Topeka Food Truck festival opens this weekend at Gage Park, what to expect
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The next Topeka Food Truck Festival is just around the corner with plenty of fun activities and different foods for locals to try.
Topekans can head down to Gage Park's West Lake Shelter House and amphitheater to take part in the festival which runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 27. The festival will showcase Topeka and Shawnee County businesses, entertainment and vendors to help introduce people to new opportunities they might have missed.
More than a dozen food trucks are due to headline the event, bringing with them a wide variety of different flavors for people to test out. The full lineup includes the following:
- Boxer Q BBQ
- Cooking with Mike
- Poppin Squeeze
- Dj's Catering
- Flavor Wagon
- Grounded on the Go
- Hook and Que
- JLG Mexi-Q
- Kona Ice
- Manila Snow Cone Co.
- Pineapple Dream
- Poppin Minis
- Rosi's Tamales
- Southern Star
- Stumpy's
- The Burger Bus
- The Sugar Bus
- Tod's BBQ
Vendors participating in the event include T-Mobile USA and Dream Prospecting. Live entertainment will come from "The Paradize Band," Kyle Carpenter and the Shawnee Heights High School drumline.
People are encouraged to bring their own chairs to the event for the best experience. Other activities and nearby attractions people can take advantage of include the following:
- Inflatables
- Photo booth
- Balloon artist
- Face painting
- Shawnee County Parks and Recreation Rec and Roll Van.
- Foam pit
- Boys & Girls Club charity basket raffle.
- Animal Land playground.
- Gage Park mini-train.
- Gage Park carousel
- Topeka Zoo
- Discovery Center
- Walking trails
To see what last year's festival was like, click here. For more information on the festival, check out the event listing on Facebook.
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