The Castroville Artichoke Festival, a tradition since 1959, is returning to its original location in Castroville after being held in Monterey for the past decade, thanks to community feedback and a ...

The annual Artichoke Festival held in Monterey County since 1959 was canceled indefinitely on Friday by the festival's board of directors. The event was long held in Castroville but moved to the ...

TELLS US WHY THE PLUG WAS PULLED.... AND HOW THE COMMUNITY IS REACTING.# THE SMELL OF FRIED ARTICHOKES... THE SOUNDS OF LIVE MUSIC AND CARNIVAL RIDES... FOR DECADES, IT'S BEEN A SUMMER STAPLE ON THE ...

CASTROVILLE – Quietly, over the last two decades, the beloved California artichoke has undergone a radical transformation. It’s not always easy to see from the outside – a studied eye can spot it – ...

It all started with Marilyn Monroe. Well, it actually started in the late 1800s when Italian immigrants brought a strange Sicilian plant with spiky edible buds with them to California’s Central Coast.

After 65 years, the Artichoke Festival has been permanently canceled due to rising costs. The festival, a celebration of Monterey County's artichoke harvest, faced increasing financial strain from ...