Maybe......... i have been to too many festivals in my time ......... coupled with the fact....... i do not drink/smoke/ eat meat /seafood/do copious amounts of drugs /.........class A......only heart drugs pahrma ....or just a complete stoner !!!!!!!... .....however ......i guess i am boring ......... but i hate all of the above mentioned ..........as they say....... been there done that ........wore the hat ....... t-shirt....... and flip flops ......... plus......... i have done 35 summers in so flo .......... where festivals are a common as jock itch....... on a weight leiters wang !!!!!!!.........so TMI!!!!!!!.....i say .....most festivals you go to .......... are really just an excuse to sell you their shite ......... and this it comes in many diff packages !!!!!!!! ....like craft fairs ...... fish fairs .......cultural festival ........ there are no bargains in the festivals .........why !!!!!!!!......well the cost of setting up your fucking tent .......... in these shithole parks.......... and venues ......so with that in mind ........ honey ........ garlic .......... or beets ........ or dips........ where you can buy at trader joe's .....or whole foods cheaper .....but when you are a at festival .......you think its cutesy......... and all sorts of shite ..........and of course........ most people that visit festivals....... drinking ........ like desperate fuckers .......... and they get fucked on the drink .........also....... and of course........ some cheesy .......shitty ........down trodden band .......from the old bar days mostly old guys ....being blues or some sort of galicy music .....(whatever that sounds like .....) and of course .......... the old drunk tart/fart/slag/old rock whore ....... dancing near the band ......... thinking she is twenty but......... 55 ...and saggy baggy and drunk ....... but in essence most festivals are overpriced there are few that are getting free becasue they are not happy enough fucking you at the fair/festival they want to fuck you at the door .....it's business .....i guess .........i only go to free shows now ......... i am not giving these bastards my money......... none of them ........ no festivals is worth it !!!!!!! .....so it is going to delray beach.......... a really white ....... old jewish couples town ........... been known that for ages......... old jewish people ....... eating .......and dining .........and sitting outside the ice cream, shops after wards ....... swapping stories.......... of good....... their kids ....... grandkids are ....... ....with the old guys........ in their cocksucker .hats ........ with the sweater wrapped around their shoulders......... and the old ladies....... .... fat ....... but with perfect nails ....... and hair .....just an observation....... that's all .........i do not miss shit ......... i watch every cunt..... and the more of a cunt somone looks .......... i will watch them .....don't hate the player ........ it's the game ..,....... i personally think most people just go their for the alcohol and food the rest is just pure shite vendors trying to eeek!!!!!!........ money out of overpriced .........shitty .........products ....which you can buy ........anywhere else for half the price ............
after a decade on the move, Garlic Fest plans Delray Beach homecoming
After a decade away, "The Best Stinkin' Party in South Florida" is returning to the scene of its smelly beginnings in Delray Beach.
It didn't leave in a fume-filled huff. Nor were the interim venues in Lake Worth Beach and Wellington anything less than worthy or welcoming. Instead, a reunion with Delray Beach which will be consummated in 2026 began as a sort of homecoming spurred on by one of the event's founders — more on that shortly.
The wonderfully fragrant fiesta, known for serving up everything and anything that goes with garlic, began in Delray Beach in 1999. Featuring food, national music acts and rides, it grew bigger every year. Success brought crowds and excitement, but also a problem: Garlic Fest was literally outgrowing its space.
Garlic Fest's stinkin' tour of Palm Beach County
The festival's size, combined with the city's wish to scale back the number of large events it was allowing downtown ultimately forced them to relocate in 2016 to John Prince Park in Lake Worth Beach, said Leanne Griffith, the corporate sponsor and activation specialist for the organization that puts on Garlic Fest, Festival Management Group.
In John Prince Park, the fest rocked the shores of Lake Osborne and seriously stunk up the joint, in a good way. Then that moment in time that sort of marks timelines everywhere struck ... COVID-19.
Organizers managed to get the 2020 festival off the ground before the wheels came off the world. The next year, however, with the Palm Beach County parks system closed, they were once again forced to relocate.
Welcomed to Wellington with open arms, they put on a slightly modified event that first year. To comply with COVID restrictions they created a system to help ensure social distancing, dropping the rides portion of the event and having everyone mask up. It was a huge success. They kept the pungent pressure on in Wellington for another three years after that.
Garlic Fest bittersweet homecoming to Delray Beach
Following last year's event, however, former Fiesta Management Group manager Nancy Stewart, who actually created the festival in 1999, really wanted to bring it back to downtown Delray Beach.
Reaching out to Delray Beach city officials and the Downtown Development Authority, they began hashing out the details and eventually made it happen.
Realizing that the rides were not the draw and creating a smaller event footprint, they were able to bring it back without having to close any streets. The management group's executive director Jennifer E. Costello jokingly said "They'll just hear us and smell us."
Though Stewart succumbed to cancer in April last year, she got the good news that her creation was coming back home before she died.
Both Griffith and Costello said that they are excited about bringing the event back to Delray Beach. They did add that leaving Wellington is bittersweet and praised the village for how easy they made it to hold the event and how accommodating they were.
Describing the upcoming South Florida Garlic Festival, Griffith said it will be a "small footprint, big impact."
This year will once again include incredible garlic infused foods and live music. New for this year, however, will be The Clove. This interactive celebration of all things garlic will take lovers of the beautiful bulb on an aromatic journey. This will include garlic-inspired cocktails like Garlic bloody marys and Pickled Garlic Martinis along with Garlic Bread Beer at The Clove Premium bar. It will also feature a garlic market with exotic varieties, products and kitchen accessories along with acclaimed chefs putting on garlic demonstrations.
The musical lineup will even feature a national headlining act this year, but both Griffith and Costello said they are keeping the name of this mystery group or artist under wraps for now.
South Florida Garlic Festival
Where: Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach
When: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28 and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, March 1
Cost: Saturday is $15 until 6 p.m. and then tickets go to $20, Sunday $15 all day.
Information: garlicfestfl.com
Eddie Ritz is a journalist at The Palm Beach Post, part of
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