Tag: gilroy garlic festival
Garlic titan Don Christopher dies
Editor's note: This article was updated and expanded on Dec. 14.
Don Christopher, who grew a handful of garlic fields into an internationally recognized brand...
Insurance remains hurdle for Gilroy Garlic Festival
City officials and Gilroy Garlic Festival representatives gathered for a meeting Oct. 24 to discuss the future of the iconic event and its ongoing...
Local Scene: Garlic Festival benefit for schools; author talk on Dunne...
Gourmet Alley food benefits local high schools
The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association will be offering an abbreviated Gourmet Alley menu at the JV and Varsity...
New book highlights four decades of Gilroy Garlic Festival history
Throughout its four-decade history, the Gilroy Garlic Festival served as the city’s unofficial leadership academy, where countless volunteers grew up not only in the...
Garlic Festival opens grant application period
The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association is inviting local nonprofit organizations to apply for grants.
Grant funds range from $500 to $5,000 per application per year....
Photos: Garlic Festival welcomes songwriters
South County got a taste of Nashville and plenty of garlic when songwriters Wendell Mobley and Lee Thomas Miller performed July 13 at Clos...
Garlic Festival’s first 2022 event draws dozens of golfers
Only the flames coming from the garlic-laden pans were hotter than the weather on June 24.
With temperatures hovering near 100 degrees, the Gilroy Garlic...
Local Scene: Garlic Festival events; Mother’s Day concert
Tickets going on sale for Garlic Festival events
Tickets for the Gilroy Garlic Festival’s second annual Garlic Golf Classic at the Gilroy Golf Course on...
Guest View: The Gilroy Garlic Festival is not over
On April 21, the Gilroy Garlic Festival Association (GGFA) released a statement that the Garlic Festival was postponed indefinitely due to prohibitive insurance required...
City responds to ‘mudslinging’ over festival cancelation
When the Gilroy Garlic Festival Association announced recently that it would not host its traditional event, longtime fans of the city’s iconic event took...
