Entertainment Schedule
Opening Ceremony
Commences 9:50 am
Promenade
Commences 1:37 pm
Music & Acts
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Kite-Making & Flying
1:00 - 4:00 pm
Garlic Buds Kids Tent
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Opening Ceremony
“Throwing Out the First Bulb”
Commences 9:50 am
Since the mid-60’s, Garlic Festival has kicked off the day with a bulb toss (like baseball’s “throwing out the 1st pitch”), and the Official Tasting of the Garlic Bloody Mary. All this will take place in front of the Garlic Building near big fake garlic bulb with the lipstick.
The Opening Ceremony is Sponsored by The Stinky News because no one else would put their name on it.
Music and Entertainment
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Light of the Moon Band
Festival favorites, Light of the Moon Band, bring their own brand of unstoppable toe-tapping hyperfolk.
Flamenco Mateo
Flamenco Mateo is expanding of the art of Spanish Flamenco. Through music, dance, singing, percussion, Spanish guitars and the poetry of Flamenco, they entertain as well as inspire and educate. You’ll see them in an intimate and informal fashion, which captures Flamenco’s true spirit.
Cristina, Guardian of the Garlic Harvest
"Warding off vampires with fiddle tunes and garlic"
The Narren
The Narren of New Ulm is an entire village of elaborately masked characters – funny, quirky and just a bit scary – each with their own personality and story. An old German festival tradition (“narren” means fool), think of them as the relatives everyone has but no one wants to own.
The Precocious Prancing Parader of the Peculiar Pragmatic Promenade
(aka Mariénne Kreitlow)
Part poet, part priestess, part prankster and perennially peculiar. And has an album entitled “Garlic and Other Forces of Nature” with the top four songs ever written about garlic.
Gertie the Garlic Bulb
"A guy with a huge garlic bulb on his head".
Photo courtesy of Mpls St paul Magazine
Kayla the Bubbler
What happens when a professional juggler discovers bubbles? Kayla the Bubbler!
Garlic Buds Kids Tent
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Free Activities for kids!
Joy and hands one amusement galore. Plus Face Painting (additional charge)
The Peculiar Pragmatic Promenade
Begins at Precisely 1:37 P.M.
The Promenade proceeds at precisely 1:37 p.m. to perambulate the public party already in progress at the Festival.
YOU can be a part of the parade! Bring your costume, your act – can you juggle? Hula Hoop? Dance? Unicycle? – or just your peppy promenading self and join in! Meet at the twin silos at 1:25 p.m.
Kite-Making & Flying
1:00 pm- 4:00 p.m.
Talk about wind power!
Build and decorate your own kite and fly it!
One of the most popular features on festival day finds kids of all ages building over 200 kites – all under the direction of MN Kite Society former president, Dave Herzig – and flying them together at the south end of the festival grounds.
$5.00 suggested donation
MN Garlic Festival is a educational and fundraising project of Sustainable Farming Association’s Crow River Chapter, and all proceeds go to furthering the mission of the organization.