The Tacos & Tequila Festival was supposed to happen in early October. It was set for Heritage Park on October 3 and 4, but the weather pushed it to Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and 8. That means an October event now lands on a Saturday that already had a farmers market in the morning and a show at OWA that night. It also falls between soccer tournaments that keep East Pride Boulevard busy before and after.
So for anyone who lives in Foley, November 2026 isn't a slow month after the season. The calendar stays full from Halloween weekend through November 22, and November 7 is the day the most events overlap.
How an October festival ended up on November's calendar
NBC 15 reported that weather concerns led the organizer, Beach Life Events, to move the festival. The station updated its story on September 30 with the new dates. The Mullet Wrapper's September 28 notice has the basics for the new weekend:
- Where: Heritage Park, 200 N. McKenzie St.
- Saturday, Nov. 7: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Sunday, Nov. 8: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Admission: $5, and free for children 12 and under
All the food vendors will serve tacos or other Hispanic dishes. Several bars will pour tequila drinks, beer and wine. The kids' area includes a petting zoo and bounce houses, and there will be artists, crafters, snack vendors and contests for cash prizes. The South Baldwin Chamber's event listing puts drinks at $6 each.
The festival page from Beach Life Events splits the music by day:
- Saturday: South Baldwin Dance Center, Neal Pennington, The Tip Tops and Howlin' Grace
- Sunday: Island Dance Academy, Mariachi Moderno Internacional, Wes Loper and the Velcro Pygmies
The Velcro Pygmies go on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Sunday ends an hour earlier than Saturday and has the mariachi set, so it's probably the easier day to bring kids.
If you bought tickets for the October dates, ask Beach Life Events directly how they apply to November. The ticket page still shows the October days alongside the new hours.
Saturday, November 7, from morning to night
Moving the festival into November put it on top of two events that were already scheduled. Here is how the day lines up across three parts of Foley:
| Time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. | CAFFM Market Day | Coastal Alabama Farmers and Fishermens Market, 781 Farmers Market Lane |
| 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. | Tacos & Tequila Festival | Heritage Park, 200 N. McKenzie St. |
| 7 to 8:30 p.m. | Brandon Styles Variety Show | Brandon Styles Theater, 101H OWA Blvd. |
The times hardly overlap, so you could do all three in one day. That also means people will be driving between the market, downtown and OWA from 9 in the morning until after dark. The market and the festival share four hours, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and that's when the most people will be out at once.
To skip the crowds, go to CAFFM Market Day right at 9 and get to Heritage Park after lunch. Then you have a few hours to rest before the Brandon Styles show at 7. Neither Visit Foley listing gives a price, so check with each venue before you go. The festival advertises free parking.
Pride Boulevard keeps its own schedule
The festival weekend is the most visible event this month, but the Foley Sports Tourism Complex at 920 E. Pride Blvd. stays busy the whole time. Here's what's on the Foley Sports Tourism calendar right now:
- Oct. 30 to Nov. 1: 2026 NIRSA Region 2 Soccer Championships at the complex
- Nov. 9 to 14: 2026 Sun Belt Women's Soccer Championship in Foley
- Nov. 14 and 15: 2026 Coastal Academy Cup at the complex and Ralph Schumacher Soccer Park
- Nov. 20 to 22: 2026 ASA State Cup at the complex
The festival weekend sits between two of these. The Sun Belt championship starts the Monday after and runs through Saturday, November 14, the same day the Coastal Academy Cup begins. So the week after the festival has college soccer on weekdays and then a youth tournament across two fields that weekend. None of these listings gives daily start times, so check the event pages before you plan a drive along Pride Boulevard.
OWA opens the stretch with Halloween and keeps going
The busy stretch starts this weekend, Oct. 30 through Nov. 1, at Downtown OWA, the same weekend NIRSA brings college teams to the sports complex. OWA's Halloween schedule has:
- Friday, Oct. 30, 6 to 8 p.m.: Little Creatures' Ball
- Saturday, Oct. 31, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Wag-O-Ween
- Saturday, Oct. 31, 2 to 5 p.m.: Candy Crawl
OWA's general Halloween page says the Little Creatures' Ball starts at 5 p.m. The ball's own event page, which is newer, says 6. If you're on the fence about going, OWA's newest storefront gives you another reason. Gulf Coast Media reported that Joyfulls Bakery soft-opened a shop there the weekend before its October 5 story.
OWA Theater has two concerts on the weeknights around the festival. Jesse Roper plays Thursday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m., and Tab Benoit with Jesse Dayton plays Thursday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. The Benoit show falls during the Sun Belt championship week, so both ends of town will have evening crowds that Thursday.
The week of November 16 brings everything together again
The third week puts downtown, the library, OWA and the sports complex back on the calendar within a few days of each other.
The Foley Community Library has two programs midweek, according to its events calendar. Dolores Hydock presents "Castles in the Air" on Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 6 to 7 p.m. Coffee & Coloring runs Thursday, Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. to noon.
That Thursday evening, Foley Main Street hosts its November Third Thursday, "Tinsel & Tailgates," downtown from 5 to 7 p.m. The organizers describe it as football and Christmas shopping together. It's free, and they say more details are still coming. It's the first downtown holiday event on the calendar, two weeks after the festival filled Heritage Park.
The next day, the ASA State Cup starts its Friday-to-Sunday run on Pride Boulevard. On Saturday, Nov. 21, OWA holds its annual Tree Lighting in Downtown OWA and opens the Very Merry Tree Walk, which stays up through December 23. OWA hasn't posted a start time for the tree lighting yet, so check its Christmas at OWA page closer to the date.
Errands before the busy weekends
If you need to stock up before any of these weekends, Foley got a new place to do it this fall. BJ's Wholesale Club announced a September 25 opening at 3275 Palm Beach Way in its company announcement, and Gulf Coast Media covered the grand opening. A Friday trip there is one way to have the house ready for Saturday at Heritage Park, Sunday's mariachi set, or friends coming in for State Cup weekend.
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