Hey welcome back folks
we're less than 2 weeks away from this
year's Kearney Assada Fest and it's one
of the newest and hottest music and food
festivals happening right here in Dallas.
Here to tell us all about it is the festivals
founder and creative Sonia kilo now Sonia.
This is the 3rd year, OK,
Fort Kearney Assada fest share
those details for folks who have
no idea maybe haven't heard of .
I don't know where they've been.
But share the details behind
what this fest is all about.
Sure, so Carnes all the Fest
is a music and food festival.
We're heavy on the music.
We're heavy on the food. Latin based,
so you get the best of both wor.
We are family oriented.
We try to make it every Memorial Day weekend.
So this year it's Sunday,
May 28th at Gilly Southside Ballroom.
So we have 35 of the best
food vendors you know.
We have everything from Mexican
BBQ to of course, Bidia Tacos.
We have churros,
we have Gelato ice cream.
Cream, we have a pupusas you kn,
it's not just Mexican American .
We try to cover all the Latin.
What
inspire you, inspire you, so to
speak, to create this festival?
You know, after the pandemic,
there were things that we were
missing out on, such as gatheri.
And I felt like this was
the best time to bring togethera
music and food festival that was very
culturally driven and was very authentic.
And me being from Dallas,
TX and my team being from Dalla,
TX, we grew up here. We, you
know. So knew what it was to be
in a carne asada growing up and
we wanted to give that to peopl,
not just Latinos but everybody.
You mentioned this a little bit early on.
There will be authentic Mexican street food.
Tell us about some of those
vendors that you have lined up.
So we have course coming back Smoking Dogs
BBQ which has the Carme Asada burrito.
We have some favorites such as
the pupusas as I mentioned from
Chetto's Latin kitchen Sodapa
trees with the chimoy candy.
And then we also have some new people,
Patchako tacos and burgers,
who has carne asada fries.
We have big rooms BBQ.
We have Smith's Spot BBQ,
which he's very famous.
His brisket is amazing. What's
what's your hope for the festival this year?
Folks hear about festivals,
you know they they kick
off all summer, right?
What's your hope for the festiv?
What do you really want
people to take away from it?
You know, coming off of last ye,
we had a high, you know,
we're nationally recognized nowa
festival for our food portion ae
just want to continue that tradition,
not only being a very family.
Friendly festival because we are
are big on kids 12 and under.
Our free courtesy of Pizza Patrn
and you know we just want to.
We just want people to come out
and have a great time and take
away those great experiences.
We're the first event you know
that kicks off the summer.
Now you're not just going to ske
right past the 12 and under if u
guys didn't catch that 12 and u.
Kids are free. Kids don't know s
12 and under. Free courtesy of a
Patron who are also from Dallas.
Now don't bring your 16 year old talking
about where the free ticket at. OK look.
It sounds like just the beginnig
obviously of something big and e
know that it's going to continuo
get bigger each year that you hosted.
I know it's a little bit too
late to get involved this year,
but I'm thinking about vendors and artists.
Can they get ready for next yea?
Yes, for sure.
You know our website carmesadafest.com,
we have all of the applications.
They go up around August,
but that's really, you know,
you can follow us on social medt
Carmesada under score Fest on Instagram.
And Facebook. And we're always
putting out information to get u
guys ready for the next year. O.
Now I'm trying to get my continent ASADA
rolling off the tongue like yours. OK, look.
That is the founding creator of the festival.
Sonia Kilo, thank you so much for joining us.
The festival, by the way.
And you heard I mentioned this off the top,
May 28th at Gilly's here in Dal.
It starts at 2:00 PM.
Tickets start at just 45 bucks.
Y'all and parking at 5.
For more details, information,
all the things you can go to
their website at Continent ASA.
Fest.com.
I'm gonna get it together, I promise you,
because I'm gonna work on it.
Thank you so much, Sonya.
Appreciate you being here.