August 15, 2026  |  8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Garlic Festival Day 1: August 15th



Garlic Festival Day 1: August 15th

Day 1 of our 2-day Garlic Festival.

Open Saturday, August 15th from 8am to 3pm.

Events Tent:

All-Day Activities

  • Garlic Tasting & Garlic Shots!
  • Garlic Raffle – win an amazing prize pack of local garlic, garlic products & garlic braid! Proceeds raised from the sale of our raffle tickets will go to the West Carleton Food Access Centre (winner will be announced Sunday Aug 16th at 3pm).
  • Outdoor games for kids including corn hole & tic-tac-toe

Saturday August 15th:

  • 10:00am-2:00pm: A Clove Affair: Cooking Demo with Chef Jesse Bell

Workshop Tent:

Saturday, August 15th:

  • 8:30am: Best Garlic Booth Judging commences
  • 9:00am: From Clove to Bulb: Garlic Growing Basics with Luke Sheldrick from Terramor Farm
  • 10:30am: Twisting Tradition: Garlic Braiding with Catherine Cheff from Cheff Fields Farm
  • 11:30am: Presentation of the Jim Craig Memorial Award for Best Garlic Booth
  • 1:30pm: Let’s Get Twisted: Garlic Braiding with Evodie Smith from Paperboat Farms

KIDS CLUB:

All-Day Activities Both Days

  • Outdoor games including corn hole, tic-tac-toe
  • Face painting with Magick Moments
  • Balloon animals with Ms Twisty
  • Photo ops for the whole family

Live music: Zachary Martin

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