July 11th & 12th, 2025

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July 12th & 13th, 2024

Rhythm N' Spice 2025

Get ready to spice up your taste buds and groove to the rhythm of global flavors at the Rhythm N’ Spice Hot Sauce Fest! Join us for a day filled with spicy goodness on Saturday, May 3rd for two sessions: 12-4 PM and 4:30-8:30 PM. Stay tuned for this year’s program!

Get your tickets here!
The festival includes:
  • Globally inspired hot sauces and food offerings for sale by community small businesses
  • Spicy Challenges and prizes featuring local food where audience members are engaged and vendors are celebrated.
  • VIP Lounge with tastings of sizzling cocktails, and spicy alcoholic beverages from sponsors 
  • Tasting corner featuring a curated selection of sauces from local restaurants, caterers, and international purveyors of hot sauces.
  • Cinco de Mayo Sugar Skull Face painting for adults by Painting as Art & Ritual
  • The Spicy Food Lab will offer demos including cooking demos from local Chefs featuring global spicy recipes 
  • The Spice Lounge offering bar drinks, including spicy cocktails and beverages makers and cultural drinks
  • Live entertainment of global rhythms including Salsa lessons, steel pan performances, African Dance, Afrobeats Dance, and more
  • Kids & Culture zone will be just for kids and offer hands-on interactive activities, including face painting, henna art, and hands on steel pan lessons by the Cambridge Youth Steel Orchestra and Tempo International
2024 Rhythm N' Spice Hot Sauce Fest

SPICE CHALLENGE SCHEDULE

Session 1 -   Hot Sauce EXPO

1-1:30pm - Spicy Pizza Challenge

2:15 - 2:45pm - Spicy Jamaican Patty Challenge

3:15-3:45pm - Spicy Wings


Session 2 -   Hot Sauce EXPO

5:30-6pm - Spicy Pizza Challenge

6:30 - 7pm - Spicy Jamaican Patty Challenge

7:45-8:15pm - Spicy Wings


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2024 Rhythm N' Spice Sponsors and Partners

Rupee Beer
Don Julio
Loyal Nine Cocktails
Mount Gay Barbados Rum
Boston Harbor Distillery
The Williams Agency
Sustainable Food & Culture
Sustainable Business Network of Boston

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