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OK festival fans here's from the unique to the weird ones:

California
Gilroy, California
Gilroy Garlic Festival
07/23 - 24/2004
• Since 1979
• 4 tons of locally grown garlic consumed in 2003 event
408-842-1625
gilroygarlicfestival.com
Source:USA Weekend 06/18-20/2004

Louisiana
Rayne, Louisiana
Frog Festival
09/3-5/2004
• Fried frog legs
• Enter your frog in a jumping contest
337-334-2332
rayne.org/chamber.html
Source:USA Weekend 06/18-20/2004

Maine
Pittsfield, Maine
Central Maine Egg Festival
07/19 - 24/2004
• Breakfast from a 10-foot-wide frying pan
• Kids can compete in a world-class "Egglympics" egg toss.
207-487-3520
pittsfield.org/eggfes.htm
Source:USA Weekend 06/18-20/2004

Michigan
Fremont, Michigan
National Baby Food Festival
07/20-24/2004
• Spoon-feed each other in the baby-food-eating contest
07/20-24/2004
800-592-2229
nbff.org
Source:USA Weekend 06/18-20/2004

Nebraska
Wayne, Neb.
Wayne Chicken Show
• Marking the 200th anniversary of Lewis & Clark's expedition with a "Lewis & Cluck" theme
• Contests: Gorging on hard-boiled and rooster-crowing
07/9-10/2004
402-375-2240
chickenshow.com
Source:USA Weekend 06/18-20/2004

Oregon
North Plains, Oregon
Elephant Garlic Festival
08/20-22/2004
• Compete for Smelly King or Queen titles
• Sample garlic ice cream, garlic beer
888-771-3708
funstinks.com
Source:USA Weekend 06/18-20/2004

Texas
Clute, Texas
Great Texas Mosquito Festival
07/29 - 31/2004
• BBQ cook-offs (fajitas, ribs, chicken)
• Enter your skinny legs in the Mosquito Legs Contest
• Bring your tinny larynx in the Mosquito Calling Contest
• 25-foot-tall inflated mosquito in cowboy hat and boots
979-265-8392
mosquitofestival.com
Source:USA Weekend 06/18-20/2004