Gays Eating Garlic Bread in the Park

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Gays Eating Garlic Bread in the Park
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Attendance~100 (Seattle, 2024)

Gays Eating Garlic Bread in the Park is a recurring LGBTQ event consisting of a casual picnic where guests are encouraged to "BYOGB" ("bring your own garlic bread"). [1] The original event was held in Seattle in Meridian Park on May 13, 2024, and advertised via TikTok. [1]

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The event inspired similar meetups in Chicago; Omaha, Nebraska; [2] Portland, Oregon; and Sioux City, Iowa. [3] A second Seattle picnic was held on May 17, 2025.

Seattle

The inaugural 2024 event was held in Meridian Park in Wallingford on May 13, with word spread through flyers and TikTok. Participants were asked to "BYOGB" ("Bring your own garlic bread"). Coverage of the event, which became a sort of community picnic, went viral. [4] The event attracted as many as 100 people. [4] [5]

The 2025 event was also held at Meridian Park on May 17. [6] [7]

Portland, Oregon

The first Portland event was held at Peninsula Park in Piedmont in July 2024. It was organized by Olive Tumbarello to coincide with local Pride celebrations. [8]

In June 2025, Gays Eating the Rich in the Park was held at Laurelhurst Park. Inspired by Gays Eating Garlic Bread in the Park, the event was organized by PDX Queer Meetup and Rose City Indivisible. [9] [10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Garlic gathers gays: Seattle park meetup goes viral". The National Desk. 2024-05-14. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  2. ↑ "FFP Omaha: County Kerfuffle, Gays + Garlic Bread, Around The O". Flatwater Free Press. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  3. ↑ O'Connor, Jack. "Gays Eating Garlic Bread event to raise money for flood recovery in Sioux City". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  4. 1 2 Hu, Jane C. (2024-12-30). "Culture that impacted our sense of the West". High Country News . Archived from the original on 2025-04-26. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  5. ↑ Murphy, Patricia; Jones, Vaughan (2024-05-17). "Casual Friday with Jas Keimig and Rachel Belle". KUOW . Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  6. ↑ "What's Up This Weekend: Your PNW Events Guide May 15–18". KOMO. 2025-05-13. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  7. ↑ Segal, Dave; Wong, Janey; Bell, Julianne; Costello, Lindsay; Seling, Megan; Lubetich, Shannon. "Stranger Suggests: Gay Garlic Bread, the Very Hilarious Nicole Byer, and Gang of Four (with Ted Leo!!!!)". The Stranger. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
  8. ↑ "Gays Eating Garlic Bread in the Park Comes to Portland". Willamette Week. 2024-07-12. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  9. ↑ "Mother Foucault's Grand Reopening". Portland Monthly. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
  10. ↑ Parker, Nolan; Smith, Suzette. "Portland Pride 2025 Events: Gays Eating the Rich, Drag Icons, Elf Parties". Portland Mercury. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
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