2025 Elephant Garlic Festival

The Elephant Garlic Festival invites you to stop and smell the garlic in North Plains. If you’re a fan of hometown events filled with music, food and fun, you’ll want to attend at least one day of this annual festival. 

The three-day festival is held at the Jessie Mays Community Park in North Plains. The whole community comes together to participate in the annual event.

Activities include a parade, live music, beer/wine garden, book sale, car show, and food and craft vendors. Of course, there will be many delicious garlic eats and goods available for purchase.

There are the details about the 27th annual event.

2025 Elephant Garlic Festival Schedule

The 27th Annual Elephant Garlic Festival is August 8-10, 2025. Hours are 12 to 11 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. 

The event is free to attend and open to everyone. 

Schedule

Here’s the full schedule of activities and live music performances:

Friday, August 8

12-8 p.m. Crafts vendors open.

12-6 p.m. Friends of the North Plains Library book sale inside Jessie Mays Community Center.

12-11 p.m. Festival grounds, food vendors and beer/wine garden open.

1:30-3:30 p.m. Boneheads

3:30-5:30 p.m. Kaitlyn Marie

5:30-8:30 p.m. Stormdog

8:30-11 p.m. Beat Division

Saturday, August 9

10 a.m. Parade down Main Street and Commercial St.

10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friends of the North Plains Library book sale inside Jessie Mays Community Center.

10 a.m.-8 p.m. Crafts vendors open.

10 a.m.-11 p.m. Festival grounds, food vendors and beer/wine garden open.

11:30 am.-2:30 p.m. Car show.

12-3 p.m. Rand Brown

12 p.m. Reptile Man show.

2 p.m. Reptile Man show. 

3-5:30 p.m. Bootleg Ridge

5:30-8:30 p.m. Americana Jukebox

8:30-11 p.m. Slicker

Sunday, August 10

10 a.m.-4 p.m. Crafts vendors open.

10 a.m.-4 p.m. Festival grounds, food vendors and beer/wine garden open.

10 a.m.- 3 p.m. Friends of the North Plains Library book sale inside Jessie Mays Community Center.

10-10:30 a.m. NP Christian Band

11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Corey Johnson Duo

12:45-2 p.m. 23windowsmusic

2-4 p.m. Freight Train Jaine

4 p.m. The Garlic Festival has come to a close.

Parking

You may be able to snag a free parking spot in town. There will be a designated parking area at 29905 NW West Union Rd. Parking is $5. A shuttle runs every 10 minutes to and from the preferred parking area and the festival grounds.

The festival is held at Jessie Mays Community Park, 30975 NW Hillcrest Street in North Plains. For more information about the Elephant Garlic Festival, visit the event website at funstinks.com.

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