The South Florida Garlic Fest is back for its 26th year and it is as gloriously pungent as ever.
This two-day extravaganza celebrating the mighty bulb is once again ready to rock your olfactory senses and taste buds like they haven’t been rocked since, well … last year.
Billed as the “best stinkin’ party in South Florida,” organizers boast that the festival’s “Garlic Infused Gourmet Alley” is so deliciously stinky that it was featured on the Food Network’s “Carnival Eats” and as trivia for the game show ‘Jeopardy!’
There will be garlic wings, garlic fries, garlic crab cakes, roasted garlic pizza, garlic conch fritters, garlic ginger candied bacon, garlic bacon teriyaki chicken, garlic bacon soft shell crab and so much more.
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The garlic ice cream, by the way, will rock your world!
To wash down that garlicky goodness, there will be full bars serving beer and wine as well as soft drinks and water.
For music fans, Saturday kicks off with the Fabulous Fleetwoods at 1:30 p.m. followed by Xperimento at 3:30 p.m., Seranation at 5:30 p.m. and The Heavy Pets at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday’s entertainment begins at 12:30 p.m. with Santana Tribute; the Daniel Childs Band at 2:30 p.m.; and closing with Andrew Morris Band at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday is also Armed Forces Day, where active and retired military with military ID or VA card get in free.
During the two-day festival, in addition to food, music, rides and games, expect craft vendors, exhibitors and merchants from around the country.
If you go
What: South Florida Garlic Fest
Where: Village of Wellington Town Center & Amphitheater, 12100 Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington
When: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1 and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2
Cost: $15, children under 10 free
Information: garlicfestfl.com
Eddie Ritz is a journalist at The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. He has lived in the West Palm Beach area for more than 30 years and, from mild to wild, will cover noteworthy community happenings. You can reach him at eritz@pbpost.com. Help support our journalism. Subscribe today.
