HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – The latest in a series of wildly popular downtown Huntsville food truck rallies will close part of Church Street this Friday night.

Downtown Huntsville Inc. CEO Chad Emerson said the majority of Church Street will be barricaded between Clinton and Williams avenues, allowing festivalgoers to stroll between both sides of Big Spring International Park without having to dodge traffic.

The event is scheduled for 6-9 p.m. Friday. Admission is free. The first 500 guests also get a free T-shirt from Curse, the online gaming company that moved its corporate headquarters from San Francisco to downtown Huntsville last year.

Emerson said 22 mobile food vendors are signed up for the "Curse Gaming Takeover" rally on Church Street. In addition to sampling the city's best on-the-go cuisine, there will be live music from two bands – Denim Jawbone and Darren Camp Duo – plus a climbing wall near Pane e Vino Pizzeria and a "light art" surprise at 9 p.m.

The first two downtown street food events – at A.M. Booth's Lumberyard and on Fountain Circle near Huntsville City Hall – each drew more than 5,000 hungry visitors. Emerson said 16,000 people have already viewed Downtown Huntsville Inc.'s Facebook page about Friday's rally, so another large crowd is likely.

"The momentum just continues to build," he said. "This is a really high-profile location, and there's a lot more space here than at any other site we've tried."

Here's a list of food trucks expected to be on hand Friday night:



Crave Heat

Dale's BBQ

Dallas Mill Deli

Food Fighters Bustaurant

Highbrow Coldbrew Coffee

I Love Bacon

Ice Works

Mason Dixon Bakery

Meaux's Sno Balls

Neon Lilly

On-On Tacos

Peppered Pig

Pigtime BBQ

Piper & Leaf

Rocket City Expresso

Rollin Lobstah

Sugar Belle Cupcakes

Sweet Home Coffee

Sweet Thing Pastry

The Big Easy

The Food Truck