{"id":135456,"date":"2024-09-25T19:16:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T23:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=135456"},"modified":"2024-09-25T19:16:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T23:16:31","slug":"easton-garlic-fest-returns-with-over-130-vendors-expanded-little-stinkers-row-and-headline-performer-tito-puente-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=135456","title":{"rendered":"Easton Garlic Fest returns with over 130 vendors, expanded Little Stinkers\u2019 Row, and Headline Performer Tito Puente Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EASTON, PA \u2013 September 25, 2024 \u2013 The tastiest, and stinkiest, free admission Easton food festival of the year wafts back into Centre Square on Saturday, October 5 and Sunday, October 6 from 10 am \u2013 6 pm both days, rain or shine. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastongarlicfest.com\/\">www.eastongarlicfest.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Vendors <\/u>&#8211; More than 130 vendors, including lots of garlicky food, fresh garlic vendors, merchandise and crafters, prepared foods, packaged foods, and service See the full vendor list here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastongarlicfest.com\/vendors\">https:\/\/www.eastongarlicfest.com\/vendors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u>Stinkin\u2019 Culinary Stage<\/u> in Centre Square will have four chef cook offs:\n<ul>\n<li>Chef\u2019s Choice Cook-off \u2013 Saturday at 1 pm &#8211; Reigning Cook-Off Champion, Executive Chef Abe Lopez from Stoke Coal Fire Pizza and Bar will go garlic head- to-head against the EGF 2024 Headline Chef Adan Campos from Sette Luna in a Chef&#8217;s Choice competition with each chef bringing their own signature dishes to the table.<\/li>\n<li>Mystery Basket Cook-off #1\u2013 Saturday at 3 pm \u2013 In this judged competition Head Chef Marbin Castro from 3rd &amp; Ferry Fish Market will take on Executive Chef Cristian Gonzalez from The Shelby using a basket of mystery ingredients, all locally sourced farm-fresh food.<\/li>\n<li>3 Mayors Cook-off &#8211; Sunday at 1 pm \u2013 Three mayors will face off in a garlic throw down. Each will bring along a local chef to battle it out in a judged cooking competition: Easton Mayor Sal Panto, Jr. with EGF Headline Chef Adan Campos of Sette Luna; Hellertown Mayor Heintzelman with Bobbi Gianguzzi of The Springtown Inn and Brooklyn&#8217;s Catering; and Phillipsburg Mayor Randy Piazza, with Wilson Patino, Creator and Founder of Rapaen Cuisine.<\/li>\n<li>Mystery Basket Chook-off #2 &#8211; Sunday at 3 pm \u2013 Chef Harrison Lemus from Pop&#8217;s Kitchen will take on Chef Esteban Morales, Dining Services Director at Fountain View at Logan Square in a garlic smackdown using different mystery ingredients.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Two stages of free live music<\/u> &#8211; The Sizzlin\u2019 HOT Latin Music Stage, sponsored by Members 1<sup>st<\/sup> Federal Credit Union, at 3<sup>rd<\/sup> &amp; Spring Garden Streets, and the Main Stage at S. 3rd &amp; Pine Streets. This year\u2019s headline performer is Tito Puente Jr., Latin musician and percussionist and son of Latin Jazz royalty Tito Puente, on Saturday at 4 pm. For the complete schedule of bands visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastongarlicfest.com\/music\">https:\/\/www.eastongarlicfest.com\/music<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u>Sizzlin\u2019 HOT Latin Quarter<\/u> \u2013 now in a new location on 3<sup>rd<\/sup> St. between Spring Garden St. and Centre Square, will feature Hispanic and Latino food vendors and a stage with live music and a DJ.<\/li>\n<li><u>Big Stinkin\u2019 Wheel of Cheese Booth<\/u> &#8211; $10 (cash only) &#8211; Vicidomini gourmet pasta is swirled in a wheel of melted Reggiano Parmesan cheese. It is then topped with your choice of garlic pesto or creamy garlic Cheese wheel and pasta are provided by sponsor Vicidomini USA.<\/li>\n<li><u>Pungent Plaza<\/u> &#8211; sponsored by Valley Business Systems &#8211; features two ticketed tasting events beginning at noon each Tickets are available for purchase beginning at 11:30 am and are cash only.\n<ul>\n<li><u>Gastric Garlic People\u2019s Choice Contest<\/u> &#8211; $12\n<ul>\n<li>Noon &#8211; 2:30 pm on Saturday; located in the Pungent Plaza<\/li>\n<li>Participants sample and judge the best garlic dish created by chefs from local restaurants. Winner takes home the coveted garlic bulb winner&#8217;s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><u>Dangerous Desserts People\u2019s Choice Contest<\/u> &#8211; $12\n<ul>\n<li>Noon &#8211; 2:30 pm on Sunday; located in the Pungent Plaza<\/li>\n<li>Participants sample and judge the best garlic dessert created by chefs from local restaurants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><u>Stinkin\u2019 Beer Tent<\/u> &#8211; sponsored by The Alfero Company and hosted by 3<sup>rd<\/sup> &amp; Ferry Fish Market, it features a selection of draft and canned beer, cocktails, sangria, and garlic Bloody Marys.<\/li>\n<li><u>Little Stinkers\u2019 Row<\/u> \u2013 sponsored by Main Deck Productions &#8211; now located in the 200 block of Northampton Street \u2013 Features include a moon bounce, inflatable obstacle course, games of chance, sand art, and a face painter (all fee based). Starting at 11 am both days, kids can sign up for a chance to participate in the Culinary Kids Cooking Contest, which starts at 2 <u>NEW THIS YEAR<\/u>: Main Deck Productions\u2019 pirate ship with Captain Jack Sparrow offering free Pirate Training Shows at 11 am, 1 pm and 4 pm both days. Also, free shimmer hair (fairy hair) at the Holls \u2018N\u2019 Bare booth, and an agility course from Lehigh Valley Parkour Academy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the complete event schedule visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastongarlicfest.com\/music\">https:\/\/www.eastongarlicfest.com\/music<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nTracey Werner<br \/>\nBlabbermouth Communications<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EASTON, PA \u2013 September 25, 2024 \u2013 The tastiest, and stinkiest, free admission Easton food festival of the year wafts back into Centre Square on Saturday, October 5 and Sunday, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=135456\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Easton Garlic Fest returns with over 130 vendors, expanded Little Stinkers\u2019 Row, and Headline Performer Tito Puente Jr.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/easton-garlic-24.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/135457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}