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10th Annual Salsa Showdown presented by Alabama Power
October 16, 2021
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October 16, 2021
2:00pm-6:00pm
Cahaba Brewing Company
4500 5th Ave S Building C, Birmingham, AL 35222
$15 in advance, $20 at the event • Kids 5 and under are free!
Beer, Football, and all the chips and dip you can eat with the purchase of one ticket!
Help us choose the winners in the best salsa, best queso, best guac, and best specialty dip categories. We will have the biggest college football games across 8 screens, a tailgate taproom with kids activities, and DJ Rod playing tunes on the patio!
Participating restaurants and salsa companies include:
- Dos Amigo’s Salsa Company
- Groovy’s Salsa
- Rojo Birmingham
- Taco Morro Loco
- Tony Tejas Salsa
- The Yard Birmingham
- La Paz
and more!
5:00 pm – Hot Pepper Eating Contest – Head to the pepper stage to compete yourself or watch your most daring friends embarrass themselves in our hot pepper eating contest. It’s hot y’all. The hot pepper survivor wins a limited-edition Salsa Showdown Ghost Pepper shirt.
Don’t have the guts to take on the hot pepper challenge? We will be onsite selling the limited edition shirts along with a variety of Sidewalk merch.
Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Educational and Outreach programs for the Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema.
Stick around after our event for Redemptive Cycles Tall Bike Joust at 6pm. Your Salsa Showdown advance ticket purchase will include a 25% off coupon for the Joust.