At Long Last, the Gilroy Garlic Festival Returns in 2025 | Eater SF

"A long-running garlic festival in Gilroy that was founded in 1978 and became a local keystone has returned in a much smaller form: a three-day, 3,000-person event running July 25–27 on the five-acre South County Grove next to the Gilroy Gardens theme park. Tickets sold out within hours and are waitlisted, and organizers say it will feature the familiar food, music, and activities of past fests but on a reduced scale. The event follows a violent 2019 attack that wounded 17 and killed three, a 2020 COVID-19 hiatus, and smaller drive-thru and satellite events in subsequent years." - Paolo Bicchieri