Ice cream festival benefiting local food bank set for this weekend
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Here's the scoop: the Scoop Palm Springs Ice Cream Festival is set to take place this weekend. It's the first time the festival is coming to the desert.
The organization behind has held the event for seven years in San Diego. Proceeds from this year's festival will go to Community Food Bank at the LGBTQ+ Center of the Desert in Palm Springs.
Earlier this June, the festival raised $55,000. Daniel Szpak, the organizer and Chief Ice Cream Officer of Scoop Palm Springs, said he hopes to raise more money for the local community.
"Some federal funding is ending and there's still a lot of food insecurity in the community. So raising money through a super fun event is really more important than ever right now," Szpak said.
He called the festival a fun event to bring the community together for a good cause.
The event runs from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 2nd at Downtown Park in Palm Springs. More details are available on Scoop's website.
The event is free to walk in, but organizers said if you want to sample ice cream from vendors, you will need to purchase a ticket. Links to buy your tickets are available here.
Here's the full list of ice cream, gelato, and paleta vendors:
- Ben & Jerry’s
- Brandini Toffee & Ice Cream
- Carmela Ice Cream (with Cake & Cakes)
- Gelato Granucci
- Gelato-A-Go-Go
- Handel’s Coachella Valley
- HEY POPS!
- Idyllwild Ice Cream
- Kreem
- La Dolce Piccola
- La Michoacana Cathedral City
- Lappert’s Palm Springs
- Levelz Ice
- Monster Shakes
- Nieves el Poblano
- On The Mark (Shiver Sticks)
- Ice Cream & Shop(pe)
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