Welcome to the 40th Anniversary of CHILLIFEST
2025
The Greater Taylorville Chamber of Commerce invites you all to CHILLIFEST with us at the
40th Annual Chillifest on
Saturday, October 4th and Sunday, October 5th, 2025!!!
There is so much to do at Chillifest, like...
Cooking Chili at one of the TWO ICS Chili Cookoff events
Chili judging at the ICS Sanctioned Chili Cookoff...help someone make it to Worlds!
Reunions with friends and family while enjoying any of the MANY entertainment performances
Not 1, not 2, but 3 PAGEANTS...need we say more!
Play dates for the kiddos at KidZone
Lunch and/or dinner at the Chillitent (our Chilli is gluten free and is a proprietary recipe made at Chillifest during Chillifest with locally sources beef)
Shopping for upcoming events and holidays or just because you want to at the UNIQUE & DIVERSE vendors all around the event grounds and of course plan to visit all of the shops around the Historic Taylorville Square and throughout Taylorville.
Fun selfie & Photo ops throughout the event
Raffles & 50/50
AND SO MUCH MORE!!!
There is so much fun to be found everywhere at Chillifest...so come on and Chillifest with us!!!
To stay up to date on all things CHILLIfest, like & follow our Taylorville CHILLIFEST Facebook Page
To stay informed on the Chilli Pepper Pageants and Royalty, like & follow our Taylorville Chilli Pepper Pageants Facebook Page and the pageant page, right here on the website
To become a CHILLIfest Vendor and for all information on the CHILLIfest Vendor Market, join the Taylorville Chillifest Vendors Facebook Group the vendor page, right here on the website.
To enter to compete in the ICS Sanctioned cook offs register as an ICS Member and choose the cook off/s you want to enter. Check back here for more information on the Chili Cook Off page.
