Although Pepe, who is based south of Boston, usually has everything shipped to the festival site, this year the party of five is renting an RV and turning it into a road trip "like the Griswolds," he said. Founded in 2012 to highlight gourmet food trucks and craft breweries for a “day of eating, drinking and fun," FTFA expanded the festival to two days in 2019. Pepe also hosts the Diehards Radio Show, a national sports radio talk show recorded in his home studio and broadcast on 95 U.S. stations — including WTKP in Panama City. "Radio's been my life for 25 years," said Pepe, who started working with FTFA three years ago as a marketing director and radio partner before becoming owner in November 2020.