It's not everyday you get the chance to sample food from nearly 50 food trucks all in one go. Enter, the Street Eats Food Truck Festival.
The Street Eats Food Truck Festival will take place on the grassy multipurpose fields at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on Saturday, Feb. 8 and Sunday, Feb. 9. General admission tickets are on sale for $10 and will increase to $15 at the gate.
For two days, food trucks of all shapes, sizes and varieties will roll their way into Salt River Fields. The trucks will sell $2 samples of everything from poutine and tacos to barbecue and lobster rolls.
Here's what you need to know about the 2020 Street Eats Food Truck Festival.
What types of food trucks can you expect?
The Street Eats Food Truck Festival started gathering street food vendors nine years ago. This year, 47 food trucks are in the festival line up so far, according to Salt River Fields Director of Marketing Chris Bonnell.
"It's never the same lineup," Bonnell says. "It's all about getting everybody in one place to try a lot of different types of food."
Trucks specializing in lobster, barbecue, tacos, corn dogs, popcorn, pizza, pasta and pretzels will be on hand. Vegan and vegetarian options will be available as well.
And if you still have room for dessert, head to the crepe, waffle, ice cream sandwich or cookie trucks for a sweet finish.
"American Poutine is always delicious," Bonnell says. "International Truck of Tacos is always a winner and Culinary Skol has deep-fried PB&J."
Around 80% of the trucks are based around Arizona, but a few out-of-state trucks are rolling in as well. Food trucks from New Mexico, California, Nevada and Idaho are expected at this year's festival.
Drink options include beer and hard seltzer
After sampling a bunch of barbecue or an especially spicy taco, a drink might be more than necessary. Fortunately, not all of the trucks are focused on food; there will be some drink options as well.
Attendees will be able to find old fashioned soda at Wild Bill's or quench their thirst with lemonade from multiple different citrus-centric trucks.
For those looking to take the party up a notch, there will be four bars throughout the festival and an extra bar inside the VIP lounge. The bars feature Boston Beer beverages, which include Samuel Adams beer, Twisted Tea hard iced tea and Truly hard seltzer.
Liquor options will also be available.
Expect lawn games and eating contests, too
Lawn games including giant Jenga, giant beer pong, giant Connect 4 and regular-sized cornhole will be sprinkled throughout the festival.
A live DJ will play music all weekend on a new sound system heard throughout the grounds and a selection of non-food vendors will also be there selling T-shirts and other souvenirs.
There will also be a kid zone complete with bounce houses.
For those looking to really fill up, four food eating contests are scheduled. Duos can try their hands at the Dirty Donut contest, during which one person dips a doughnut in chocolate sauce and dangles it over their partner on a string. The partner is tasked with eating as many dripping chocolate doughnuts as possible.
Other contests include a no-hands pie-eating competition and no-hands watermelon contest along with one other challenge, yet to be determined. Attendees can register for the competitions at a tent located near the main stage.
Here's how to buy tickets
Bonnell expects the festival to draw between 20,000 and 25,000 people over the weekend and tickets can be bought online or at the gate.
Tickets for the food truck festival come in two levels, general admission ($10-$12) and VIP ($60). Tickets bought at the gate cost $15 for general admission and $75 for VIP.
General admission grants access to the festival and the $2 samples from each truck are not included.
VIP tickets include four tokens for food samples, five drink tickets, private restrooms, and access to the shaded VIP lounge and bar.
Street Eats Food Truck Festival
Details: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 8 and 9. Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, Loop 101 and Indian Bend Road on the Salt River Reservation. streeteatsaz.com.
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