Calling all taco, tamale, tequila and tango lovers! 💃 Join us on April 4th inside Salt River Fields main stadium to celebrate all things taco with over 30 local taco and tamale vendors from around the valley, tequila tastings, luche libre, tango lessons + more! Tickets are on sale now. Don’t miss out! 🌮🥃
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Arizona Taco Festival, the original taco-centric extravaganza will introduce a new menu of festival offerings.
Kicking off on July 11 is the Taco 101 culinary demonstrations with Williams-Sonoma at Biltmore Fashion Park, a pre-launch event series for the 2019 Arizona Taco Festival on October 12 and 13 showcasing Arizona’s top tacos at WestWorld of Scottsdale.
Culinary masters including Arizona Taco Festival Grand Champion winners, James Beard award-nominated chefs and Arizona’s taco titans will cook up Mexican culinary creations with a cocktail pairing during these FREE 90-minute learning and tasting sessions. The upcoming line-up:
August 15: Chef Suny Santana – Taco Chelo
September 5: Chef Samantha Sanz of Talavera at Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North
October 3: Chef Richard Hinojosa – CRUjiente Tacos
6:30 – 8:30 pm
Williams-Sonoma at Biltmore Fashion Park
Taco 101 chef demonstrations are free. No reservations required. First come, first serve. Space is limited.Â
The 10th annual Arizona Taco Festival is moving to Scottsdale’s WestWorld on Saturday, October 12, and Sunday, October 13. Roughly 60 taco teams from around the country will compete for more than $10,000 in prize money, with about 35,000 people expected to be served more than 100,000 tacos.
This will be the event’s first year at WestWorld. In recent years, it was held at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick.
“For years, we’ve watched [the Arizona Taco Festival] grow into a world-class event,” Brian Dygert, WestWorld general manager, says in a press release. And where better for this massive taco event to be held, he says, than in the same venue as Barrett-Jackson and the Arabian Horse Show.
The 2019 Arizona Taco Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on both days. The attractions will include $3 tacos, a hot sauce expo, cooking demonstrations, a tequila expo, lucha libre wrestling, a hot chili pepper contest, a Day of the Dead wedding, and live music.
Tickets and more information will be available soon.
In the meantime, stay tuned to the Arizona Taco Festival’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.