The 36th annual Greater Taylorville Chamber of Commerce Chillifest is less than 2 weeks away.  The even takes place on the town square Saturday and Sunday, October 2nd and 3rd.

At Tuesday night’s Chillifest Committee meeting, plans were nailed down to bring another great Chillifest to the community and Central Illinois.  

Pageant chair Brittany Moore announced that 7 Little Mister’s, 16 Little Miss candidates, 13 Junior Miss, 9 Teen Miss, and 15 Miss Chilli Pepper contestants will vie for royalty at the Saturday pageant.

The Capital City Cornhole Club will again hold a bags tournament during Chillifest both days, with over $1000 in cash prize money being offered.

64 arts and crafts’ vendors will be offering their wares thru-out the square, and kids will enjoy the Kid Zone with lots of activities including pumpkin painting, and they’ll also be a bounce house.  

And, they’ll be plenty of food on the square during Chillifest.  In addition to the many restaurant choices on the Taylorville square, there’ll be 2 full food trucks and 2 specialty food vendors.

Committee co-chair April Wolfe told Regional Radio News after Tuesday night's meeting, that they're excited to bring this event to the community again this year.

For further information on the event, go to the event’s web site, chillifest-dot-info, that’s chillifest with 2-L’s.