Taco and Tequila Festival
Saturday, October 10th
Fifth Third Ballpark (4500 W River Dr NE, Comstock Park, MI 49321)
www.tacoandtequilafestmi.com Taco and Tequila Festival is coming to Grand Rapids on Saturday, October 10th!! Enjoy delicious tacos from local food vendors along with tequila sampling, exotic mixed drinks, and festive entertainment including music, yard games, kids play area and taco judging contest.
The event has been held in Kalamazoo, MI the past two years and has sold out each year with 2,500 attendees. With an increased capacity at Fifth Third Ballpark, we’re looking to reach 3,000 attendees, but spread the crowd across two admission waves, one from 1-4 pm and the second from 5-8 pm with an hour break in between. We invite you to be part of the fun and join us as a taco vendor at the Taco & Tequila Festival! We're looking to create a fun event in Grand Rapids and help market/promote our great local restaurants and food vendors.
General Admission:
3 taco tokens and 5 drink tokens good for tequila samples, mixed drinks, or beer
Souvenir cup
Admission from 5-8 pm
VIP:
5 taco tokens and 10 drink tokens good for tequila samples, mixed drinks, or beer
Premium tequila samples
Souvenir cup and logoed item
Admission from 1-4 pm
Additional tokens will be sold at the festival.
How to participate:
-Register as a taco vendor at:
https://forms.gle/NhLZkwRoeMJyyquP8 -Payment of $50 to reserve your booth space
-Serve 1-2 styles of tacos at the event and provide all necessary serving equipment
-Have staff present at booth to prepare and serve tacos
-Be sure to have the proper health department licensing from Kent County
-Attendees will give vendors 1 token for 1 taco at the event (hold on to these tokens!)
Event will provide:
-10x20 foot booth space under the concourse (or space designated for food truck set up)
-Two (2) 8 ft. tables
-Payout of $1.25 per token for every token that vendor collects; to be paid after event
-Last year’s vendors saw a payout of anywhere between $550 - $850 depending on how quickly they served. The event will be an hour longer this year, so higher payouts are expected!
-Listing on website and in event day brochure
-People’s Choice and Judges Choice contest with prizes for top 3 winning vendors
-Marketing and promotion of event through social media, digital ads, TV, print, and grassroots
For questions, please contact Dana Wagner at 269-492-7409 or
nick@growlersbaseball.com