Chile Pepper Festival at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is September 28 from 11am to 7pm. The Chili Pepper Festival features hot food from chocolate to pickles and hot sauces plus salsa and live music. Tickets are $30, $25 for seniors 65+, and free for kids under 12.

11am to 5pm – Food Sampling

5-7pm – live music-Irma  Thomas, Walter Wolfman Washington, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and John Papa Gros and his band