Rhythm 'N Spice Hot Sauce Fest

Rhythm 'N Spice Fest is a spicy festival of global flavors to be held during the weekend of Cinco de Mayo, May 4 and 5, 2024 at the Foundry in Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA. This inaugural event will fuse art, spicy food, and culture.

Festival founder Nicola Williams, owner of The Williams Agency and producer of the Boston JerkFest and the Boston Local Food Festival, conceived the Rhythm 'N Spice event after co-producing a successful Boston Hot Sauce Festival in 2023. This new event will reflect the diversity in food and culture by the artisans and food makers that represents the amazing cultural culinary diversity in New England. At Rhythm 'N Spice you will discover the hidden artisan food maker gems of global flavors within our communities.

This 2-day ticketed event will feature local artists, local and regional hot sauce purveyors, and local artisan food makers with an emphasis on elevating global and international flavors. The festival entry will be $10 for adults, and free for children 12 and under. Cultural performances will enhance the amazing experience we plan to create in Cambridge. Hot sauce vendors, food trucks, food vendors, and artisan craft vendors will have food and wares for sale.

Components of the festival will include:

• Global inspired food offerings for sale by small, community small businesses
• The Spicy Food Lab will offer demos including cooking demos from local Chefs; understanding the science of spicy foods; breaking down the properties of peppers and the scoville scale;, fermentation; how to make salsa, jams, jellies; the history of jerk spice; creating spicy rubs; and making spicy beverage concoctions; and more.
• Spicy contests and prizes where audience members are engaged and vendors are celebrated.
• Live entertainment of live entertainment of global rhythms, Salsa lessons, steel pan performances, and more
• Kids & Culture zone will be just for kids and offer hands-on interactive activities, including face painting, STEAM games, salsa for kids, and hands on steel pan lessons by the Cambridge Youth Steel Orchestra.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Foundry, 101 Rogers Street, Cambridge, United States