5th Annual Los Angeles International Tamale Festival

5th Annual Los Angeles International Tamale Festival.
ORGANIZER: Latin Event Group

LOCATION: Exposition Park – Parking Lot 6 (next to the Los Angeles Sports Arena on W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Figueroa St.)

DATE: November 4,5 & 6, 2011

HOURS: Friday 3pm – 8pm, Saturday 8am – 8pm, Sunday 9am – 6pm

EXPECTED ATTENDANCE: 35,000+

WHY: To continue the tradition of tamale making and to creating jobs and opportunities for many people!.

WHO BENEFITS: The community has a place to taste the best tamales that Southern California has to offer and the children can enjoy the kids zone throught out the day!.

Local and corporate businesses will have the opportunity to offer there product or services to thousands of people!.

EVENT WEB SITE STATS: Visited by over 250,000 people every month and in the month of the event its visited by over 1.4 million people!
Our vendors and sponsors will benefit by having there company logo posted on the site. This will give your company a greater possibilty to create new customers before the event!

For Vendor Space or Sponsorship information please to Event Web Site: www.LosAngelesTamaleFestival.com

EVENT TV COVERAGE: The Annual event has been feature on the Local English TV News channels as well as the Spanish TV channels!

EVENT RADIO COVERAGE: The Annual event has be mention the on Local English Radio Stations and Spanish Radio Stations and have been our Media Partners!

EVENT NEWSPAPER COVERAGE: The Annual event has been feature in Local English and Spanish Newspapers!

TICKET PRICE At the door $6 Adult admission / Pre-sale Ticket $4. Admission for Children under 16 years of age is free!

Admission for VIP Tent $50 / Pre-sale Ticket for VIP Tent $40

This area will include live music, Tamale sampling, seating

NUMBER OF TAMALE VENDORS 30 professional and amateur

PRIZE MONEY $200 Best Tamale over-all “People’s Choice”

COMPETITION CATEGORIES
Best Tamale: Chicken, Beef, Pork, Fish, Fruit, Vegetarian

NUMBER OF NON-FOOD VENDORS 175 professional

ON-SITE ACTIVITIES

• Arts & Crafts Booths
• VIP Tent
• Kids Zone
• Tamale Eating Contest
• Corn Husk: Dress and Shirt Design Contest
• Best Tamale Booth Design
• Chef Interaction
• Commercial Booths, Non-profits Booths
• Live Music

Tamale Vendors will be there selling the tasty tamales, you can buy one or buy them be the dozen!