Would you go to a topless taco festival that benefits breast cancer research? What about a “booties and burritos” festival to support prostate cancer research? This summer in Portland, you’ll have the opportunity to do both at the same time.

Portland doesn’t have a great track record when it comes to taco festivals. The Portland Taco Festival crashed and burned in 2017 -- even before that festival ran out of tacos in the hot sun, it was criticized for cultural appropriation. The second day of the event was canceled.

But it looks like that “epic fail” of a festival was actually the impetus for Topless Tacos and Booties and Burritos, two festivals being put on simultaneously on Aug. 17 by Murderboat Productions, the same group that brought Portland a huge blanket fort and a party on a plane in the woods.

“We read an article on OregonLive a couple years ago about issues stemming from a previous taco festival,” Murderboat’s resident DJ Amanda Haataia, also known as Dance Mom, said over email Monday about the inspiration for the festivals.

“Members of our team have planned some difficult parties in the past,” she said, “and we decided to take on the challenge of providing a good taco festival for Portland.”

“Adding on the charitable aspect and allowing people to be optionally topless if they want to be aligns us with similar events such as the World Naked Bike Ride and gives people the space to dress to their own comfort level for their own body,” she added. “We’re collaborating with Guardians of the Vibe to ensure a fun and safe place for everybody!”

While the two events are listed separately on Facebook and one is co-hosted by Potassium Collective (“collaborative project by Murderboat Productions aimed at greater community collaboration and hosting events that fit outside of what Murderboat would normally do,” according to Haataia) and Dance Mom while the other is hosted by Murderboat Productions and Dance Mom, Haataia said the events are related.

“We always wanted to have two related events at the same time and place and let people come to the realization that they are at the same event,” she said. “We also thought it’d help support us in raising more money for charity. Our burrito event supports the Prostate Cancer Foundation and our taco event supports the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.”

Unlike some events where the way the money is raised and donated is obtuse, these events are clear on how much will go to each organization -- 25% of all ticket sale revenue.

Each ticket will get the purchaser two free tacos or $3 off of the cost of a burrito. Additional burritos and tacos will be available for purchase.

“We have already raised around $1,000,” Haataia said. “The ‘competing’ events add a bit more fun!”

The burrito and taco purveyors have yet to be announced but Haataia said the group was talking to “local taco and burrito trucks in Portland and Hillsboro.”

She said additional tacos would be around $1.50 to $3 dollars and burritos will be around $5 to $8.

“The final price will be determined by the trucks,” she added.

So, how will Topless Tacos and Booties and Burritos avoid the pitfalls of the 2017 festival -- cultural appropriation and running out of tacos?

“We’re talking with the food trucks to determine the number of tacos they can provide per hour and in total so that we can provide the right amount based on attendees,” Haataia said. “We’re experienced in tough event logistics -- from creating a shuttle system to transfer people to a plane in the woods, to creating a system to fireproof 500 blankets for a giant fort, so we’re extremely proactive in our approach.”

“In regards to cultural appropriation,” she said, “this is a food-themed event for charity, not a Latin culture event. We’re using local and family-owned food trucks and they are retaining all profits. We’re happy to support local business.”

The capacity for the current venue, Watershed PDX, is 400. Already on Facebook, 338 people have said they are going to Booties and Burritos and 948 have said they are going to Topless Tacos.

“Because demand has been so high,” Haataia said, “we’re looking at options to expand.”

Tickets to the events are $20. The events are 21 and over and are scheduled to go from 3 p.m. on Aug. 17 until early morning.