Garlic Fest 2026
Queen Creek Olive Mill · Sept 19–20 and Sept 26–27 · 8:00 AM–5:00 PM · free to walk in
This is the Olive Mill’s biggest weekend of the year. Garlic on the menu, live music, grove walks. It is crowded. It is still worth it if you treat it as a morning date, not a 2 PM wander in the sun.
- Go early. Parking and lines get stupid after 11.
- With kids: morning session, then leave. Don’t negotiate nap-time in a grove.
- Us: late breakfast, a bottle of oil you don’t need, sit on the patio before it fills.
- Same weekend as Founders’ Day (Sept 19, 5–9 PM) — you can do both if you leave Garlic Fest before noon.