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 2022 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.
The 2022 Schedule is below for reference.
We will post the 2023 Schedule
as soon as it is confirmed.
8:30am Foray
10:00am-3:00pm
2021 Fantastic Forage Mushroom Festival
Free Admission *Some workshops may have a fee*
Saturday September 25th
8:30am - Early Bird Walk with Eric from NHMC *$10
Meet at Ahern Park(off Rt 106)
10am - Festival Grounds Open, Vendors, Trolley 27 Food Truck, Displays, Kids Activities
10:30am - ID Session
Eric will talk about the mushrooms found that morning including edibles, toxic and just unique species.
11:15am - Cooking Demo
12:30pm - Mushrooms walk with Alyssa from The Salty Rose meet at festival $10/pp
12:45pm - Mushroom Log Plug Demo With Eric from NHMC
See first hand the steps to growing mushrooms on logs. A fun do at home project!
2:15pm -BYO Mushrooms for ID
We will have mycologist on hand to tell you what’s in your own backyard.
3pm Festival Grounds Close
6:00 Mushroom Buffet (This will replace our Mushroom Dinner this year)
Sunday September 26th
8:30am - Early Bird Walk with Stephanie from NHMC *$10
Cash Only** Meet at Ahern Park off Rt 106
10am - Festival Grounds Open, Vendors, Food Truck, Displays, Kids Activities
10:30am - ID Session - Morning Finds. Christine will talk about the mushrooms found that morning including edibles, toxic and just unique species.
11am Mushroom Cooking with Leslie
1pm - Medicinal Mushrooms with Alyssa
Learn about some useful medicinal mushrooms in our area
1pm - Afternoon Walk with Christine of Uncanoonuc Foraging Company.
Meet at Festival and Carpool to nearby trail
2:30pm - Foraged Finds With Christine and Stephanie - display table
Bring your own mushrooms!
Stephanie & Christine will be standing by to answer questions!
3pm Festival Grounds Close
Bar still Open!!
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*Schedule Subject to change.
PLEASE-buy your commemorative Fantastic Forage Festival Pins today to keep the festival free!
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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!!
