For the 28th consecutive year, the Chamber of Commerce Taste of Morgan Hill street festival entertained visitors and residents with live music, plenty of food, cold beverages and scores of vendors offering a variety of handmade crafts and trendy merchandise.
Chamber Executive Director John Horner said this year’s Taste of Morgan Hill, which took place Sept. 23 and 24 in the city’s downtown, was a “terrific success.”
“We enjoyed beautiful weather, which was neither too hot nor too cold,” Horner said. “Vendor booth rental spaces were completely sold out with 172 participating vendors. The Kids Zone ride area was bigger and more popular than ever.”
On Saturday, the festival’s annual car show—always a hit—was also sold out with the owners of 185 classic cars delighted to show off their rides, which ranged from old Model A’s to “modern prototype electric vehicles and everything in between,” Horner said.
While the event is an annual fundraiser for the chamber, the organization doesn’t publicize specific dollar figures, Horner explained. But he noted that beer, wine and soda sales at the 28th annual Taste of Morgan Hill were “higher than they have been over the previous five years.”
Furthermore, the Saturday Night Street Dance—a relatively new attraction at the annual festival—“has become a lynchpin of the weekend, and we plan to do it for many years to come,” Horner said. Pacific Soul played this year’s street dance.
The Taste also featured numerous live bands throughout the weekend. Downtown streets were closed to vehicle traffic as vendors and patrons took over on foot.
