Gilroy Garlic Festival 2023 in San Francisco

The Gilroy Garlic Festival is one of the most popular summer food festivals in San Jose area featuring great food, drinks, arts and crafts, live concerts, and cooking competitions. Since 1979, the festival has raised millions of dollars for the local community: schools, charities, and NGOs. The Gilroy Garlic Festival is held at Christmas Hill Park in Gilroy, about 30 miles (50 km) from San Jose and 80 miles (130 km) from San Francisco. One-day admission tickets cost $20.

With three stages and strolling musicians, Gilroy Garlic Festival offers jazz, rock 'n' roll, country, blues, reggae, swing and other music styles.

Gourmet Alley, a huge outdoor kitchen, is the site where the world-famous chefs put on great shows for all foodies. Go and try all the delicious snacks! Pepper steak sandwiches, pasta con pesto, fried calamari, sausage sandwiches, as well as Gilroy garlic fries and garlic bread. There is even a garlic ice cream for those who like exotic flavors.