Tomball Anticipates Honky Tonk Chili Challenge

TOMBALL, TX — Nothing says Memorial Day Weekend in Texas like tasty chili and hot honky tonk tunes. Tomball’s annual Honky Tonk Chili Challenge, sponsored by H-E-B and Community Impact News, will heat up the historic downtown Depot Plaza in Tomball on Saturday, May 27th with spicy chili and hot guitar licks from some of best talent in Texas.

The Piney Woods Pod of the Chili Appreciation Society International sponsors this CASI sanctioned event with cooks from around southeast Texas vying for the title of Best Chili in Tomball and points toward an invitation to the world championship cook-off in Terlingua, Texas later this year. There will also be categories for local businesses and kids, too.

Performing old style honky tonk classics throughout the day will be Tony Booth, Doug Boggs and the Cowboy Jazz Band, Amber Digby and Midnight Flyer, and Liz Talley . . . it’s a retro afternoon flashback to when Patsy Cline and Hank Williams ruled the radio, and Country music was really Country.

There’ll be all sorts of festival foods, vendors, kids zone and summertime fun for all ages.

Admission and parking are free. Gates open at 11 am.

Visit www.tomballtx.gov or call 281-351-5484 for information. Like Tomball on Facebook at “Tomball Texan for Fun” for updates on festivals, shopping, food and live music. Tomball is just 28 miles northwest of downtown Houston on FM 2920 at State Highway 249.

Images via the City of Tomball:

(Image 1) Chili cook teams from across southeast Texas will converge on Tomball’s historic downtown Depot for the annual Honky Tonk Chili Challenge on May 27th .

(Image 2) Direct from the Grand Ole Opry, Texas Honky Tonk performer Amber Digby will be on-stage at Tomball’s annual Honky Tonk Chili Challenge on May 27th.