Tag: gilroy garlic festival
Good golly! G-fest ups cook-off purse to $5,000
Goodness, gracious, great cloves of garlic: Event organizers behind Gilroy's internationally-renown foodie extravaganza have sweetened (or spiced?) the 1st, 2nd and 3rd-place prizes for the event's signature competition.
Garlic Festival embezzlement investigation still active
Three weeks after the Garlic Festival reported $18,000 in cash missing from their ticket booth, the alleged embezzlement continues to be actively investigated by Gilroy Police.
Police investigating Garlic Festival embezzlement
The $18,000 cash theft from the Garlic Festival is in fact being investigated by police, said Gilroy Police Chief Denise Turner despite the Gilroy Police Department indicating last week that they were not.
$18,000 embezzled from Garlic Festival
Something stinks in the aftermath of the Gilroy Garlic Festival, and no, it’s not of garlic.
Meet Hugh Davis, Garlic Festival president
When a young, new-to-Gilroy Hugh Davis volunteered to pour beer at the Garlic Festival's beer garden 25 summers ago, he had a blast, and knew right away he’d be hooked for life. To the Garlic Festival, that is.
Garlic Festival need-to-know
Everything you need to know to make the most of Gilroy’s stinkin’ rose extravaganza
Comfortable weather in store for Garlic Festival
Gilroy Garlic Festival-goers have one more thing to be happy about besides Pepper Steak Sandwiches, garlic-scented bubbles or a 250-foot-long zip line: Afternoon temperatures this weekend should be about 10 degrees cooler than seasonal averages, according to forecaster Bob Benjamin with the National Weather Service in Monterey.
Classic start to Garlic Fest excitement
Classic cars and hot rod engines roared throughout downtown Gilroy Saturday afternoon as the 11th annual Garlic City Fun Run Car Show came cruising through town.
Feel the rhythm! Feel the rhyme! Get excited, it’s Garlic Fest...
In preparing for more than 100,000 visitors to descend on the Garlic Capital for three days of eating, dancing and wearing funny garlic hats, the minutiae associated with executing an event of this magnitude is a story unto itself.
