five-alarm festival & chili cook-off returns to downtown
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Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 11, 2016
Contact: Ryan Downey, 757/728-5328
Frances Ostroth, 757/727-1212
Corey Johnson, 757/325-4549
Five-Alarm Festival & Chili Cook-Off Returns to
Downtown Hampton’s Carousel Park October 8
Hampton, VA- This October, toss on a sweater for a “chili” day in downtown Hampton!
On Saturday, October 8, the Five-Alarm Festival returns to Carousel Park (602 Settlers
Landing Road, Hampton, VA 23669) complete with a chili cook-off, fire safety
demonstrations, children’s activities, exhibitors, and more. The event, taking place noon
– 4:00 p.m., will kick-off National Fire Prevention Week (October 9-15, 2016). The
theme of this year’s NFPW is “Don’t wait! Check the Date!: Replace Smoke Alarms
Every Ten Years.”
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Teams will put their secret chili recipes to the test beginning at noon with a public cook-
off lasting until the chili runs out. Festival attendees can purchase a $5.00 ticket that will
entitle them to sample ALL of the chili recipes. Prizes will be awarded based on the
decisions of the judges.
Throughout the day, valuable safety information and free resources will be available to
citizens of all ages. Children will want to have their face painted and enjoy safety
activities at the festival’s fire education tent. A balloon artist will also be on site making
his creations. Other activities for this year’s festival include a K-9 accelerant
demonstration and other fire department presentations.
In addition to chili, Hampton Fire & Rescue will be on site selling hot dogs, hamburgers,
chips, and soda. Proceeds from chili and food sales will be used for fire prevention and
public education.
Five-Alarm Festival & Chili Cook-Off
October 8, 2016
Noon – 4:00 p.m.
Carousel Park (adjacent to the Virginia Air & Space Center)
602 Settlers Landing Road
Hampton, VA 23669
$5.00 to sample ALL of the chili recipes and vote for the People’s Choice Award,
“The Golden Pot of Chili” (10-12 chili samples, approximately 3 ounce cup per
sample)
*Chili tasting 12:00 Noon – 2:00 p.m. Chili available until it runs out.
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Tickets (.50 each)
Hot Dog 2 tickets
Hamburgers 3 tickets
Chips 1 ticket
Soda 2 tickets
For more information on the Five-Alarm Festival & Chili Cook-Off, dial 757/727-1212.
Free parking is easily accessible throughout downtown Hampton. The Five-Alarm
Festival & Chili Cook-Off is free and open to the public.
Partially bordered by the Hampton Roads harbor and Chesapeake Bay, Hampton, with
the 344,000 sq. ft. Hampton Roads Convention Center and the award-winning Hampton
Coliseum, is located in the center of Coastal Virginia and the Hampton Roads
metropolitan area. Hampton is the site of America's first continuous English-speaking
settlement, the site of the first arrival of Africans in English North America, and is home
to such visitor attractions as the Virginia Air & Space Center, Fort Monroe National
Monument, Hampton History Museum, harbor tours and cruises, Hampton University
Museum, The American Theatre, among others.
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