GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The Taco & Tequila Festival, which for the past two years has been held at Homer Stryker Field in Kalamazoo, is coming to Grand Rapids.

The event, featuring an array of tacos and tequila, is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 2 at Fifth Third Ballpark in Grand Rapids.

Dana Wagner, director of live events for the Kalamazoo Growlers, a collegiate summer baseball team that organizes the festival, said the idea behind bringing the festival to Grand Rapids is to keep the event “fresh” and bring it to different markets.

“It’s an opportunity to bring the event to a new market, to a new group of people that maybe didn’t get to attend the event in the past,” she said.

Wagner said the number of vendors participating in the festival is still being finalized. Last year, there were between 15 and 20 restaurants and 25 to 30 tequila brands present, she said. Taco varieties ranged from Asian chicken wonton and Thai chili pork to pineapple chicken and Latin spiced pork shoulder.

Event organizers say the event is family friendly, and will feature yard games, a kids’ play area and live music.

The event will have two admission times. VIP ticket holders will be granted admission between 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., while general admission ticket holders can enter between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.

VIP tickets are $50 for five taco samples and 10 drink samples, and $35 for five taco samples.

General admission tickets are $35 for three taco samples and five drink samples. There is also a $20 ticket that includes three taco samples.

Event organizers say the festival has sold out in the past, and that the first opportunity to get tickets is Feb. 28. To get tickets at that time, attendees must sign up for the priority list. Remaining tickets will go on sale March 6.

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