If you love tacos (and doesn't everyone?), Saturday, Sept. 30, will be a field day for you.

The Taco Festival Nashville is being presented by The Tennessean, in partnership with the first-ever multi-city National Taco Tour, celebrating the universal love of tacos.

The Taco Festival Nashville countdown: What to expect at Centennial Park

The tour of fiesta fun and live music — and serious local competition — will stop at Centennial Park from noon to 6 p.m.

Join in with $2 tacos with chicken, seafood, pork, beef, veggies, salsa, guacamole or anything-goes flavors from a glut of taco makers in Music City. Add margaritas, beer, water and soda, and it's everything a tacophile dreams of.

Advance tickets are available online. The $12 general admission ticket gets you into the fun. A $50 VIP ticket includes one tequila expo wristband, 10 tokens, a private bar, a private restroom and a party area. Get your tickets at TheTacoFestival.com/Nashville.

What's the best thing about The Taco Festival? "Obviously the tacos. It's such a perfect festival food," said co-founder David Tyda. "You don't need a fork and knife."

It doesn't matter if you're a traditionalist or enjoy extra-creative tacos — it's all coming to the National Taco Tour.

"We always call tacos the world's most adaptable cuisine. There's so much you can do with a taco," Tyda said.

And then there's taco culture — with each city's own local flavor, he said.

"The other thing that's great about the event is all of the entertainment," Tyda said.

So just in case tacos alone aren't enough for you, consider the highlights of this mouth-watering jubilee:

Tequila expo tent

Obviously, this is a popular tent. The Tequila Expo is a place to sample a plethora of top-shelf tequilas. Down 10 samples with a $20 tasting pass.

Ay Chihuahua! beauty pageant

See sassy and adorable Chihuahuas prance across the main stage. The Taco Festival partners with a Middle Tennessee animal shelter to bring dogs to the runway with the hopes that they'll find new homes.

Hot chili pepper and taco eating contests

Last person standing wins! Chili-heads can test the strength of their taste buds during the hot chili pepper eating contest, and tacophiles can chow down on as many tacos as they can during their own competition.

"I don't know why anybody would enter (the hot chili pepper) contest; it looks pretty painful," Tyda joked.

Tacophile judges

Points will be awarded and weighted for presentation, taste and execution, cumulatively leading to a grand champion and an entry into the Taco Festival Grand Finale. National Taco Association judges will be sequestered to determine winners in double-blind tests in a closed tent for anonymous, fair scoring. "That system works. It's not a popularity contest," Tyda said. He'll be one of the judges present, too.

Lucha Libre

Enjoy the spectacle of Lucha Libre wrestling from your seat around the ring — you could even introduce yourself to one of the wrestlers during a meet and greet, too.

Follow The Taco Festival's tour on social media

Twitter: @TheTacoFestival

Instagram: @TheTacoFestival

Facebook: Facebook.com/TheTacoFestival

Hashtag: #TheTacoFestival, #NashvilleTacos

The true name of The Taco Festival - Nashville piñata: Smash

Thanks to all who participated in the piñata naming contest. The winner is Nancy Rowell-Crane, who has named our piñata "Smash." She'll receive a pair of VIP passes to The Taco Festival - Nashville. Congrats, Nancy!

Reach digital producer Tabitha Waggoner at twaggoner@tennessean.com, 615-664-2167 and on Twitter and Instagram @hAfrolocks.

For restaurant participation, please contact Katelin Miller at katelin@r-entertainment.com and 480-657-7333 ext. 106. For sponsorship opportunities please contact Mike O’Donnell at MikeOD@r-entertainment.com/ 480-657-7333 ext. 2118.

UPDATE, Aug. 22: The Taco Festival Nashville changed its location from The Green at Ascend to Centennial Park. Centennial Park is located at 2500 West End Ave.