Celebrating it’s 14th Year! 10,000 visitors stock up on their winter supply of Ontario-grown garlic, savour garlic-inspired chef creations paired with garlic cocktails, mocktails & garlic beer, get free garlic shots, discover garlic jellies, sauces preserves, ferments & hand-made crafts, & enjoy Culture Talks and Live Music. They join the Garlic Bulb Cracking Contest & watch the Vampire Costume Contest. They cheat at the Garlic Breath Contest & take home a personal poem from the Garlic Poet Laureate. Free Admission! All Activities are free. One Day Only. Rain or Shine. All Garlic at the Toronto Garlic Festival is Ontario-grown.