sight, smell, and touch to compare fresh, dried, and ground peppers while discovering how peppers transform from plant to spice.
*ASL available
Vendors
Poor Vida
Pepper and Thyme
Flipping Hot Sauces
Asian Mint
CocoaVina
Charlie’s Jalapeno Salsa
Dearest Paperie
Real Honey Apple Farm.