Duval De Mayo festival to bring tacos, fireworks, live entertainment to Jacksonville

The Duval De Mayo festival will be held at the Riverwalk Artist Square located on the Riverfront under the Fuller Warren Bridge.“We’ve been doing this for five years now, we’ve been putting on events here in Jacksonville . We love tacos and tequila. We’ve put on the largest Taco and Tequila festival really in the state and we wanted to host an event on Cinco De Mayo ,” Wagoner said. “We’ll have over 80 different types of tequila.”It’s Cinco de Mayo time, and festivities are planned across the US.

This year’s festival will also feature live entertainment, over 25 taco makers, live muralists, salsa dancing lessons and fireworks. “We’re expecting between 5,000 to 7,000 people throughout the day. The gates open at noon through 10 pm,” Wagoner said.Wagoner is working with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and a private security company to monitor crowds and keep everything under control.“The event is produced by the Wagoner foundation, my family’s foundation. Every festival, we pick a charity of choice to give back all the proceeds to and this year we decided to pick Walk-Off Charities.

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