GILROY GARLIC FESTIVAL RETURNS 6 YEARS AFTER MASS SHOOTING
- NEWS Desk Global
- Jul 25, 2025
- 1 min read
The Gilroy Garlic Festival will be held at Gilroy Gardens' South County Grove this weekend, six years after a tragic shooting in 2019. The return of the Gilroy event, which dates back to 1979, prompted a similar festival that had sprung up in its absence in Stockton, called the California Garlic Festival, to suspend its operations indefinitely.
The festival pays tribute to the allium bulb farmed in the area and will be held Friday through Sunday (July 25-27). Attendance will be limited to 3,000 people per day who bought tickets in advance online. There will be no walk-in ticket sales at the festival. The event was previously held at Christmas Hill Park. The move to Gilroy Gardens' South County Grove was finalized in May. The event is ticketed separately from the main amusement park, which features rides, waterslides and nature exhibits.
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