Join the Fantastic Forage Mushroom Festival! Featuring guided walks, lectures, music, kids activities and exhibits and more!
8th Annual
2023 Festival Dates Announced!
Last Weekend in September as always...
Join us September 23-24, 2023
Below is the 2023 Schedule.
If you are a mycologist or have some other interesting and relevant area of expertise, please contact us if you are interested in presenting at the Fantastic Forage.
Please note the schedule is subject to change.
Festival happens rain or shine!!
2023 Fantastic Forage Mushroom Festival
Schedule
Saturday
8:30am Early Bird Walk* $10 cash only
(With Eric NHMC, Meet at Ahern State Park)
10am Festival Grounds/Trolley 27 Open
Ongoing Activites
Kids Activities- (Mushroom Treasure Hunt, Kiddie Pool Prizes, coloring, bubbles, play-doh, puzzles, kid drawing book, kid toys)
Vendor Bingo
Drawing/Coloring Table
Mushroom Books/Info Facts
Photo Scavenger Hunt
Food Trolley/Bar
Vendor Village
Mushroom Displays
11am Edible Mushrooms Discussion
(With Eric Milligan, NHMC, display table)
11:30am Medicinal Mushrooms
(With Alyssa of The Salty Rose)
12:45pm Afternoon Walk $10 (cash only) (Stephanie Doyle & Bill Neil)
1pm Mushroom Growing
(Eric NH Mushroom Company)
3pm Dye your Own Mushroom Scarf
($10 each W Stephanie)
3:30pm Wild Mushrooms Q and A at table
(Bill Neil & Eric Milligan)
5pm DInner Buffet Style *****
Sunday
8:30am Early Bird Walk* $10 cash only
(With Eric NHMC, Meet at Ahern State Park)
10am Festival Grounds/Trolley 27 Open
Ongoing Activites
Kids Activities- (Mushroom Treasure Hunt, Prizes, coloring, bubbles, play-doh, puzzles, kid drawing book, kid toys)
Vendor Bingo
Drawing/Coloring Table
Mushroom Books/Info Facts
Photo Scavenger Hunt
Food Trolley/Bar
Vendor Village
Mushroom Displays
10:30am Medicinal Mushrooms talk
(W/ Alyssa of The Salty Rose)
11am - 12pm Dye a Mushroom Scarf
(With Stephanie)
11:30 am Wild Mushrooms Discussion
(With Eric)
12:45pm Afternoon Walk $10 (cash only)
(Stephanie)
1pm "Looking out for fungi: How to document and preserve mycodiversity"
(Aaron Keaton)
1:30pm Cooking Demo (Ray/Leslie)
2pm Edible Mushrooms
With Eric
(Discussion of Mushrooms on display table)
3pm Festival Ends
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*Schedule Subject to change.
PLEASE-buy your commemorative Fantastic Forage Festival Pins today to keep the festival free! The 2023 Pins are in (limited Quantities available!)
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for the latest updates!!
Please email: mushrooms@fantasticforage.com for vendor information.
(Please note schedule is subject to change.
DO NOT EAT ANY MUSHROOMS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS SAFE FOR CONSUMPTION!!
