Pittsburgh's Rivers of Fire Hot Sauce Festival

Rivers of Fire is Pittsburgh’s hot sauce festival—back for year two at Velum Fermentation in the South Side.Sample sauces from mild to wild from 20 hot sauce vendors plus other spicy food offerings!Cheer on contestants in the League of Fire's hot pepper eating contestTry a hot pepper yourself then cool off with an ice bath with Nervana Health to benefit Animal Friends for VeteransParticipate in the scavenger hunt and win prizesWitness the fire & aerial show by Iron City Circus ArtsWatch Pittsburgh's Hot Talk where the Positively Pittsburgh Podcast will interview a few locals as they are eating increasingly hot wingsPlay some pinball games between poursGrab some food from the food trucks and cool off with some ice creamFriday night warms things up for free; Saturday is the full-tilt main event.