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The Big Chili Cook-Off Evergreen Supporting Our Volunteer Firefighters! 2024 marks the 23rdf Anniversary of the Big Chili Cook-off Music and Arts Festival.

When we gather for all of the usual fun on Saturday, September 7th. Thank you Elk Creek, Evergreen, Indian Hills, Inter Canyon, Foothills, North Fork and Platte Canyon Fire and Rescue for all you do to make our way of life possible.

09/12/2026

👀 WHAT ARE YOU DOING AT HOME?!

Big Chili is happening RIGHT NOW at Buchanan Park and Evergreen showed up. 🌶️🔥

The chili is flowing.

The music is playing.

The firefighters are here.

And we’re just getting started.

YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO COME!

📍 Buchanan Park | Evergreen
⏰ We’re here until 5 PM
🎟️ $30 at the gate
👧 Kids 12 & under FREE
🚍 Free shuttles available

Get off the couch.

Grab the family.

GET TO BIG CHILI. 🌶️🔥

We’ll see you when you get here.

09/12/2026

🚨🌶️ WAKE UP, EVERGREEN — TODAY IS THE DAY! 🌶️🚨

BIG CHILI 2026 IS HERE.

The chili is ready.

The firefighters are ready.

The bands are ready.

Buchanan Park is ready.

Now we just need YOU. 🔥

📍 Buchanan Park | Evergreen
⏰ TODAY | 10 AM–5 PM

🎟️ Tickets: $30 at the front gate
👧 Kids 12 & under: FREE
🚍 Free shuttle service available

Grab the kids.

Text your friends.

Come hungry.

WE’LL SEE YOU AT BIG CHILI!

09/11/2026

The chili cooks aren’t the only ones bringing the competition tomorrow. 👀🔥

Our firefighters are going head-to-head at Big Chili—and trust us, you’re going to want to see this one.

🚒 Come cheer them on.

🌶️ Taste the chili.

🎶 Catch the music.

❤️ Support the men and women who protect our mountain communities.

Tomorrow isn’t just another Saturday in Evergreen.

It’s Big Chili Saturday.

📍 Buchanan Park
⏰ 10 AM–5 PM

🎟️ Tickets available at the gate.

09/11/2026

Wondering what your Big Chili admission includes? 🌶️

Your $30 gate admission gets you an entire day at Big Chili—including free chili tastings while supplies last, live entertainment, access to exhibitors, firefighter events and the chance to vote for your favorite chili. 🔥

And kids 12 & under?

FREE.

This isn’t stopping by for an hour.

Make a DAY of it.

📅 TOMORROW
⏰ 10 AM–5 PM
📍 Buchanan Park

🎟️ Tickets available at the gate.

09/10/2026

Cancel the other plans. 😂🌶️

THIS is where Evergreen is going to be Saturday.

Grab your friends, bring the family, come hungry and spend the day at Buchanan Park for Big Chili 2026.

Come for the chili.

Stay for the music, firefighters, competition and community.

Leave knowing you helped support the firefighters who protect our mountain communities. ❤️🚒

📅 Saturday, September 12
⏰ 10 AM–5 PM
📍 Buchanan Park

Who are you bringing? TAG THEM. 👇

09/10/2026

🚨🌶️ EVERGREEN — WE ARE TWO DAYS AWAY! 🌶️🚨

This Saturday, Buchanan Park comes alive for one of Evergreen’s biggest community traditions.

🔥 Chili tasting
🚒 Firefighter competitions
🎶 Live music
🛍️ Vendors
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family fun
🌶️ Thousands of people
❤️ All in support of our mountain-area firefighters

If you’ve been saying, “We should go to Big Chili this year…”

THIS IS YOUR SIGN.

📅 THIS SATURDAY — September 12
⏰ 10 AM–5 PM
📍 Buchanan Park | Evergreen

🎟️ Tickets are available at the front gate.

$30 | Kids 12 & under FREE

Tag your Big Chili crew below. 👇

09/01/2026

Yes, the chili is pretty important around here. 🌶️

But Big Chili has always been about something much bigger.

It’s about community.

It’s about neighbors showing up for neighbors.

And it’s about supporting the firefighters who protect our mountain communities every single day. 🚒❤️

On September 12, thousands of us will come together at Buchanan Park for one incredible day.

We hope you’ll be one of them.

🎟️ Get your tickets BIGCHILI.ORG

08/31/2026

🚨🌶️ CHILI COOKS — THIS IS YOUR LAST CALL! 🌶️🚨

Applications to compete in the 2026 Big Chili Cook-Off CLOSE TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 1!

That chili everyone asks you to make?

That family recipe you swear can’t be beaten?

That secret ingredient you refuse to tell anyone about? 👀

THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO PUT IT TO THE TEST.

🔥 Restaurants
🔥 Local businesses
🔥 Organizations
🔥 Friends & families
🔥 Backyard chili legends

If you can make a great pot of chili, WE WANT YOU AT BIG CHILI.

Don’t wake up Wednesday wishing you’d entered.

⏰ DEADLINE: TOMORROW — SEPTEMBER 1

🌶️ APPLY TODAY AT BIGCHILI.ORG

Know someone who makes incredible chili? TAG THEM BELOW + SEND THEM THIS REEL. 👇

Lora Iverson Knowlton Evergreen Fire/Rescue Evergreen Park and Recreation District Elk Creek Fire Department Evergreen Chamber of Commerce Visit Colorado

08/31/2026

🚨 EVERGREEN, WE’RE LOOKING FOR YOUR BEST CHILI. 🚨

That recipe everyone asks you to make?

The one you swear could win a competition?

It’s time to prove it. 🌶️🏆

Big Chili is calling on restaurants, businesses, organizations, and backyard chili legends to step up to the pot and compete at Big Chili 2026.

Think you have what it takes?

🔥 Chili Cook applications close September 1.

🌶️ Sign up to cook ➡️ BigChili.org/chili-cooks
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Tag someone whose chili NEEDS to be entered. 👇

Lora Iverson Knowlton Elk Creek Fire Department Evergreen Fire/Rescue

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