Taco Fest started years ago in a high school. Cinco de Mayo fell on a Taco Tuesday that year. A student convinced his teacher to have tacos in class. There wasn’t music. It was just tacos served at 10 AM but turned into faculty and students from all around the school celebrating Cinco de Mayo.

 

That student was a close friend of ours. He was the type of person who would get everybody to sing along if “Sweet Caroline” came on. Well, actually, he probably put it on. We [Joe and Matt] were fortunate enough to play some Rock 'N Roll with him. The good stuff– The Beatles, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Green Day, The White Stripes, Rage Against the Machine.

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In 2019, we lost our bandmate, classmate, and most of all friend.

Since then, we've wanted to start Taco Fest as a way to honor him and others quietly struggling.

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All proceeds from our event are going to two wonderful charities helping put an end to suicide while also promoting mental health services, The Devin Waring Foundation and The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.