H&8th, the food truck festival that grew from humble beginnings four years ago to an event that draws crowds of up to 45,000, is ending its monthly run next week.

Laura Massenat, co-founder of H&8th, said the festival will be resumed as a once-a-year event to coincide with the annual Pro-Am bike races in Midtown.

“As Midtown business owners, we only ever wanted to strengthen the neighborhood and introduce the district to OKC in a fun, new way,” Elemental Coffee Roasters owner Laura Massenat said. “We've completed our placemaking goal — most everybody now knows where Midtown is — and we are all free to move on to the next big thing.”

The volunteer-driven, nonprofit event was founded by Massenat, Chef Jonathon Stranger, co-owner of Ludivine and The R&J Lounge and Supper Club, and J.D. Merryweather, co-owner of COOP Ale Works. Merryweather visited with Massenat at her coffee shop about similar events held in other cities and they persuaded Stranger to join them in launching their own food truck market.