Garlic Festival
The 11th Annual MDI Garlic Festival
Presented by Nostrano
Co-sponsered by Smugglers Den Campground and WNSX RADIO 97.7FM
Saturday September 13, 2008 from 11am to 5pm at
Smugglers Den Campground in Southwest Harbor, ME
Rain date Sunday September 14th.
Proceeds to benefit the SPCA of Hancock County!
and the
The West Eden Village Improvement Society (WEVIS) in Town Hill
$10 in advance or $12 at the door
Garlic delicacies and smoked meats by Nostrano and the following local restaurants:
Cleonice, MDI Kiwanis, Pancho Villas, Chippers Restaurant of Hancock
Great beers of the world by Justin Wardwell and Randy McLain of Wicked Wines!
Wine tasting by Scott Worcester of Sawyer’s Specialties!
Live music including: Simons and Goodwin, The Bear Canyon Ramblers,
Bonnie and Peter Tucker, Martin Swinger, Simons and Goodwin.....
Dog agility demonstrations by the Eastern Maine Agility Club!
Dog biscuit competition judged by our four-legged friends!
For recipe submission details tune into WNSX 97.7 or read the Bangor Daily News Garlic Festival article coming soon!
Live WNSX@97.7 radio broadcast from the festival!
Local garlic farmers including Frank Pendola from Nostrano will share their garlic growing secrets!
Check back soon for more MDI Garlic Festival 2008 Details!
Each year we strive to make the MDI Garlic festival an event that the whole community can participate in and enjoy. We are very grateful to the support of the SW Harbor Chamber of Commerce, the SPCA of Hancock, The Bangor Daily News, Smugglers Den Campground and all the participants and volunteers that make this event possible.
Do you know the history of the Garlic Festival? In the fall of 1998,
Frank Pendola and a few friends gathered to celebrate the harvesting of
his garlic crop......garlic was baked, meat was smoked, "Garlic
Festival" t-shirts were worn...... and the garlic festival was born.
The following year, the festival was opened to the public. Frank and
friends cooked for 100 people and 350 people showed up for the event.
Since then the garlic festival has grown into a gathering of numerous
local restaurants, musicians, brewers and garlic growers, drawing more
than 800 people to the event. Most importantly, the festival has raised
thousands of dollars for local non-profit organizations.
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