The Maine Garlic Festival will return for the seventh year this October.

The celebration of garlic, folk and Americana will be held on Oct. 4 and 5 at Lake George Regional Park in Canaan.

The festival will feature garlicky artisans, craftsmen and farmers. Festivalgoers also can get garlic craft pizza and local craft beer, among other food and beverage options.

In addition to culinary delights, the festival also will feature live music from a variety of genres, including acoustic, bluegrass, folk and rockabilly. This year’s lineup includes Breakin Strings, Backwoods Road, Davidson County Line, Sagittarius Rising, Fendrick and Peck, Lee Sykes, and Brian Richmond.

There are no hard figures for how much garlic is grown in Maine annually, but the University of Maine Cooperative Extension

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