PHOTOS: 2023 Pueblo Chile & Frijoles Festival

Levi Faulk pulls chiles out of a roaster and into a bag to sell on the first day of the 29th Annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. The festival continues on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)

Kenny Bill sprays roasting chiles Friday on the first day of the 29th Annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo. The festival continues 10 a.m. to midnight Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.Heating Pueblo up (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)

Chiles are roasted during the first day of the 29th Annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. The festival continues on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)

Five-year-old Clayton Milberger helps Bryce Eagan load chiles into a roaster on the first day of the 29th Annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. The festival continues on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)

Auston Yorke sprays down a batch of chiles in a roaster on the first day of the 29th Annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. The festival continues on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)

Bryce Eagan inspects chiles in the roaster on the first day of the 29th Annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. The festival continues on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)

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Chiles are carried in a bag during the 29th Annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)

Auston Yorke sprays chiles in a roaster on the first day of the 29th Annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. The festival continues on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)

A cardboard sign sits on top of bags of chiles at the 29th Annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)

Sun shines on a bag of chiles at the 29th Annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)

People dance to live music at the 29th Annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)

Chris Thompson loads chiles into a roaster on the first day of the 29th Annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)

Chiles roast during the 29th Annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)

Loreli, 1, stomps in water pooling in the street from spraying chiles in roasters during the 29th Annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)

Freshly roasted chiles at the 29th Annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)

Thousands of people flocked to Pueblo, Colo. for the first day of the 29th Annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)

A festival goer holds up bags of roasted chiles at the 29th Annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)

Water drips from Kenny Bills head after spraying himself with water to cool him down as he roasted chiles during the 29th Annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)

Nick Wimer, right, and Shawn Van Hutton of Ghost Wave perform at the 29th Annual Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)

Five-year-old Caden Porter watches fire rise from a roaster from his father Jason Porters shoulders during the 29th Annual Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)