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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: SVPete on April 23, 2022, 10:52:03 AM
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Gilroy Garlic Festival canceled indefinitely
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/gilroy-garlic-festival-canceled-indefinitely/ (https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/gilroy-garlic-festival-canceled-indefinitely/)
(KRON) – The Gilroy Garlic Festival has been around for 42 years, so this is going to be a shock to many. Festival organizers say they are not moving forward with the event for the foreseeable future.
The festival’s board of directors announced this citing lingering issues from the COVID-19 pandemic along with prohibitive insurance requirements by the city of Gilroy.
The world famous garlic festival has become apart of Gilroy’s heritage since the 1970’s.
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In 2019, a mass shooting happened at the festival killing three people and injuring 17 others. This is probably the reason the City of Gilroy is insisting on the costly extreme liability insurance. If something happened once ...
It was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic and last year it was a drive-thru event.
The festival board says its disappointed and hopes to bring this garlic festival back in some capacity, some day, but it certainly won’t be this year.
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