# Event Details

- **Event Name**: EIAA Chili Cook Off 2026
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 30 Oct, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Fri, 30 Oct, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: 🌶️ THE CHILI COOK OFF IS BACK! 🌶️

Sixteen teams. Sixteen chilis. One VERY important vote. Yours.

Join us on October 30 for the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy Chili Cook Off, where local businesses and organizations will battle it out to see who really makes the best chili in town.

And for just $10, you can taste ALL of it!

Your admission lets you sample chili from all 16 teams, then cast your vote for the coveted People’s Choice Award.

We also have a pretty fantastic group of celebrity judges joining us, including:

🌶️ Mitch Keller, Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher and Cedar Rapids native

🌶️ Catherine Blades of Everyday Iowa

🌶️ Nassor Cooper, local musician and recording artist

🌶️ Tiffany O'Donnell, Cedar Rapids Mayor

🌶️ John Paul Schafer, nationally known artist

And since this is the night before Halloween, EVERYONE is encouraged to come in costume. Contestants, judges, guests, friends, families, we want to see all of it.

Come spooky. Come ridiculous. Come creative. Just come hungry.

🏆 Judges Award
🏆 People’s Choice Award
👑 Best Costume
🌶️ 16 different chilis to taste
🎟️ Just $10 to eat and vote

Best of all, your $10 helps support K to 12 programming at Eastern Iowa Arts Academy!

Since moving into Arthur Elementary School, we have seen our foot traffic increase more than 400 percent. More kids are walking through our doors, which means we need more classes, more supplies, and more financial aid to make sure cost does not keep a young person from participating.

So grab your friends, put on a costume, bring your appetite, taste everything, pick your favorite, and help us raise some money for the kids while we are at it. And if you don't want to dress up-- come gawk at the people who did!

October 30, 2026
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy
2630 B Ave NE, Cedar Rapids

$10 gets you in and gets you ALL the chili tasting.
https://square.link/u/VWKb0QoS

Come hungry. Come dressed up. Come have some fun. 🌶️🎃
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cedar-rapids/eiaa-chili-cook-off-2026/200030793411312
- **Event Categories**: Art, Kids, Workshops, Music, Entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Cedar Rapids
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 2630 B Ave NE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States, Iowa 52402
- **lat**: 42.00329
- **long**: -91.63847
- **full address**: 2630 B Ave NE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States, Iowa 52402

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: EIAA Chili Cook Off 2026
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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is EIAA Chili Cook Off 2026 being held?
  - **A:** EIAA Chili Cook Off 2026 takes place on Fri, 30 Oct, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Fri, 30 Oct, 2026 at 08:30 pm at 2630 B Ave NE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States, Iowa 52402.
- **Q**: Who is organizing EIAA Chili Cook Off 2026?
  - **A:** EIAA Chili Cook Off 2026 is organized by Eastern Iowa Arts Academy.

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