A Real Handful

If You Go

Tickets are required for entry and are $10. Attendees will be able to choose from one of two available sessions: 12–4pm or 6–10pm.

Food and drink tickets at the festival are $4; 1 ticket = 1 taco at vendors.

Tickets to attend are now available at www.realtacofest.com.

Do you like tacos? Of course you do ­– Everyone likes tacos.

 Get your fill from more than a dozen local restaurants and vendors, including Mazunte, Condado Tacos, El Barril Mexican Sports Bar, and Mesa Loca at The Real Taco Fest, on Saturday, May 14 at Smale Riverfront Park

“We’ve all been to a food festival where lines are too long, or options are limited,” says Ben Howard, festival producer. “But it’s impossible not to notice the love our city has for tacos. Just ask anyone where their favorite taco in town is from and you’ll get a different answer each time!”

Because a street taco’s best friend is beer, Fifty West Brewing Company will be on site. Rather have a margarita? Karrikin Spirits Company has created the one-of-a-kind “Smokey Blaze”– an in-house infusion of Blaze Agave Spirit with Pineapple and Smoked Poblano Peppers –just for the festival, teaming up with Mesa Loca.

But the event is family-friendly with live music and access to the Smale’s playground, with children 10 and under free to attend. 

A “Super Taco Pack”– 11 food and drink tickets for $40 – is available for advance purchase. Many vendors will have a limited menu focusing on street tacos, but side items, desserts, and non-alcoholic specialty drinks will also available.

.A portion of the proceeds from festival will benefit The Ion Center for Violence Prevention in their mission to offer free, confidential services to all victim-survivors of power-based personal violence, such as domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.