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The Gilroy Garlic Festival

It’s not too late to start making your travel plans. The Gilroy Garlic Festival has been taking place annually since 1979 and each year many trek to Gilroy, CA, the garlic capital of the world, to take part in a 3 day celebration of garlic complete with food, crafts and entertainment. The Gilroy Garlic Festival takes place annually on the last full weekend of July.

The Gilroy Garlic Festival originated in 1979 when Rudy Melone set out to establish Gilroy, CA as the garlic capital of the world. He has previously read an article about a festival in Arleux, France which attracted 80,000 participants to taste a garlic soup during the course of a three day period. The residents of this city believe their event established Arleux, France as the garlic capital of the world. Melone set out to beat their number of participants thus proving Gilroy to be the true garlic capital.

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