Garlic Festival held every July from Dr. Rudy Melone, the chancellor of the University of the city Gilroy unhappy that small town. Places one in France. Claiming to be the capital of the world, garlic, Dr. Rudy decided to prove to the world that Gilroy's city is a city of garlic world truly. Since then it has been held everything about garlic. The different kinds of food, art, and music.