Head to the 9th annual KimchiPalooza! It’s a celebration of food, music, and friends hosted at local BBQ joint Arrogant Swine, and enter the Super Spicy Kimchi-Eating Contest. If you’re feeling more sadistic than masochistic, you can sit back and watch the self-inflicted torture instead. Along with the kimchi-eating competition, guests can eat kimchi with Arrogant Swine’s Carolina-style barbecue, make their own kimchi to take home, and, new this year, participate in a “Sip and Paint” drawing competition (similar to a drink and draw). The first 10 people to sign up can enter to paint “The Great Cabbage” and take home a trophy and a year’s supply of free kimchi.

• 9th Annual KimchiPalooza Details