The theme of 2025’s Washington State Garlic Fest is “Back to our Roots.”
The annual festival, held the weekend following the Southwest Washington Fair, will celebrate garlic-themed cuisine, artisan and craft vendors, kid's activities, chef demonstrations and live music for the whole weekend.
Garlic Fest will be held at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds, located at 1909 South Gold St., Centralia.
It will run from Friday, Aug. 22, to Sunday, Aug. 24.
Each day’s hours are as follows:
Tickets are $7 per person, with kids 12 and under getting in for free.
Garlic available for purchase at the festival will be provided and grown by Willapa River Farms and Fallen Tree Farms.
Willapa River Farms will be featuring varieties of locally-grown garlic from its farm in Raymond, available by the pound.
Fallen Tree Farms is based out of Roy and will have several different kinds of garlic available. Visit its facebook page for more information at shorturl.at/c1mdL.
This year’s Garlic Fest will have a variety of other vendors, selling items such as pickled garlic, salad dressings, hot sauces, salt free seasonings, gourmet chocolate, handcrafted soaps and body products, tie dye clothing, drinkware and custom made cheese boards.
Previous Garlic Fest’s garlic-themed dishes included garlic falafel, garlic shaved ice, garlic ice cream, deep fried garlic, smoked garlic heads, garlic butter corn, garlic burgers, garlic sausage and garlic poke.
To apply to be a vendor at this year’s Garlic Fest, visit shorturl.at/omWX7.
For more information about the Garlic Fest, including directions, complete lists of vendors and their wares, and even recipes and instructions for growing garlic, visit wastategarlicfest.com/.
