Texas Pizza Fest 2025
March 1, 2025
The Best Wood Fired Pizza in Texas!
ONLINE TICKET SALES WILL BEGIN IN DECEMBER 2024.
The Texas Pizza Fest in Salado, Texas is March 1, 2025. Your General Admission entry fee gets you four tickets to be redeemed at the wood fired pizza trucks of your choice. Trucks will compete for Fan Favorite (based on number of tickets redeemed).
Trucks will also compete for Best Pepperoni and Critic's Choice!
Last year's winners were: Bahler Street Pizza for Best Pepperoni, Treno Pizzeria for Fan Favorite, and Happy Pizza Co for Critic's Choice.
Pizza demos and competitions will be open to pizza loving ticket holders of all ages for some extra fun. Live music will be featured on the outdoor Don Ringler Stage and of course Barrow Brewing will have lots of beer pairing recommendations!
Regular Tickets are $20 per person - this gets you 4 tickets (that you will pick up at the check-in table) redeemable for 4 slices of pizza from the pizza trucks of your choice.
Kids 10 and Under can purchase a kid's ticket worth 2 slices for $10.
Supreme Tickets get you 6 pizza tickets and the official Texas Pizza Fest t-shirt! Supreme tickets must be purchased by February 1st and are $50.
Additional pizza slice tickets will be available on March 1st for $20 for 4 slices. Pizza trucks will only be redeeming tickets for slices on March 1st and only accepting tickets purchased at the ticket booth.
Schedule:
11 a.m. Live music from TBD
1 p.m. Pizza Toss Contest
1:30 p.m. Live music from TBD
2 p.m. Pizza Stretch Contest
4 p.m. Pizza Eating Contest, Sr Division
5 p.m. Pro Pizza Toss Contest
5:30 p.m. Critic's Choice & Best Pepperoni Award
6 p.m. People's Choice Award and festival ends
6:15 p.m. Live music from TBD
BONUS! This year we will have a Friday Night Pizza Making Class featuring World Pizza Champion, Rocky Shanower! This class is limited to 30 people and will be held at the Grace Jones Ballroom at the Stagecoach Inn on February 28, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $75/person or $120/couple and include all your pizza making supplies, hands-on training, recipe cards, t-shirt, iced tea. Bar will be open.
Who is participating? Some of your Central Texas pizza faves: Bahler Street Pizza, Happy Pizza Company, Pizza Pieros, Treno Pizzeria, Nocco's Napoletano and more!
This is a RAIN OR SHINE event. Refunds will not be offered. Tickets may be transferred. Contact kd@barrowbrewing.com for information.
Participating Pizza Trucks
Sponsors
Barrow Brewing Company
Where to Stay (ticket holders receive discount via email)
Stagecoach Inn
Holiday Inn Salado
Days Inn Salado
The best and closest place to stay for the Texas Pizza Festival! They are also hosting the Cooking Class on Friday night. Ticket holders receive 10% off their stay.
Days Inn Salado
Holiday Inn Salado
Days Inn Salado
Inviting rooms, free wifi, and more amenities. Days Inn Salado is offering a great special rate to Texas Pizza Fest ticket holders.
Holiday Inn Salado
Holiday Inn Salado
Holiday Inn Salado
Right off I-35 and 100% smoke-free, Holiday Inn Salado is offering a great special rate to Texas Pizza Fest ticket holders.