Celebrating Charity Through Music and Chili

Held annually during the weekend after Labor Day in Edgerton, Wisconsin, Chilimania is home to the Wisconsin State Championship CASI-Sanctioned Chili Cook-Off, a Traditional Chili Cooking Contest, and a Salsa Contest. The weekend-long event also features live music on Friday night and all-day Saturday, a Best Bloody Mary contest, and more!

You're invited to taste some of these delicious concoctions and help choose the People's Choice! Arrive in time for the Public Chili Tasting at 3 PM Saturday, grab a cup, spoon, and ballot, and get tasting!

Chilimania is organization whose mission is to promote the Edgerton business community, social responsibility, and to raise funds to support the education of our youth. We've raised more than $200,000 since 1990!

Schedule of Events:

September 6, 2024

Josh Turner
With timeless songs like "Long Black Train" and "Why Don't We Just Dance," Josh Turner's global reach has surpassed 5.8B global streams, 6.5M album sales and almost 12M track sales world - wide. Turner's five No. 1 singles include "Your Man," of which the official music video surpassed 223 million views.

Turner's album Long Black Train celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2023 and was certified Platinum by the RIAA with nearly 1.5M album sales, 1.3M track downloads and almost 315M life-to-date streams. The lead single of the same name was also certified Platinum making up over 1M track downloads and almost 245M global streams.

A native of South Carolina, Turner has been nominated for three GMA Dove A wards and won his first GMA Dove Award in 2021 for "I Saw The Light" featuring Sonya Isaacs, off his I Serve a Savior album. Turner has been nominated for two GRAMMY Awa rds, five CMA Awards, two ACM Awards, one CMT Award, seven ACA Awards and has received six Inspirational Country Music Awards.

September 7, 2024

Back in Black
The Back in Black tribute band is an incredible, exciting, high energy reproduction of a concert performance of AC/DC. All the members of Back in Black live in Dallas/Fort Worth area and are experienced musicians not only dedicated to the sound and look, but also capturing the power and excitement of AC/DC.

20th Century Fox chose Back in Black over all other tribute bands to record AC/DC's classics "TNT" and "A Long Way to the Top" for two of their movies, Napoleon Dynamite and Garage Days. Back in Black has performed with Cheap Trick, Foghat, Bad Company, Loverboy, Blue Oyster Cult, Grand Funk Railroad, and Ted Nugent.

Back in Black is: Darren Caperna – Vocals, Mike Mroz – Lead Guitar, Sheldon Conrad – Bass, Ramiro Noriega – Guitar, Ken Schiumo – Drums

Date: September 6 - 7, 2024

Location: Edgerton, WI

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