The festival was first established in 1971 — the festival's 53rd year —and draws thousands of visitors every year to southern New Mexico.

New Mexico Hatch green chile season reaches peak heat Labor Day weekend. In the chile peppers’ home along the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico, it’s time for the original Hatch Chile Festival ...

The 11th Annual Hatch Chile Fest is fast approaching. The fresh roasted hatch chiles arrive at the Paris Farmers and Artisan ...

Hatch green chile season is here. The Hatch chile isn’t one type of pepper, it refers to the unique and special desert soil of New Mexico’s Hatch Valley in which it is grown and harvested.