Arizona Taco Festival

Event festivities include; the Legendary Tequila Expo live mariachi and surf-rock bands, margaritas, lucha libre wrestling, a photo booth, cooking demos, a chile-eating contest and arm wrestling for tacos, the best-sombrero and taco-eating contests and a Bartender Flair Challenge, a bizarre-taco-eating contest and a Chihuahua beauty pageant.

LOCATION

Salt River Fields at Talking Stick 7555 N. Pima Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85258 Map: www.saltriverfields.com/location.aspx

DATES

October 19-20, 2013 (Saturday-Sunday)

HOURS

11am-7pm each day

TICKET PRICE

• General Admission: $12 Single Day, $20 Weekend • VIP: $85 Advanced Online / $100 at Door • Kids 12 and under: free • Tequila Expo: $20 (Saturday Only)

FREE PARKING FOR ALL! *OTHER PARKING OPTIONS : Salty Senorita Old Town will run a bus to and from the festival every hour, all weekend long. The Lucky Express bus that runs a loop from Scottsdale Fashion Square, the W Scottsdale Hotel, and Talking Stick Casino (starting at 4pm every day) will add a Taco Festival stop to its route. And you can always just cab it, Discount Cab will have a fleet stationed at the Exit for safe rides home.

TACO CONTEST

30+ teams each day battling for $10,000 total prize purse

COMPETITION CATEGORIES

Tacos: Chicken, Beef, Pork, Seafood Sidecart Throwdown: Salsa, Guacamole, Veggie, Taco, Anything Goes Taco, Best Booth Design

ALL WEEKEND ACTIVITIES

• Lucha Libre Wrestling • VIP Tent • Main Bar Experiences by El Hefe, Sandbar, Salty Senorita, and Dos Gringos • Live Music
 Stage with three bands each day • The Most Incredible Themed Photo Booth Ever • Hot Chile Pepper Eating Contests • Arm Wrestling for Tacos • Cooking Demonstrations on a Sub-Zero/Wolf stage • Chef Hat Decorating in the Amica Insurance Culinary Corner • Taco Award Presentations: 6:15pm each day • People’s Choice Voting for your favorite team through the MessageBomb: messagebomb.me/event

SATURDAY ONLY

• Tequila Expo • Best Sombrero Contest • Taco Eating Contest

SUNDAY ONLY

• Wear a sombrero for a free taco! • Bizarre Taco Eating Contest (with crazy food by this guy) • Chihuahua Beauty Pageant • Bartender Challenges (1pm Herradura Craft Cocktail, 3pm El Jimador Flair) • Sunday Funday in the El Jimador Tequila & My Nana’s Best Tasting Lounge Party Extravaganza Bonanz

GENERAL ADMISSION…

…tickets are basically access to Taco-topia. You will be treated to live bands, lucha libre wrestling shows, chef cooking demonstrations, hilarious on-stage contests, and access to more $2 tacos than you’ve ever seen. Many of the taco teams are serving tacos available ONLY at the Taco Festival, so this is pretty much the most important event ever.

VIP…

…tickets are sweet. You’ll have access to a decked-out area that’s serviced by Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, The Grilled Cheese Truck, and SNOH Ice Shavery – and you can eat food from them all day! You will receive a drink card good for 6 drinks. You’ll have premium potties. There’s a separate entrance. And you get a free pass through the themed photo booth with prints of your shots included. You’ll also get to enjoy a feeling of overwhelming euphoria.