The world-famous Gilroy Garlic Festival, a much-loved annual event that has been a mainstay since the late 1970s, is not moving ahead with a festival this summer nor for the foreseeable future, according to festival organizers.
Citing lingering uncertainties from the pandemic, along with “prohibitive insurance requirements” by the city of Gilroy, the festival’s board of directors announced Thursday evening that it has decided not to move ahead with a festival for 2022 — and the foreseeable future.
The festival was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic, and it was a drive-thru event last year.
In 2019, a mass shooting occurred at the festival, killing three people and injuring 17 others. The gunman killed himself after a shootout with police officers.
The local politicians wanted a lot more money.
So did the insurance companies.
These scumbags make big profits off anything that’s involved.
I’m giving Mtz Guy +99 for his comment
So sorry to find out about this. I was hoping and looking forward to go again. The maybe a couple of smaller events I read about in the paper doesn’t do it for me.
Ditto.
guess I waited too long; now I’ll never know the joy….
How is it “world famous”? Because of the 2019 mass shooting?
Been an annual event since the 1970s. Each year seemed to get bigger and better. Been there at least 3 times. Fun and good eats – except for the sample of garlic ice cream. It really was known internationally.
It was an OUTDOOR event. Stop blaming ‘covid’ & Putin for everything!!
Let’s move it to Concord. We could have it at the Pavilion.
We don’t even want to see that kind of traffic around here.
… on account of all the BAD BREATH !!! … that joke was for Norm … RIP
Now I will have to make my own garlic icecream
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Canceled ‘for your safety’ –
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How magnanimous!
That stinks.
I see what you did there…
Clever
🙂
And what’s more is … garlic is well known to be a highly effective natural antiviral and antimicrobial food. Let food be thy medicine … some smart guy said it awhile ago.
Until the government stops making citizens the criminals for protecting themselves and families, all public gatherings are off the table with me and mine. What kind of idiot would knowingly expose themselves to government-protected violent criminals while they are not?
Californians will just hop around in their gated yard, virtue signalling everyone that they are wearing three masks still and making a sacrifice to keep others alive, also wearing a shirt that says “10th Booster Club”.
Garbage state now. Time to change the dirty sheets.
2000 Mules
Sadly the greedy insurance companies raised the liability rates through the roof after the 2019 shooting. Insurance is such a racket…pay into premiums year after year, have on incident and the rates go through the roof. Just look what happens if you make a claim against your homeowners or auto insurance. I swear people would be better of putting their premium money into a safe money market account.
Whatever happened to the legacy created where one never caves in terrorism or Mentally Ill turds; Just like fireworks; because one person lit a fire cracker was high and hurt his finger and was being ire-responsible now everything fun and American gets cancelled, It seems we people like me journalist, citizens of the greatest nation, in my opinion “JourneymanPictures” The People. WE have a cancel culture on the board, you know what makes a strong COUMINTY? PEOPLE WHO WILL NEVER GIVE UP AND KEEP ON GOING, BY cancelling THIS YOU HAVE BASICALY TOLD THESE SHOOTERS/terrorists/whatever you want to call them WE WILL BOW TO YOUR DEMANDS, SO lets get rid of American traditions. look folks, our police officers are equipped to handle the unknown, As an American i just want to say this, please do not give up your good times, keep doing what you want to do, that’s why we have officers. C’mon America or California show these pop tart highs fructose o corn syrup Nancy pelosky embezzling the law just to get her nail done in a time of turmoil., Jesus tap-dancing Christ
I’m sorry I get really upset and frustrated when American are trading their freedoms for another cancel culture and create a new thing , It all started with Hon Kong; now everyone dyeing for freedom, and nobody cares about people anymore