The 17th PepperFest, featuring chili and hot sauce cookoffs, peppers, pepper dishes and products, will be held Sunday, Sep. 29, at The Plant, 220 Lorax Lane, 12-6 in Pittsboro. No tix required this year.
The 10th Triangle Oktoberfest takes place Oct. 4-5 (two sessions Sat), at Booth Amph, Cary, etix.com.
Falling for Local Oct. 5 at Dix Park, Raleigh, has music, demos, games, food trucks, 11-6.
Chapel Hill has 11 teams for fall co-rec volleyball, 8 for bocce but didn’t get enough for men’s rec softball.
Orange County visitor spending increased 13 percent last year to put Orange at the top of the state chart for increases. Wake was second (11.2 percent), Durham sixth (10.5 percent), Chatham (5.1 percent). Pittsboro gets its first hotel this year.
The Hillsborough Oct. 2 (Wed) Shredathon has a new location, 3605 Walnut Cove Church Rd. Recycling Center, Hillsborough, from 10 to 2. The Chapel Hill Shredathon will be Oct. 28, 10-2, at Eubanks Road Park & Ride Lot, Chapel Hill. Limit 4 boxes.
Fall Book Sale Sep.13-15 at the Orange County Library, Hillsborough. Kids get 3 books free.