The Greater Taylorville Chamber of Commerce Chillifest Committee met Monday night to further finalize plans for the 37th annual event just 19 days away on the Square October First and 2nd.

Event co-chair April Wolfe reported that both the main south stage, and the north stage, have entertainment completely booked both days.  

There’ll be 2 days of International Chilli Society sanctioned chilli cook-offs, chaired again this year by Tom Calvert, who told Regional Radio News after Monday night's meeting that cooks from several states come to Taylorville each year to cook and vie for cash and to qualify for the World Chilli Cook-off.

Some of Chillifest’s favorite attractions are back including some 56 arts and crafts vendors with more added daily, an interactive KidZone, pageants, the bags tournament, and the FFA kiddie tractor pull.

You’ll be able to eat a hot bowl of chilli and all the fixings this year after a 2-year hiatus, with chilli cooked on-site.   Cold quarts will also be sold in a drive-thru on the southeast corner of the square, as it’s been done the past 2 years.

Complete information on Chillifest can be found on the event web site, chillifest-dot-info, that’s chilli with 2-L’s.