TacoMania 2025
📅 Thursday, October 9, 2025
📍 The Rusty Rudder, Dewey Beach
⏰ VIP Entry: 5:00 PM | General Admission: 6:00 PM
NEW THIS YEAR: TACOMANIA IS A 21+ EVENT
The tacos are wild. The margaritas are wilder.
Get ready for Dewey Beach’s most anticipated night of the year—TacoMania 2025 is back and bigger than ever!
🌮✨ Meet the incredible lineup of restaurants competing at TacoMania 2025!
• Guanacos Melting Pot
• Somewhere
• Lighthouse
• Shorebreak Lodge
• Bluecoast Rehoboth
• Bodhi Kitchen
• Bethany Blues
• Stingray
• Rusty Rudder
• Chesapeake & Maine
• Shore Island
• Frio’s Gourmet Popsicles
• Rise Up
• 2nd Line New Orleans Cuisine
• Big Chill Surf Cantina
• Palm Beach Bar & Grill
• Drift
• Brandylynns
• Dewey Beer Co
• Rehoboth Ale House
• Mommoms Cheesecakes
• The Lodge at Historic Lewes
• Michy’s
• Dewey Post
• Taco Reho
• Red White and Basil
• Brûlé
• Squash Blossom Mexican Cuisine
🔥 The best competitors. One epic showdown. Who will take home the crowns this year?
Join us for an all-out celebration of food, flavor, and creative community as 25+ local restaurants, chefs, and mixologists compete for the title of best taco and margarita in the 302. You taste. You vote. You decide who takes the crown.
But it’s not just about the food.
Hot Sauce Band and DJ JY bringing the great tunes and vibes. Explore the Skull Gallery, a stunning silent auction of 20 hand-crafted ceramic skulls created by DAC Artists—raising critical funds to support artist development, youth programs, and free community art experiences across Sussex County.
Tickets:
🎟️ General Admission: $75 (– Entry at 6 PM, unlimited tastings
🎟️ VIP Access: $100 – Early entry at 5 PM (beat the crowd!), tequila tasting, special TacoMania gift, first look at the Skull Gallery, unlimited tastings all night
Why It Matters:
TacoMania is the Developing Artist Collaboration’s only annual fundraiser. Every ticket helps power DAC’s mission to elevate artists and build a thriving, creative economy.
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