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The '''Gilroy Garlic Festival''' was a [[food festival]] in the [[United States]], held annually from 1979<ref name="founded"/> to 2019 at [[Christmas Hill Park]] in [[Gilroy, California]], on the last full weekend in July.<ref name="notreturning">{{cite web |last1=Guerrero |first1=Susana |date=May 2, 2022 |title=Gilroy Garlic Festival is not returning, despite reports |url=https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-not-returning-17142022.php |accessdate=May 2, 2022 |website=SF Gate}}</ref> After its cancellation in 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in California|COVID-19 pandemic]], a drive-through festival was held on July 23–25 and 30–31 July and August 1, 2021.<ref>{{cite news |first=Dustin |last=Dorsey |url=https://abc7news.com/gilroy-garlic-festival-shooting-cancelled-2021/10900258/ |title=Here's how the reimagined 2021 Gilroy Garlic Festival will work at Gilroy Presbyterian Church |website=ABC 7 News |date=July 20, 2021 |access-date=April 23, 2022 }}</ref> In April 2022, the Gilroy Garlic Festival Association announced the indefinite suspension of the traditional large-format festival, stating that it would instead host smaller individual events.<ref name=cancel>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/gilroy-garlic-festival-cancels-large-event/2870981/ |title=Gilroy Garlic Festival Cancels Annual Event Indefinitely |date=April 21, 2022 |website=nbcbayarea.com}}</ref><ref name=Chron>{{cite news |first=Danielle |last=Echeverria |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-canceled-for-foreseeable-17120345.php |title=Gilroy Garlic Festival canceled for foreseeable future |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=April 22, 2022 |access-date=April 23, 2022 }}</ref> In May 2022, the festival was canceled permanently.<ref name="notreturning" />
The '''Gilroy Garlic Festival''' is a [[food festival]] in the [[United States]], held annually in [[Gilroy, California]], on the last full weekend in July at [[Christmas Hill Park]]. The most recent festival was held on July 26–28, 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eventsnitch.com/event/gilroy+garlic+festival/106885 | title=Girloy Garlic Festival 2019 | publisher=Eddie Ford | date=29 June 2019 | author=Ford, Eddie}}</ref>


An annual three-day event,<ref name=bogel_07282019>{{cite news|last1=Bogel-Burroughs|first1=Nicholas|last2=Fortin|first2=Jacey|title=Gilroy Festival Shooting in California Kills at Least 3|date=July 28, 2019|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/us/gilroy-garlic-festival-shooting-california.html|accessdate=July 29, 2019}}</ref> the Gilroy Garlic Festival is one of the country's most famous food festivals, drawing food lovers from across the nation.<ref name=vo_07282019>{{cite news|last1=Vo|first1=Thy|last2=Sulek|first2=Julia Prodis|last3=Green|first3=Jason|title=Four dead, including suspect, and at least 15 hurt after shooting at Gilroy Garlic Festival|date=July 28, 2019|newspaper=The Mercury News|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/28/reports-shots-fired-at-gilroy-garlic-festival/|accessdate=July 29, 2019}}</ref> Located about {{convert|30|mi}} southeast of [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], Gilroy is home to about 60,000 people, and the city is a major producer of [[garlic]].<ref name=bogel_07282019/> The festival is Gilroy’s top [[fundraiser]], staffed with volunteers to raise money for nonprofit groups including clubs and schools.<ref name=vo_07282019/>
An annual three-day event,<ref name=bogel_07282019>{{cite news|last1=Bogel-Burroughs|first1=Nicholas|last2=Fortin|first2=Jacey|title=Gilroy Festival Shooting in California Kills at Least 3|date=July 28, 2019|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/us/gilroy-garlic-festival-shooting-california.html|accessdate=July 29, 2019}}</ref> the Gilroy Garlic Festival was one of the country's best-known food festivals, drawing visitors from across the nation.<ref name="vo_07282019">{{cite news|last1=Vo|first1=Thy|last2=Sulek|first2=Julia Prodis|last3=Green|first3=Jason|title=Four dead, including suspect, and at least 15 hurt after shooting at Gilroy Garlic Festival|date=July 28, 2019|newspaper=The Mercury News|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/28/reports-shots-fired-at-gilroy-garlic-festival/|accessdate=July 29, 2019}}</ref> Located about {{convert|30|mi}} southeast of [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], Gilroy is home to about 60,000 people, and the city is a major producer of [[garlic]].<ref name=bogel_07282019/> The festival was Gilroy's top [[fundraiser]], staffed with volunteers to raise money for nonprofit groups including clubs and schools.<ref name=vo_07282019/>


