Nearly a dozen food trucks will be on hand for the fifth edition of the Sedona Food Truck Festival. One of the larger annual events sponsored by the city of Sedona Parks and Recreation Department, the festival will take place on Saturday, Nov. 4, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Posse Grounds Park.

“There’s no redundancy [with] our food vendors this year,” Parks and Recreation special event coordinator Jason Vargo said. “I’m really excited about the variety that we have at our festival this year. This year, we are going to try to consolidate the physical layout of the festival more, and hopefully have it be more cohesive and immersive. We’re bringing things into closer proximity. In the past, a lot of the experience was separate because there were food trucks on one field [with] music and tables on another. This year … it’s going to be on one field.”

Attendees will also have the option to play a few games that the city will set up, such as corn hole. Tokens will be available for beer and wine at the Rotary Club of the Sedona Red Rocks’ booth.

All of the food trucks will be offering $5 sampler items in addition to their full menus. The  samplers could be a smaller portion of one of their regular menu items, a side dish or something unique.

“That’s up to the individual food trucks what why want to offer,” Vargo said. Sedona Parks and Recreation “might have a full list of the $5 sampler foods up on the website later this week.”

DJ Lounge Lizard D will be spinning, and this year’s featured live band will be Llory McDonald and Combo Deluxe, with McDonald on guitar and vocals, Steve Botterweg on drums and Darryl Icard on bass guitar, who will perform from 1 to 3 p.m. A typical set list of cover songs by the group ranges from the Staple Singers, Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, Joan Jett and the Beatles to the Rolling Stones.

“It’s very eclectic,” McDonald said. “You will have a great time. We’re a fun band to watch and [you will] want to dance. We love to have fun and then I think the audience notices that and has a good time, too. So be expecting a good time and dancing. We’ve never done [the festival] before so I’m interested in seeing all the food trucks too. It should be a fun time and we’re looking forward to the beauty, the red rocks.”

Parking for the event is free, with options to park at either West Sedona School or at Posse Grounds Park. The city will not be providing a shuttle service this year. While thousands have come out for this event in previous years, Vargo anticipates that parking will be manageable.

“We attempted [a] shuttle in prior years. It was a little used and not particularly effective method,” Vargo said. “But the cool thing about this is there’s a high turnover of people in and out of the festival. It’s not common that people are staying there all day. The turnover for parking should be consistent throughout the day.”

For more information, visit.sedonaaz.gov or call Sedona Parks and Recreation at (928) 282-7098.