One of my absolute favorite parts of summer in Cleveland is all the festivals. From food to music to food to games to food, there’s nothing better about this season. The 7th annual Cleveland Garlic Festival is coming up on August 27 and 28 on Shaker Square and promises to combine all the best things about summer festivals.
You’ll be able to purchase delicious garlic-laced food (like Mitchell’s garlic ice cream), plus buy lots of varieties of garlic to use at home. There will also be a Top Chef Garlic Cook-Off, with well-known chefs and judges; live music throughout the weekend; a Mighty Locavores area for the kids; and Miss Garlic Festival complete with a parade.
All of this festival fun benefits the North Union Farmers Market, which not only hosts delicious farmer markets throughout the Cleveland area, but also teaches communities about healthy eating habits.
Daily tickets for the Cleveland Garlic Festival can be purchased online. Tickets are $9 for adults, $5 for seniors (65+), and $5 for children (4-12). You can also buy a $50 VIP ticket for Saturday night, which includes 2 drink tickets, snacks, music, and private restroom access.
Or you can enter to win 2 weekend passes (good for general admission for both days of the Cleveland Garlic Festival) right here! Here’s how to enter (you can do one, two, three, four, or all five entries, just leave a separate comment for each):
1.Leave a comment here letting me know your favorite way to incorporate garlic in your kitchen.
2. Visit Cleveland Garlic Festival and Why CLE? on Facebook and leave a comment here letting me know you visited both pages.
3. Follow @clevelandgarlicfestival and @whycle on Instagram and leave a comment here letting me know you’re following both.
4. Follow @CleveGarlicFest and @WhyCLE on Twitter and leave a comment here letting me know you’re following both.
5. Tweet the following phrase and leave a comment here letting me know you tweeted:
I want to attend the fragrant @CleveGarlicFest to benefit @NUFarmersMarket thanks to @WhyCLE: https://whycle.com/2016/07/29/why-cleveland-garlic-festival-giveaway-3 #giveaway
You can tweet once per day for additional entries, just leave a separate comment here each time you tweet.
The giveaway will close on Tuesday, August 2 at 11:59pm and the winner will be notified the following day. Good luck!
***Disclosure: I was asked by North Union Farmers Market to help promote the Cleveland Garlic Festival. In exchange, I will receive 2 weekend passes for myself and 2 weekend passes to give away. As always, all opinions are 100% my own.***
I love it in any chicken and ESP rice
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We love adding garlic to marinades for grilling meats!
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Garlic scrambled eggs over rye toast, the best.
I follow @clevelandgarlicfestival and @whycle on Instagram
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I follow @clevegarlicfest and @whycle on Twitter
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Making pesto with garlic scapes
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I love to use garlic in a lot of my cooking, but cutting it into slivers and spearing a roast about 25 times then burying it deep inside is probably my favorite way to use garlic.
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I put garlic in just about everything but I really love making pickled garlic
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Already liked the festival – but just went and liked your blog page.
I throw garlic in a lot of my cooking for a great aroma (I mean who doesn’t love the smell or cooking garlic) and flavor. My daughter loves my homemade spaghetti I make.
I used to grow garlic, but stopped. Now that I have someone to grow things with I want to plant bulbs this fall with her to pull in the spring. I’m hoping to find good ones at the fair.
I use garlic in almost all of my cooking. I love using it in most anything to add great taste. Garlic = yummm!
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I love to put garlic in any savory dish I’m cooking! Especially love it in pulled pork sandwiches!
Love to use in rub on steaks
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1.Leave a comment here letting me know your favorite way to incorporate garlic in your kitchen. I USE IT IN EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY ROASTS, CHICKEN AND SAUCES.
2. Visit Cleveland Garlic Festival and Why CLE? on Facebook and leave a comment here letting me know you visited both pages. DONE
4. Follow @CleveGarlicFest and @WhyCLE on Twitter and leave a comment here letting me know you’re following both. DONE
5. Tweet the following phrase and leave a comment here letting me know you tweeted:
I want to attend the fragrant @CleveGarlicFest to benefit @NUFarmersMarket thanks to @WhyCLE: https://whycle.com/2016/07/29/why-cleveland-garlic-festival-giveaway-3 #giveaway DONE
I followed Why Cle and the Garlic Fest on Twitter and Instagram, and visited both pages on Facebook! Can’t wait to get my garlic on 😛
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I just heard about the Garlic Festival the other day for the first time, & I WANT TO GO SO BADLY. Alas, I’ll be in NYC that weekend – which is a decent trade, I guess…