Taco ’bout a lot of fun! Bare Hands, Inc. invites you to the seventh annual Birmingham Taco Fest, featuring Birmingham’s top taco vendors and food trucks, dessert vendors, music, community arts activities and an art market! Come and join in on a taco-tastic time that is packed with family fun, food and lots of flavor! As a cultural and culinary experience for attendees, Taco Fest creates awareness of the many restaurants and artists that are proud to call Birmingham home. Proceeds benefit Bare Hands, Inc.’s mission of collaborating with individuals and local communities to create immersive arts experiences and arts education programs.

Limited Early Entry tickets are $30. Advance tickets are $10. Day of the event general admission is $15. Children 12 and under are free. General Admission tickets are for admittance only and do not include beverages or food. This is a rain-or-shine event.

Taco vendors include TBA. Panel of judges will determine Birmingham’s best tacos and will pick winners for the pork, beef, chicken, and specialty taco categories while the “People’s Choice” award will be chosen by attendees eating their way through the festival.

Event goers can pair their taco selection with delicious beverages, including ice-cold Pepsi/Buffalo Rock products, cocktails by Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Bacardi Rum and Tequila Cazadores, along with refreshing Patrón Tequila margaritas and authentic Latino cervezas, including Estrella Jalisco, Famosa and more.

Additionally, attendees can indulge in sweet treats from TBA.

The art market will have handmade items for sale. Current artist vendors include: TBA

There will also be a Community Arts Activity Zone for all ages to enjoy, free of charge until 4 p.m. Activities will feature paper decorations in the style of Mexican mirrors by Fiesta BHAM, Flower Prints by MAKEbhm and Screen Printing by MAKEbhm. Signs around the property will direct festival goers to the shade trees near the spray pond where the arts activities will be. Nearby until 7 p.m., there will be face painting by Painted Personalities and Shirley’s Face Painting, balloon art by Mr. Bill the Balloon Man, Jefferson County Master Gardeners and Pierce Farms farm stand.

The Sloss field will be open to limited parking. First come first serve. No fees. The two lots directly across the street from the field gate are the main parking areas. Those lots are $10 to park.