Super DJ/Personality Big Al Sams to host this year’s Taco Eating Contests
The 5th Annual
Sacramento Taco Festival scheduled for June 2, 2018 will also feature professional
wrestling and two new contests.
SACRAMENTO, CA – The 5th Annual
Sacramento Taco Festival, which is held on Del Paso Boulevard between El Camino
Ave. and Arden Way, is comprised of several event components that has made it
fun and unique among Northern California festivals. Three of these events have become especially
popular among Taco enthusiasts, the Taco Eating Contest, Northern California’s
Chihuahua Beauty Contest, and Professional Wrestling. But it’s the new contests that will focus on
culture and history.
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| Big Al Sams |
This
year’s Festival has attracted the nationally recognized disc jockey and TV
personality Big Al Sams, a favorite among fans of KHYL 101.5 (V101fm) and “Mark
at the Movies.” Big Al, originally from
Chicago, will be hosting this year’s Taco Eating Contest, which is being
sponsored by V101fm/iHeart Radio. It is
a contest that measures the person who can eat the most regular size tacos in
60 seconds, with the winner walking away with The Taco Trophy, a guaranteed
$100 prize money plus the pot collected from the $5 entry fee. Last year’s winner set a new record of eating
6 tacos in 53 seconds.
“We’re
very excited to have Big Al Sams join us this year as host of the Taco Eating
Contest,” Says Festival Coordinator Mina Perez.
“He’s going to make this annual contest much more fun than what it
already is and I understand some of the wrestlers a joining the competition too.”
Speaking
about wrestlers, Action Coast Empire is back for its third year providing some
action-packed grappling, that will include some of Northern California’s most
popular wrestlers, including “The Russian Wolf” Alexis Darevko and North
Sacramento’s own Brittney Wonder. The
afternoon wrestling will feature for the first time, a much sought after
wrestler – the very ominous “FunnyBone.”
“We
were perhaps the first festival to feature professional wrestling as part of
the entertainment,”
says Perez. “And our
tradition continues this year because of its popularity and we always make sure
we have men and women wrestling.”
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| "FunnyBone" |
Perez
adds that the unique entertainment throughout the festival is what makes it fun,
interesting, and ideal for the whole family.
“The
contests and people winning prizes is one of things the Taco Festival is
becoming known for,” she says. “This
year we’re adding a singing contest where all contestants must sing at least a
minute and a half of the Academy Award winning song “Remember Me” from the
Disney/PIXAR move “COCO,” and we also have a Crazy Hat contest - it’s a
light-hearted attempt to rival the Kentucky Derby’s hat wearing tradition, and
which history we share.”
Once
called Rancho Del Paso, in the mid to late 1800s North Sacramento was the
world’s largest racehorse breeding and pasturing ranch owned by James Ben Ali
Haggin, whose horse “Ben Ali,” became the only Kentucky Derby winner from the
region. But it was the great stallion
“Salvatore” that won international fame by beating Tenny in a challenge race
that captured the hearts of millions.
Ridden by legendary Jockey Issac Murphy, an African American whose
tragic story is yet to be formally told, Salvatore beat Tenny by a nose in the
June 25, 1890 race.
The 5th
Annual Sacramento Taco Festival is scheduled for June 2, 2018 from 10:30 am to
6:30 pm on Del Paso Boulevard in Old North Sacramento. Tickets are $7 online (Eventbrite) and $10 at
the gate. Children 12 and under are
free. For more information or tickets
visit www.sactacofest.com.
The 5th Annual Sacramento Taco Festival Scheduled for Saturday, June 2, 2018
Sacramento’s Taco Festival is
returning for its 5th run, featuring over 25 taco vendors, lucha
libre, a singing contest, car show, and the crowd favorite…Northern
California’s Chihuahua Beauty Contest.
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| MASA Guiseria joins the Taco Festival for the 3rd year. |
SACRAMENTO, CA – Northern California is in for a
great treat again as the first party of the summer comes back to Old North
Sacramento on Saturday, June 2, 2018. The
5th Annual Sacramento Taco Festival will be featuring a wide range
of entertainment, car show, professional wrestling, and competitions that will
be fun for the whole family. And of
course, it offers the widest selection of tacos in one place anywhere in Northern
California. City Council Member Eric
Guerra has joined Council Member Allen Warren to be Co-Chair of the Annual
event.
Once
known as Rancho Del Paso, Old North Sacramento has a very rich history and was
its own city up until 1964 when it was annexed by the city of Sacramento. Del Paso Boulevard was State Historic Highway
40 that connected Sacramento with Reno, Nevada.
It was the birthplace of “Second Saturday” and at one time featured many
art galleries, car dealerships, two theaters, a bowling ally, an ice rink
(which is still there) and a roller rink.
“The
layout of the Boulevard makes it ideal for a street festival outside of Capitol
Mall,” says Mina Perez, Co-Founder and Coordinator of the Taco Festival. “We have businesses that will have their
doors open and we’ll be encouraging Festival attendees to visit them and learn
who we are.”
Launched
5 years ago as a private paid event, the Sacramento Taco Festival is the
largest fundraising activity of the year for the Vida de Oro Foundation, whose
mission is to provide support for individuals pursuing the arts, especially
those in low-income communities. Several
major sponsors have stepped up this year including Eyeglass World, Downtown
Ford, Farmers Insurance, Valley Health Options, HomeAdvisor, Regional Transit,
the Del Paso Boulevard Partnership, the North Sacramento Chamber of Commerce and others.
The
Taco Festival, which is held on Del Paso Boulevard between West El Camino and
Arden Way, will have a singing contest this year featuring the Academy Award
Winning song “Remember Me” from the Disney/PIXAR move “COCO.”
“We’re
really excited to have approval to use this beautiful song and believe it will
bring out some of the region’s most incredible talent,” says Perez. “We’ll be awarding two $100 cash prizes and
gift baskets filled with $200 worth of items to the winners. We have two categories, those 17 years of age
and younger, and those 18 years of age and older.”
Perez
adds that all entrants will be required to sing a minimum of a minute and a
half of the song, and they will be judged on performance originality, voice and
singing technique, stage performance, and the impact they have on the audience.
“We’re
almost done identifying all the Festival components, but we are bringing back
and expanding the car show,” says Perez.
“Plus we are expanding our beer garden to include a margarita garden, we’re
bringing back our most popular event, the Chihuahua Beauty Contest, and of
course we have the largest selection of tacos found in any one location, so
bring your taste buds.”
The 5th
Annual Sacramento Taco Festival is scheduled for June 2, 2018 from 10:30 am to
6:30 pm on Del Paso Boulevard in Old North Sacramento. Tickets are $7 online (Eventbrite) and $10 at
the gate. Children 12 and under are
free. For more information or tickets
visit www.sactacofest.com.
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