Garlic Festival 2025
Since 2007
Located in the charming town of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, the Garlic Festival is the first event of its kind. Today, it continues to establish itself as the largest garlic festival in Québec, bringing together between 5,000 and 8,000 garlic enthusiasts every year.
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Want to participate?
Contact us at msabevents@gmail.com
Contests
Your contests submissions must be deposited at the contest tent
located in front of the stage on the day of the festival no later than 11AM.
Battle of the Breads
A garlic bread challenge
Best Appetizer
The race for the best appetizer
Battle of the Bulbs
The growers and gardeners challenge
Haiku
Wax poetic about garlic!
Online submission only.
Vampire Costume
Showcase your best vampire costume
Garlic Tour
Purchase for $25 or more at the Garlic Festival and get one of the limited Garlic Tour card at the info booth.
You can then use this card to get one free garlic appetizer at a participating restaurant on Ste-Anne St.:
Sns Lounge 8, Basile, Cunningham’s Bar, Ole Tapas, Kassies Bistro
Workshops & Activities
Daniel Brisebois
WORKSHOP 1
6 Secret Tips
To Growing Big Garlic
WORKSHOP 2
Garlic Braiding 101:
Garlic Storage with Style
Patti Murphy
CULINARY DEMONSTRATION
Cooking with Garlic
Garlic Essentials
Garlic Stories
Cooking Demo featuring Roasted Garlic
Isabelle Demers
DISCOVER BLACK GARLIC
Explanations on garlic processing
A simple recipe
On-site tasting of black garlic products
Musicians
Doug Miller
Doug Miller is a Ste-Anne’s musician and long time guitar teacher. He brings music to our
village year-round. In the summer, he works with the city of Sainte-Anne to produce Les
Spectacles de la Promenade, the Wednesday night crowd-pleasing concerts featuring musicians from all genres, including various Juno award winners. He is also the co-founder and producer of the yearly Solstice Jam, which over more than 30 years has more than $70 k dollars for local food banks. Doug occasionally performs at the Marché Ste-Anne and in popular establishments in the village.
Gossage, Bleho & Roy
Bill , Mike and Glenn are veteran Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue musicians. They play a variety of styles weaving traditional folk songs, Irish jigs and reels and contemporary acoustic music. They are well known locally for performing at local celebrations, concerts, fundraisers and square dances.
Schedule
Our sponsors, presenters and volunteers:
our community in action!
A very warm thank you as well to all participating businesses in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue who generously donated to the Garlic Raflle, All proceeds will go to our local food banks. As well to those who donated gifts for our contest winners!
Crème de la crème, Boulangerie Darling, G. D’Aoust & Cie, Pub Cousi, Singhs’ Arcade, Kassie’s Bistro,
Le Surcouf, Nora, Café Elba, B Factory