TacoFest 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\nOn Jan. 24 and 25, England Brothers Park, located at 5010 81st Ave. N, will host the food festival. This is the fifth annual festival celebrating tacos, the traditional Mexican dish.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t want to miss this flavorful fiesta. Bring your appetite, your thirst for a culinary adventure and your dancing shoes as we celebrate Tampa Bay\u2019s taco-tastic love,” said event organizer Suzanne King.<\/p>\n
“Get ready to witness a fierce culinary competition, indulge in endless tacos, and celebrate all things taco,” the organizers said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Organizers highlighted that at the festival, you can expect “Taco Triumphs.” They tout that during the last event, “Tampa Bay devoured a staggering 25,000 tacos,” inviting people to join TacoFest 2026 with the goal of surpassing that number.<\/p>\n
The taco chef competition, dubbed “Battle of the Best,” will host over 20 local chefs as they compete for the title of “Best Taco in Tampa Bay 2026.” The categories will include chicken, beef, pork, seafood and “other,” which will pack tortillas with “inventive creations.” For this portion of the event, local food bloggers and community influencers will join a judging panel to determine the winners for “Most Creative Taco” and “Most Craveable Taco.”<\/p>\n
During the second day, organizers say, there will be a taco-eating showdown, noting that entry fees do apply for this part of the festival.<\/p>\n
In addition to delicious food, the event will have a host of musicians. You can see the schedule below:<\/p>\n
Saturday, Jan. 24 | Schedule: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
10 a.m. to 12 p.m. – Taco Chef Competition1 p.m. to 4 p.m. – Rum Syndicate live performance4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. – Paul Anthony Band live performance <\/p>\n
Sunday, Jan. 25 | Schedule: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Gent Treadly live performance\u00a01 p.m. Taco Eating Contest2 p.m. to 4 p.m. – Greg Woodruff and the Sun Dogs live performance4 p.m. to 5 p.m. – Atlas live performance <\/p>\n
Organizers of TacoFest say this event will support a good cause, with proceeds benefitting Get Rescued, Inc., an organization that fundraises to help rescue animals.<\/p>\n
Admission and parking at the event will be free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The event happening at the end of January will have free admission and free parking. PINELLAS PARK, Fla.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-102447","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-st-pete","9":"tag-st-pete-headlines","10":"tag-st-pete-news","11":"tag-st-petersburg","12":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","13":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}