Tag: garlic festival

I love living in Gilroy. We’ve got the natural beauty of open space (for now, anyway), mountains all around us, an extremely friendly community, the Premium Outlets and best of all, a dozen or so awesome wineries right in our very own backyard.

Dressed in his puffy white costume, his cowboy hat decorated with garlic bulbs and wearing his trademark Birkenstocks, he strolls through the grounds of Christmas Hill Park, and everywhere he goes, choruses of, “Hey it’s the Garlic Dude,” are shouted by children and adults alike.

It’s that time of year again, the pungent aroma is in the air as everyone ramps up for the 2016 Garlic Festival, coming July 29-31. What a way to end the month!!

Sherry Harig, this year’s Gilroy Garlic Festival Art Poster contest winner, has her plane ticket in hand and is eagerly anticipating her upcoming trip to Gilroy.

To Kyle Perez-Robinson, the love Gilroy residents have for their town and its people is as strong and as invigorating as the bulb’s quintessential aroma.

Despite unusually warm weather that set temperatures rolling into the low-100s at peak festival time, results from the 36th Annual Gilroy Garlic Festival stay true to the community spirit that has and will continue to define the event as a hometown tradition drawing international crowds.

Sunday’s Gilroy Garlic Festival President Vito Mercado extinguished the  bulb with a final audience cool-off outside the mist tents, drawing a close to a Sunday chock-full of garlicky action.

Children’s violin skills may not be the first thought that comes to mind when thinking about Garlic.

Looking to catch some shade during Garlic Festival while sipping south Santa Clara County wines?

Hundreds of volunteers were scattered around Christmas Hill Park early Tuesday afternoon, transforming the 25-acre facility on Miller Avenue into the home of the 36th Annual Gilroy Garlic Festival.