The Delta Hot Tamale Festival is a fun-filled three-day event that celebrates local and regional artists, musicians, and tamale makers as well as some of the South’s most influential chefs and writers.

Thursday, October 17, 2019

6:00 PM Literary/Culinary Mash-Up Welcome Dinner at Belmont Plantation - Get Tickets

Friday, October 18, 2019

10:00 AM Literary/Culinary Mash-Up Panel Discussion and Luncheon - Get Tickets

Saturday, October 19, 2019

9:00 AM Festival Opens.
9:15 AM Chuck Jordan Delta Hot Tamale Festival Parade (Washington Avenue).
9:45 AM Welcome from Mayor Errick D. Simmons (Main Stage, Stein Mart Square).
Presentation of 2019 Royalty (Main Stage, Stein Mart Square).
10:00 AM Hot Tamale Cooking Contest Begins.
Kids Art Contest Begins
10:30 AM Celebrity Chef Competition (Main Stage, Stein Mart Square).
11:30 AM Music Starts on Street Stages.
Infinite Concepts Hot Tamale Eating Contest (Main Stage, Stein Mart Square).
12:15 PM Announcement of Pageant Winners (Main Stage, Stein Mart Square).
12:45 PM Announcement of Kids Art Contest Winner
1:00 PM Announcement of Cooking Contest Winners (Main Stage, Stein Mart Square).
1:15 PM Musical Entertainment Begins on Main Stage (Stein Mart Square).
4:00 PM Vendors May Begin to Tear Down

More info https://www.mainstreetgreenville.com/delta-hot-tamale-festival.html