27th Annual North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival

The “Festival that Stinks” is a fabulous family friendly destination held amid the fall foliage on a historic farm in Orange, MA. Over 100 bountiful booths feature regional artists, farmers, community organizations, and healing arts; everyone can strengthen the economy by purchasing locally crafted and grown! Great music, entertainment, and spoken word emanate from three stages and across the rolling fields. Travel the garlic globe in the chef demo tent, complete with complimentary recipes and samples. New this year: In addition to a host of culturally diverse cooking demos, a featured Saturday event includes two chefs who will roam the festival booths for ingredients, then return to the chef demo tent for a “stinkin’ chef” cook-off! Over fifty engaging workshops and demos, activities and performances.

Orange is the New Green: trash free (only three bags for 8,000 people!) with everything else recycled or transformed into fertile compost to make gardens not garbage. Bring your own bottle for the free drinking water provided, or buy a souvenir refillable one along with an artist-designed, U.S. made festival tee shirt.

The festival is volunteer organized and run. Proceeds keep the event sustainable and affordable, and support the festival’s community grants to local art, agriculture, health, justice, and energy projects. Over $70,000 has been contributed to local organizations as well as socially responsible loan funds.

Get the whole bulb at www.garlicandarts.org including the 2025 schedule of exhibitors, entertainment, volunteering opportunities, and workshops and activities for all ages.

No pets allowed on site or in parking lots.