Revelstoke Garlic Fest crushes it

The The Track Street Growers third annual Revelstoke Garlic Festival was a big hit this year, attracting many hundreds more than organizers expected.

Festival organizers really stepped up the event this year, bringing in over a dozen vendors, several musical performers, and lots of events for kids like chicken bingo, face painting, and crafts.

The Revelstoke Garlic Festival was featured on the front page of the September issue of Revelstoke Mountaineer Magazine.

The effort paid off, with over 1,000 people attending the grassroots celebration of garlic and the fall harvest season in general.

Here are some images from the Sept. 18 event. Click on any image for the full screen view.

: Stacie Byrne performs at the festival. Photo: Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Mountaineer

: The view from the road. Photo: Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Mountaineer

: Garlic braids. Photo: Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Mountaineer

: Christine brought lots of veggies and flowers from her Track Street farm. Photo: Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Mountaineer

: The view from the stage. Photo: Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Mountaineer

: Nicole Cherlet from Big Mountain Kitchen. She had a beeswax-based reusable wrapper that takes the place of disposable plasic wrap.Photo: Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Mountaineer

: Face painting. Photo: Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Mountaineer

: Photo: Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Mountaineer

: Organizers Stu Smith and Sarah Harper at the Track Street Growers Revelstoke Garlic Festival on Sept. 18. Photo: Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Mountaineer