==2019 shooting==
==History==

The inaugural Garlic Festival was held in 1979. Rudolph J. Malone, then President of [[Gavilan College]] in Gilroy, was inspired by a small town in France which hosted an annual garlic festival and claimed to be the "Garlic Capital of the World." Malone started the festival, which attracted hundreds of thousands of paying visitors a year.<ref name="founded">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/03/us/rudolph-melone-73-founder-of-california-s-gilroy-garlic-festival.html|title=Rudolph Melone, 73, Founder of California's Gilroy Garlic Festival|first=Robert McG. Jr. |last=Thomas|date=November 3, 1998 |work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807010634/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/03/us/rudolph-melone-73-founder-of-california-s-gilroy-garlic-festival.html |archive-date=August 7, 2019 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

===2019 shooting===
{{Main|Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting}}
{{Main|Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting}}


On July 28, 2019, a [[mass shooting]] occurred at the 41st edition of the festival.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vo|first1=Thy|last2=Sulek|first2=Julia Prodis|last3=Green|first3=Jason|title=Four dead, including suspect, and at least 15 hurt after shooting at Gilroy Garlic Festival|date=July 28, 2019|newspaper=The Mercury News|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/28/reports-shots-fired-at-gilroy-garlic-festival/|accessdate=July 29, 2019}}</ref> At least four people were killed (including the gunman) and 15 others were injured.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 28, 2019 |title=Gilroy Garlic Festival Mass Shooting Leaves 4 Dead Including Gunman; Manhunt For Possible 2nd Suspect|url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/07/28/gilroy-garlic-festival-shooting-gunman/|website=[[CBS News]]|accessdate=July 28, 2019}}</ref>
On July 28, 2019, a [[mass shooting]] occurred at the 41st edition of the festival.<ref name="vo_07282019"/> Three people were killed, in addition to the gunman, and 12 others were injured.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/active-shooter-incident-garlic-festival-california/story?id=64624542|title=Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting: Suspect Santino William Legan, 19, identified as gunman who allegedly killed 3 people|date=July 29, 2019|work=ABC News|accessdate=July 29, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first1=Steve |last1=Rubenstein |first2=Lauren |last2=Hernandez |first3=Gwendolyn |last3=Wu |first4=Dominic |last4=Fracassa |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Multiple-people-hurt-in-shooting-at-Gilroy-Garlic-14191974.php|title=Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting: 3 killed, 12 wounded, gunman dead |date=July 29, 2019 |orig-year=July 28, 2019 |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref>

===COVID-19 pandemic and cancellation===
The festival was cancelled in 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in California|COVID-19 pandemic]], while 2021 saw a [[drive-thru]] festival.<ref name=cancel /> In April 2022, the Gilroy Garlic Festival Association announced that the event would be canceled thereafter due to prolonged losses, "lingering uncertainties from the pandemic," and "prohibitive insurance requirements by the City of Gilroy" since the 2019 shooting.<ref name=cancel /><ref name="Rivera 2022">{{cite web | last=Rivera | first=Kurt | title=Inaugural California Garlic Festival kicks off this weekend in Stockton | website=abc10.com | date=12 August 2022 | url=https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/inaugural-california-garlic-festival-kicks-off-this-weekend-in-stockton/103-a146fce2-8cd9-4311-84ba-100f76d87fcc | access-date=17 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="notreturning" />

