Layton, United States – July 26, 2019 / Tacofest LLC /
This August brings something exciting to Salt Lake City. For the third year in a row Tacofest is coming to this great city, bringing with it a culinary smorgasbord of America’s favorite cuisine from south of the border: tacos.
Building on the event’s previous success in years past, Tacofest 2019 is set to create quite the buzz, bridging cultural gaps and making a positive social impact on the community. This year’s charity event supports The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake.
Fun for the Whole Family
Tacofest is a culinary masterpiece, focused on one of America’s favorite foods, the taco. Celebrate one of the world’s most revered foods with friends and family at this exciting event. Held on August 3rd, 2019, the daylong event will feature eleven Utah restaurants and food trucks, live music, children’s activities and a competition for the best tacos.
Event Details
Held Saturday, August 3rd at Utah State Fairpark:
- Over 20 taco centric restaurants
- Presenting Best Taco Awards
- $11,500 raised for charity since 2017
Ticket Prices:
- General Admission, $7.00 + $2.45 Fee, sales end Sept. 2nd
- General Admission for Two, $12.00 +$2.72 Fee, sales end Aug 3rd
- 2 Tickets with 2 Non-refundable Non-alcoholic Drink Vouchers, $21.00 + $3.23 Fee, sales end Aug 3rd
- 4 Non-alcoholic Drink Vouchers, $41.00 + $4.34 Fee, sales end Aug 3rd
- GA For 2 Plus 2 Tacofest Hats, $24.00 + $3.39 Fee sales end Aug 3rd
- GA For 4 Plus 4 Tacofest Hats, $47.00 + $4.68 Fee sales end Aug 3rd
- 1 VIP Ticket $97.00 + $7.46 Fee sales end Aug 3rd
- 2 VIP Tickets $185.00 +$12.37 Fee sales end Aug 3rd
About Tacofest
In 2017, founder of Tacofest, Marcelo Bayon noticed a gap in the local market. While other communities held yearly festivals dedicated to the taco, Salt Lake did not. Although certainly not a new idea, Tacofest was something new and exciting for the Salk Lake community.
Since inception, the event has featured delectable cuisine and food from a wide range of local chefs, with a focus on culture, great food, inclusion and charity. The event has supported such organizations as Meals on Wheels of America, for which they have raised $11,500 to date, positively impacting the lives of thousands of Meals on Wheels recipients.
This year’s selected charity being The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake. When asked about the idea Bayon said, “I wanted to be part of the solution and just thought ‘tacos and charity, what’s better than that?”
Bayon has also established a course on how to launch a 7-figure food truck to help those aspiring chefs and entrepreneurs start and grow their own highly successful food truck.
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake
Salt Lake’s very own Boys and Girls Clubs has helped thousands of children ages 3-18 succeed in school, in making healthy choices and life decisions and in becoming upstanding productive members of society. They provide access to trained professionals who are available to provide positive guidance on lifestyle choices and pursuing educational objectives, as well as equipping them with healthy coping mechanisms and skills to resolve conflicts peacefully.
The Boys and Girls Clubs serve over 7,000 American youths annually, with over 1,400 children attending each and every day. The organization currently has 7 locations in and around Salt Lake in both Tooele and Carbon County.
Fun Facts from Last Year:
- 51 Club kids graduated, many of them the first in their family to do so
- Over 100,000 healthy snacks were served
The Salt Lake Club is dedicated to helping to offer and make available positive alternatives for children who are often surrounded by negative influences. Since 1860, Boys and Girls Clubs has offered a safe haven and refuge for youth
A Celebration Utah Residents Won’t Want to Miss
Tacofest is a culinary masterpiece, focused on one of America’s favorite foods, the taco. Celebrate one of the world’s most revered foods while giving back to the community and contributing to a good cause.
For more information or to purchase tickets visit: http://www.slctacofest.com/
