Thousands of people gathered on Saturday for the return of Sedona’s popular Food Truck Festival.
At the Posse Grounds Park, around 15 trucks were parked on two adjoining baseball fields with tents and chairs spread across the two areas.
“This year’s Food Truck Festival was a big hit,” Food Truck Festival and Parks and Recreation Coordinator Lynette Chavez said. “We had a few thousand attendees and a wonderful lineup of food trucks, partners and volunteers. We saw a lot of smiles and felt lucky to have been able to bring this event back in a big way.”
The city’s Parks and Recreation Department hosted the event with live music from the local “funked-up folk band,” The Invincible Grins.
In the past, the festival has seen upwards of a few thousand attendees and this year was no different with workers staying busy all day as the people kept pouring into the park.
“We are a pretty new business that started in September of 2021 and kind of spent the whole winter parked at one location. And now we’re ready to spread our wings and start hopping around and doing the food festival circuit,” Prescott-based Superb Food owner and Chef Ariel Nadelberg said. “The Sedona Food Truck Festival, for us, was the first of the season, and I think it was a great success for my small company.”
Some of the trucks included Flagstaff-based Square Root Burger and Prescott-based Montana Bar-BQ Company. Almost all the trucks had lines to get a bite to eat. But Montana Bar-BQ seemed to be the busiest all day long with their award-winning pulled pork.
“The Sedona Food Truck Festival is one of the best events of the year. We love the beautiful park setting and being among the red rocks,” Montana Bar-BQ owner Lynn Jeffrey said. “They always provide everything we need for a successful day for our BBQ Food Truck.”
Many of the participants were chosen based on the previous festivals, as well as local ability to be in the area and general business success. Chavez coordinated all the trucks that came to the festival on Saturday.
“What’s not to like about an event like this?,” Square Root Foods co-owner Bryan Lubbehusen said. “I thought it was great to see a diverse group of food trucks out with some really tasty food. [We are] already looking forward to the next one.”
Wine, beer and hard seltzer were $5, provided by the Sedona Rotary Club, Wanderlust Brewing Company and Historic Brewing Company.
“We had a great turn out from our community and a little bit of something for everyone,” Chavez said. “It’s an event that we’re already looking forward to bringing back next year with even more ‘Grub, Brews and Tunes’.”
