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Click here to see 2nd Annual Los Angeles International Tamale Festival listing on festing.com



Dec 11-13, 2009

Friday 12 Noon - 8pm Saturday 10am - 9pm
Sunday 11am - 6pm

Location: We have moved the 5th Annual Los Angeles International Tamale Festival
to 6700 S. Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90001

The event will be 3 blocks long and the sponsor is M.I.T.A. (501(c) (3) / Mama's International Tamales. This event will be three blocks long and feature the following tamale vendors: Corn Maiden, Rattler's Tail, Me Gusta Gourmet Foods, Carribean Tamales, Mexico Lindo, Nini's Tamales.

  • Tamale Cook-off
  • Art & Crafts Booths
  • Best Commercial Tamale Contest & Best Homemade Tamale Contest
  • Tamale Eating Contest
  • Tamale Making Demo
  • Commercial Booths
  • Beer Garden
  • Non-profit Booths
  • Kids Zone
  • Entertainment


  • Can Food Drive, it will benefit the House of Ruth Food Pantrie and The River Food Pantrie. Drop off point will be at the event information booth.









































All the names such as Mama's Hot Tamale Cafe, Mama's International Tamales, Tamale Man, Corn Maiden Tamales, Tamalex, El Azteca Tamale Factory, Tamales Alberto, Molly's Tamale, Mom's Tamales and many others are trademark names and owned by there respectable owners.
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