=== California Garlic Festival ===
The [[California Garlic Festival]] has been held annually since 2022 in response to the cancellation of the Gilroy Garlic Festival. The California Garlic Festival is sometimes considered a successor of the Gilroy Garlic Festival,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The California Garlic Festival Is Moving Again, This Time to Los Banos |url=https://sfist.com/2024/04/24/california-garlic-festival-is-moving-again-to-los-banos/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports |language=en}}</ref> although they are held by two unrelated organizers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gary |first=Jesse |date=2022-05-02 |title=Gilroy Garlic Festival in Stockton? Promoter says no |url=https://www.ktvu.com/news/gilroy-garlic-festival-in-stockton-promoter-says-no |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=KTVU FOX 2 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== In popular culture ==
The Garlic Festival was featured by [[Huell Howser]] in ''Road Trip'' Episode 124.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gilroy – Road Trip (124) – Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University |url=https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2003/09/25/gilroy-road-trip-124/}}</ref>


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|File:GilroyGarlicFestival1.jpg|alt2=More garlic food choices (2006)|Garlic food choices, 2006
|File:GilroyGarlicFestival1.jpg|alt2=More garlic food choices (2006)|Garlic food choices, 2006
|File:GilroyGarlicFestival2.jpg|alt3=Garlic themed T-shirts (2006)|Garlic themed t-shirts, 2006
|File:GilroyGarlicFestival2.jpg|alt3=Garlic themed T-shirts (2006)|Garlic themed t-shirts, 2006
|File:Garlicicecream.jpg|alt4=Visitors enjoy free samples of garlic ice cream (2007)|Visitors enjoying free samples of garlic ice cream, 2007
|File:Garlicicecream.jpg|alt4=Visitors enjoy free samples of garlic ice cream (2007)|Visitors tasting free samples of garlic ice cream, 2007
|File:Cooking Calimari at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.webm|Calamari being cooked, 2011
|File:Cooking Calimari at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.webm|Calamari being cooked, 2011
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*[[Isle of Wight Garlic Festival]]
*[[Isle of Wight Garlic Festival]]
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== References ==
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* [http://www.californiaheartland.org/archive/hl_235/gilroygarlic.htm ''Gilroy Garlic Festival''. Retrieved January 19, 2007.]
* [http://www.californiaheartland.org/archive/hl_235/gilroygarlic.htm ''Gilroy Garlic Festival''. Retrieved January 19, 2007.]
* [http://www.topquarkia.com/Docs/Notebook/Gilroy.htm ''The Gilroy Garlic Festival'', 2005.]
* [http://www.topquarkia.com/Docs/Notebook/Gilroy.htm ''The Gilroy Garlic Festival'', 2005.]
* [http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/contentview.asp?c=191010 ''Garlic festival tidbits'', 2006.]
* [http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/contentview.asp?c=191010 ''Garlic festival tidbits'', 2006.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808154942/http://gilroydispatch.com/news/contentview.asp%3Fc%3D191010 |date=2019-08-08 }}
* [http://www.gilroygarlicfestival.com/pages/history.html ''The Origin of the Gilroy Garlic Festival'', 2007.]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070727153938/http://www.gilroygarlicfestival.com/pages/history.html ''The Origin of the Gilroy Garlic Festival'', 2007.]

== External links ==
* [http://www.gilroygarlicfestival.com/ Official Gilroy Garlic Festival website]


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Gilroy Garlic Festival
Gilroy Garlic Festival Logo
StatusCeased
GenreFairs
BeginsLast Friday in July
EndsFollowing Sunday
FrequencyAnnually
VenueChristmas Hill Park
Location(s)Gilroy, California
Coordinates36°59′52″N 121°35′7″W / 36.99778°N 121.58528°W / 36.99778; -121.58528
CountryUnited States
Years active1979–2019, 2021

The Gilroy Garlic Festival was a food festival in the United States, held annually from 1979[1] to 2019 at Christmas Hill Park in Gilroy, California, on the last full weekend in July.[2] After its cancellation in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a drive-through festival was held on July 23–25 and 30–31 July and August 1, 2021.[3] In April 2022, the Gilroy Garlic Festival Association announced the indefinite suspension of the traditional large-format festival, stating that it would instead host smaller individual events.[4][5] In May 2022, the festival was canceled permanently.[2]

