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It's Official: 100 Days Until Gilroy Garlic Festival!

Only 100 days remain until the 38th annual Gilroy Garlic Festival opens at the end of July.

GILROY - It's official.

Only 100 days remain until the 38th annual Gilroy Garlic Festival, held this year from July 29-31, 2016.

Get your braids ready.

Top 10 Garlic Festival attractions? According to the Festival website:

  • 1: Great garlicky food from Gourmet Alley
  • 2: Free garlic ice cream
  • 3: Flame-ups by Gourmet Alley Pyro Chefs
  • 4: Garlic Cook-Off Stage
  • 5: 100 arts & crafts vendors
  • 6: Children’s Area and Teen Zone
  • 7: Gourmet Alley Demonstration Stage
  • 8: Wine Pavilion
  • 9: Amphitheater
  • 10: Garlic Mercantile shops

And for you aspiring and already-accomplished chefs, recipe submissions for the Great Garlic Cookoff are due May 1.

Advance tickets for the Festival will be available in June, according to sponsors.

-image, embed via Gilroy Garlic Festival website

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