The Similkameen Sizzle Pepper Festival keeps getting bigger and bigger.
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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.
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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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Another major thing that makes the festival popular is that it is free.
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While they don香蕉视频直播檛 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.
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