{"id":380750,"date":"2026-06-30T15:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/380750\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:15:08","slug":"heat-wave-pushes-taco-fest-opening-to-friday-the-oakland-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/380750\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat wave pushes Taco Fest opening to Friday \u2013 The Oakland Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Organizers for Royal Oak\u2019s Taco Fest have canceled Thursday\u2019s opening day due to the extreme heat.<\/p>\n<p>The festival will now open 11 a.m. on Friday, July 3, and continue through 9 p.m. on Sunday, July 5.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service forecasts temperatures in Royal Oak near 100 degrees farenheit on Thursday with the heat index peaking between 105 and 110 degrees. Temps will fall through weekend with highs on Friday near 97 degrees, Saturday 92 degrees and Sunday near 90.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the first bite to the final encore, the festival is ready to roll into the weekend with a full lineup beginning Friday, along with an added focus on comfort, shade and hydration,\u201d said Jon Witz, Royal Oak Taco Fest producer.<\/p>\n<p>Cooling amenities have been upgraded for the festival including:<\/p>\n<p>A dozen misting stations throughout the festival grounds<br \/>\nSpash pad access at Centennial Commons<br \/>\nFree cans of water on Friday from noon to 6 p.m.<br \/>\nMore tents with cooling fans<\/p>\n<p>The festival is located east of Main Street between 11 Mile Road and 4th Street.<\/p>\n<p>Hours are Friday, July 3,\u00a0 and Saturday, July 4, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., and Sunday, July 5, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Admission for adults is $12 at the gate; children ages 6 to 10 is $5.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/royaloaktacofest.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">royaloaktacofest.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Organizers for Royal Oak\u2019s Taco Fest have canceled Thursday\u2019s opening day due to the extreme heat. The festival&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[181,23,795,100,143,904,145,144,5285],"class_list":["post-380750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-michigan","tag-news","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-county","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-royal-oak"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}