An annual three-day event,[6] the Gilroy Garlic Festival was one of the country's best-known food festivals, drawing visitors from across the nation.[7] Located about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of San Jose, Gilroy is home to about 60,000 people, and the city is a major producer of garlic.[6] The festival was Gilroy's top fundraiser, staffed with volunteers to raise money for nonprofit groups including clubs and schools.[7]

History

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The inaugural Garlic Festival was held in 1979. Rudolph J. Malone, then President of Gavilan College in Gilroy, was inspired by a small town in France which hosted an annual garlic festival and claimed to be the "Garlic Capital of the World." Malone started the festival, which attracted hundreds of thousands of paying visitors a year.[1]

2019 shooting

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Main article: Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting

On July 28, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at the 41st edition of the festival.[7] Three people were killed, in addition to the gunman, and 12 others were injured.[8][9]

COVID-19 pandemic and cancellation

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The festival was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while 2021 saw a drive-thru festival.[4] In April 2022, the Gilroy Garlic Festival Association announced that the event would be canceled thereafter due to prolonged losses, "lingering uncertainties from the pandemic," and "prohibitive insurance requirements by the City of Gilroy" since the 2019 shooting.[4][10][2]

California Garlic Festival

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The California Garlic Festival has been held annually since 2022 in response to the cancellation of the Gilroy Garlic Festival. The California Garlic Festival is sometimes considered a successor of the Gilroy Garlic Festival,[11] although they are held by two unrelated organizers.[12]

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The Garlic Festival was featured by Huell Howser in Road Trip Episode 124.[13]

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  • garlic food varieties (2006)
    Garlic food varieties, 2006
  • More garlic food choices (2006)
    Garlic food choices, 2006
  • Garlic themed T-shirts (2006)
    Garlic themed t-shirts, 2006
  • Visitors enjoy free samples of garlic ice cream (2007)
    Visitors tasting free samples of garlic ice cream, 2007
  • Calamari being cooked, 2011

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gilroy Garlic Festival.

References

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  1. ^ a b Thomas, Robert McG. Jr. (November 3, 1998). "Rudolph Melone, 73, Founder of California's Gilroy Garlic Festival". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 7, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Guerrero, Susana (May 2, 2022). "Gilroy Garlic Festival is not returning, despite reports". SF Gate. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  3. ^ Dorsey, Dustin (July 20, 2021). "Here's how the reimagined 2021 Gilroy Garlic Festival will work at Gilroy Presbyterian Church". ABC 7 News. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Gilroy Garlic Festival Cancels Annual Event Indefinitely". nbcbayarea.com. April 21, 2022.
  5. ^ Echeverria, Danielle (April 22, 2022). "Gilroy Garlic Festival canceled for foreseeable future". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Bogel-Burroughs, Nicholas; Fortin, Jacey (July 28, 2019). "Gilroy Festival Shooting in California Kills at Least 3". The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  7. ^ a b c Vo, Thy; Sulek, Julia Prodis; Green, Jason (July 28, 2019). "Four dead, including suspect, and at least 15 hurt after shooting at Gilroy Garlic Festival". The Mercury News. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  8. ^ "Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting: Suspect Santino William Legan, 19, identified as gunman who allegedly killed 3 people". ABC News. July 29, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  9. ^ Rubenstein, Steve; Hernandez, Lauren; Wu, Gwendolyn; Fracassa, Dominic (July 29, 2019) [July 28, 2019]. "Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting: 3 killed, 12 wounded, gunman dead". San Francisco Chronicle.
  10. ^ Rivera, Kurt (12 August 2022). "Inaugural California Garlic Festival kicks off this weekend in Stockton". abc10.com. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  11. ^ "The California Garlic Festival Is Moving Again, This Time to Los Banos". SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports. 2024-04-24. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  12. ^ Gary, Jesse (2022-05-02). "Gilroy Garlic Festival in Stockton? Promoter says no". KTVU FOX 2. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  13. ^ "Gilroy – Road Trip (124) – Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University".

Sources

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