A sign at the Gilroy Presbyterian Church shows the money the Garlic Festival has raised for local charities since 1979 in Gilroy, Calif., on July 30, 2021. (Harika Maddala/ Bay City News)

THE GILROY GARLIC FESTIVAL will be held at Gilroy Gardens’ South County Grove this summer after a tragic shooting in 2019 and post-pandemic financial strain caused the festival to go dark in 2022. 

The return of the Gilroy event, which dates back to 1979, influenced a similar festival that had sprung up in its absence in Stockton, called the California Garlic Festival, to suspend its operations indefinitely. 

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