Setting. The 20th annual World Food and Music Festival is currently taking place in Des Moines' Western Gateway Park. We're bringing you live coverage of the party downtown. It started this morning. KCCI's Ethan Humble guided us through what food will be served this year. Western Gateway Park will offer a variety of food. With each group, you can see that you will never get bored of eating out at the festival. The grills are hot, the musicians are playing, the conger eels are lively, and people are lining the streets downtown. Because the World Food and Music Festival is back again this year. It's a real joy and fun to see people enjoying Downtown DSM and the businesses. With 60 vendors from over 30 countries bringing food, there's a lot of food to try. Gloria Enriquez says the festival is a great opportunity to show off her Latin roots. For me, it's very important to represent my country and share it with the people of Iowa. It's a very unique and very happy experience. Our neighbor at Hawaiian Grill, Carm, says he loves to see smiles on our customers' faces. Our customers seem really pleased and thankful that we're back here again, especially that we're bringing a unique concept here. We have about 20 new vendors, so there's a lot of new food to try. So to make sure you can enjoy everything at a low cost, all of the vendors are offering food samples for just $2 each. All of the food vendors are items you can sample for $2 each. If you want to taste a lot of different things at the festival, you should definitely go this route. Every booth at the festival is worth a visit. It's really great to have such a cool festival and event and really represent the culture of Des Moines. The festival runs all weekend and ends Sunday night in downtown Des Moines. Iowa News-Leader Ethan Hamel, KCCI Eight News. The $2 million tasting menu is really great, so you can make the most of your time during the festival. There will be several road closures throughout downtown. Grand Avenue will be closed from 12th to 14th Streets, and LOCUSTS will also be closed from 13th to 10th Streets.
20th Annual Des Moines World Food and Music Festival in progress, with 60 vendors and 30 countries participating
With 60 vendors from over 30 countries bringing food, there's plenty of food to try.
Updated: August 23, 2024 7:04pm CDT
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The World Food & Music Festival is back in downtown Des Moines for its 20th year. With 60 vendors bringing food from 30 countries, there's plenty of food to sample. Gloria Enriquez, owner of Tullpa, says the festival is a great opportunity to show off her Latino roots. “For me, it's very important to represent my country and share it with the people of Iowa. It's a very unique and very happy experience,” she says. Ney Buckham of Hawaiian Grill says she loves bringing smiles to customers' faces. “They seem to feel really good and thankful that we're here again,” she says. And with about 20 new vendors participating, there's plenty of new food to sample. So to enjoy it all at a low cost, all vendors are offering food samples for just $2 each. “All food vendors are using a $2 tasting system,” says Amelia Klatt, director of the Greater Des Moines Partnership. of the event. “So if you want to get a taste of a lot at the festival, you should definitely choose this route.” The festival will run from 11am to 10pm on Saturday and end from 11am to 5pm on Sunday.
Des Moines, Iowa —
The World Food & Music Festival is returning to downtown Des Moines for its 20th year.
With 60 vendors bringing food from over 30 countries, there's plenty of food worth trying.
Tulpa owner Gloria Enriquez said the festival is a great opportunity to show off her Latino roots.
“For me, it's very important to represent my country and share with the people of Iowa. It's a very unique experience and I'm very happy about it,” she said.
Hawaiian Grill's Nei Buckham said he loves putting smiles on customers' faces.
“They seem really happy and thankful that we're here again,” she said.
There will be about 20 new vendors participating, so there will be lots of new foods to try.
So to help you enjoy it all at a low cost, all the vendors are offering food samples for a few dollars each.
“All of the food vendors are offering $2 samples,” said Amelia Klatt, events director for the Greater Des Moines Partnership, “so if you want to sample a variety of things at the festival, this is definitely the way to go.”
The festival continues on Saturday from 11am to 10pm and concludes on Sunday from 11am to 5pm.
