California Garlic Festival

The California Garlic Festival was a food festival in California, United States, centered around garlic, that operated from 2022 to 2024 in response to the cancellation of the Gilroy Garlic Festival. The new festival is sometimes considered a successor of the other, although they are organized by two unrelated promoters.
The California Garlic Festival is organized by the Noceti Group, which also organizes the annual Asparagus Festival in Stockton.
The event was held at San Joaquin County Fairgrounds in August 2022 and August 2023, and moved to Los Banos in August 2024.
Activities and food offerings
The festival featured a broad array of garlic-centered cuisine, including items such as garlic fries, garlic pesto pasta, garlic mushrooms, onion bread bowls, and even maple brown sugar garlic ice cream.
In addition to food, there were cooking demonstrations, live music, local entertainment on a community stage, a carnival, and a variety of family-friendly attractions such as a petting zoo, a photography contest, and a “Show and Shine” car display.
With the revival of the Gilroy Garlic Festival in 2025, the Noceti Group cancelled the event to focus on the Asparagus Festival.