Gilroy Garlic Festival 2021 will see a different format
Gilroy Garlic Festival 2021 will see a different format
Organizers of the Gilroy Garlic Festival say they will hold the event for the first time since the 2019 mass shooting. The Festival will look a lot different due to the pandemic.
GILROY, Calif. - Organizers of the Gilroy Garlic Festival say the event will resume this summer, but it will be a lot different.
The event was canceled last year because of the pandemic.
This year will mark the first such festival since a deadly shooting at the event in 2019, when three people were killed and 17 others injured after a teenage gunman opened fire on the crowd.
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The site of the festival this year will be the parking lot of the Gilroy Presbyterian Church instead of Christmas Hill Park; there won t be any large crowds or vendors; and the traditional Gourmet Alley, with top chefs working up dueling dishes, will be a reimagined drive-thru feature.
The offical dates are July 23-25 and July 30-31 and Aug. 1.
Organizers say they are working with Santa Clara County health officials to get approval for the revised Gourmet Alley.
The Gilroy Presbyterian Church is at 6000 Miller Ave.
Other events related to the Gilroy Garlic Festival also are on the schedule. A farm-to-table dinner at Fortino’s Winery, at 4525 Hecker Pass Highway, takes place Saturday, July 24; and the Garlic Festival Golf Classic will be held Friday, July 30 at Gilroy Golf Course, 2695 Hecker Pass Road.