The Caxton Hotel will be home to Brisbane’s biggest celebration of chilli in all it’s forms, from mild to wild. Hothead’s market will feature Australia’s best sauces, spices, jerky and more.

The Caxton’s kitchen will have a special chilli filled menu and food trucks will be on site serving up the spice.

For the brave, there will be chilli eating competitions throughout the day for your chance at fame and glory.

Entry is FREE and the whole day kicks off at 12pm.

CONFIRMED STALLHOLDERS INCLUDE:
Bigwig Jerky Co. (Fortitude Valley) – Quality handcrafted beef jerky in variety of unique and delicious flavours.

Chilli Willies Pepper Sauces (Pine Mountain) – Local sauce legends with nearly 20 years of making great quality original chilli sauces, including the perennial favourite “Smack My Ass And Call Me Cindy” sauce!

Chinchilli (Kingaroy) – High quality chilli sauces and seeds, all grown, processed and manufactured in-house.

Clem & Franks (Upper Kedron) – Delicious hot sauces, hand made in Brisbane from home grown chillies.

Cobra Chilli (Mudgeeraba) – World champion sauce makers with a range of delicious craft chilli sauces, curry spice blends, Indian style chutneys and pickles.

Rata Kai (Eagleby) – newcomers Rata Kai make, sell and deliver top quality steamed puddings. They do a chilli chocolate steamed pudding that will blow your mind!

Seatonfire Chilli Chocolate (Murphy’s Creek) – Australia’s only handmade, hand wrapped luxury chilli chocolate.

Shashemane Exotic Spice Blends (Kingsthorpe) – Multi-award winning exotic spice blends and hot sauces.

Starkers Chilli Bushes (Newmarket) – Chilli plants of all flavours and heat levels

The Chilli Effect (Sydney/Brisbane) – Award winning hand crafted hot sauces

Hothead Chilli Fiesta 2018
May 06 2018
The Caxton Hotel – 38 Caxton Street, Petrie Terrace
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In 2018, the virtuoso will bring his two-part solo piano show to Capital Cities around the country, delivering a high-energy rock performance using the intimacy of just a piano. For the first half of the show, Folds will curate a playlist armed with a songbook spanning his entire career, likely to include hits like ‘Brick’, ‘Rockin’ The Suburbs’ and ‘One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces’.

In the concert’s second half, Folds will hand over the reins to his fans for a Paper Aeroplane Request set, during which audience members will be encouraged to write their song requests onto a piece of paper, to be folded into a paper plane and launched onto the stage on cue. Folds will then randomly select and perform the songs requested.

Ben Folds Australian 2018 Tour
February 01 – Sydney Opera House, SYDNEY
February 02 & 04 – The Tivoli, BRISBANE
February 06 – Sydney Opera House, SYDNEY
February 07 – Canberra Theatre Centre, CANBERRA
February 09 – Festival Theatre, ADELAIDE
February 11 – Perth Festival, PERTH
February 13-14 – Theatre Royal, HOBART
February 16-17 – Melbourne Zoo, MELBOURNE
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Taking twenty of their most popular tracks from their revered album classics, chart successes and fan favourites from across their 40-year history, The Stranglers prove their longevity and impact with tracks including Golden Brown, Always the Sun, Peaches, Strange Little Girl, 5 Minutes, No More Heroes and many more gracing the set list of this special event.

Co-inciding with the planned re-release of the entire Stranglers studio album catalogue from the period 1977-82, The Stranglers will enthral audiences with an exciting mix of material, all bearing the distinctive signature style of this most enduring of British bands; driving rhythms, anthemic melodies, quirky time signatures and occasional dark humour, held together by those trademark rumbling bass lines and swirling keyboards.

The Stranglers are riding high on the crest of a resurgent wave of popularity. They continue to out-rock many on the live circuit, including much younger bands, and their large and loyal fan base has swelled in recent years as new converts join the ranks. With record-breaking, sell-out shows including their 2016 Australian tour and festival appearances throughout the UK and the rest of the world, public demand to hear and see the group has never been so high; true testament to their considerable musical talent and the enduring quality of their songs.

The Stranglers continue to prove they are still a powerhouse live act, with fans in for a treat with the Australian return of an even bigger and bolder show from the inventors and ultimate purveyors of Brit-punk.

The Stranglers Classic Collection Australian Tour
Tuesday 6th February – The Forum, Melbourne VIC
Wednesday 7th February – The Tivoli, Brisbane QLD
Thursday 8th February – Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW
Saturday 10th February – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide SA
Monday 12th February – Astor Theatre, Perth WA
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Thievery Corporation duo, Eric Hilton and Rob Garza, have spent two decades creating boundary warping, complexly crafted electronic music blending an eclectic array of influences from Afro –beat, Indian, Jamaican Dub, Brazilian, New York tones with trip hop and acid jazz.

Thievery Corporation’ Bossa Nova inspired latest studio album, ‘Saudade’, once again sees the band changing direction, trading the fiery energy of their last two albums for a more wistful and summery mood.

The album once again demonstrates why the band is one of the most influential and respected names on the electronic and dance music scene.

‘Brilliant…a complex, sensual release pushing the boundaries in style – 4.5/5 stars’ – The Australian

The Australian shows will feature a full live band, drawing material from Thievery Corporation,s stellar discography over the past two decades. Prepare to be mind blown by Thievery Corporation as they guide you through an energetic, ethereal, sultry, groovy, mysterious and hypnotic musical journey.

Thievery Corporation Aussie Tour
09 February – The Tivoli, Brisbane
11 February – The Enmore Theatre, Sydney
12 February – The Forum Theatre, Melbourne
13 February – Perth International Arts Festival, Perth
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