Taco ’bout a lot of fun! Bare Hands, Inc. invites you to the eighth annual Birmingham Taco Fest, featuring Birmingham’s top taco vendors and food trucks, dessert vendors, music, dancing, community arts activities, farm stand and 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.

Early Entry tickets are $30. Advance general admission tickets are $10.

Day of the event general admission tickets are$15.

Children 12 and under are free.

All tickets are for admittance only — they do not include beverages or food.

This is a rain-or-shine event.

Early Entry tickets get you in the event at 12 noon before the gates open for one full hour of early access to food and beverage vendors, the art market, farm stand, community arts activities and covered seating areas! You can also watch the Taco Judging which starts at 12:15 p.m.! Buy now because there are a limited number of these tickets and they will sell out quickly.

Taco vendors: El Sazon Casero, Corazon Mexican Food, El Compa, Tacos El Canelo, Los valedores, Taqueria Gama, The Lil Bougie Foodie, Taqueria Viva Mexico, Taqueria Juarez, Nawlins Style Po’Boys, Taqueria Noa Noa, The Recipe Food Truck, Tacos Toluca, Taqueria Mexico, Taqueria las Garzas, Frozen Rooster, LLDM Church, Ruscelli's, Eugene’s Hot Chicken, Paleteria y neveria La Oaxaqueña, Taco Tuesday, Orbitcity Street Food, Pollo Goyo and TBA. A 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 dessert vendors: Lemonade Junkeez, La antojeria Snack Bar N More, The Sweet Hook-Up, Emily's Heirloom Pound Cakes, Pasteles La MoreliAna Truck, Southern Snow Shaved Ice, Ivory LeShores Gourmet Bread Pudding and Cheesecakes, What's Your Flav? Shaved Ice, Terrific Treatz and TBA.

The art market will have handmade items for sale. Local art vendors: Spark Permanent Jewelry, Hunter Coward Pottery, Blind Dog Biscuit, Dolce Vita Candle Co, Comfy Pants, Natividad Nazar, Stokehold Art, Catydid Creations and TBA.

The Community Arts Activities area for all ages to enjoy, free of charge until 5 p.m. will be under the shade trees near the spray pond.

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.