For three decades, the unmistakable aroma of garlic has signaled the arrival of one of New England’s most beloved festivals. In 2025, the garlic festival in Bennington, also known recently as Garlic Town USA, will celebrate its 30th anniversary, marking a major milestone for this long-standing event that has brought together farmers, artisans, musicians, food lovers, and garlic enthusiasts from across the country.

Bennington once again welcomes the Northeast's finest Home Brewers on Saturday, May 3rd, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Tuttle Lot (113 Depot St.] for the Southern Vermont HomeBrew Festival. Home Brew Festival creator Will Gardner and organizational partner Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce look to continue the tradition of bringing the community a fun, safe, and memorable event.

The Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce is proud to report that their latest Garlic Town USA Festival, which was held on Saturday August 31, was successful in diverting over 80% of the total waste produced during the event through various composting, recycling, and reduced waste efforts made during the 2024 year.

Vermont Business Magazine The brews will flow once again as the Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce and Hopridge Farms partner together to produce the thirteenth Homebrew Festival and competition. Saturday, April 29th at the Bennington Sports Center in downtown Bennington, brewers will go head-to-head to be named the best homebrew in the land.

Article originally in The Bennington Banner (September 5, 2021) written by Makayla-Courtney McGeeney // Thousands of garlic lovers descended on downtown Bennington on Saturday for Garlic Town, USA. This year’s single-day Labor Day weekend tradition follows the scaled down version of the annual Southern Vermont Garlic and Herb festival that hosted roughly 3,000 attendees in 2020. The reimagined event combined a variety of free activities and entertainment hubs as well as ticketed “cloves” where garlic vendors, artisans and food trucks resided.

The Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce and Hopridge Farms will present the fourth annual Southern Vermont Winter Homebrew Festival on Saturday, March 7th in downtown Bennington, Vermont at the former Brush Building.