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morgan hill MUSHROOM festival

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Arts & Crafts, Gourmet Food Booths, Entertainment and much more await you at the 42nd Annual Morgan Hill Mushroom Festival, May 27-28, 2023.

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this family fun, two-day festival includes live entertainment, shopping galore at over 135 arts and crafts and retail vendor booths, gourmet offerings featuring mushroom inspired cuisine, mushroom educational exhibit, cooking demonstrations, strolling musicians and street performers!

Visit our Mushroom Expo sponsored by the Western Mushroom Growers Association who will be educating festivalgoers on how mushrooms are grown, the health benefits of mushrooms, selling mushroom growing kits and handing out mushroom samples, including the possibility of tasting mushroom beer!

The Cooking stage will have demonstrations by local and celebrity chefs creating mushroom inspired dishes that you will be able to sample. And you can’t miss Chef Landry’s Comedy Cooking Show all the way from Louisiana on both days of the festival.

Food vendors will be on hand with mushroom inspired cuisine to please everyone’s palate. The festival star – The Mushroom – can be tasted in soup, stuffed, sandwiched, deep-fried, sauteed, marinated and much more. Other food choices include a wide range of gourmet food choices from local bbq’s, Mexican & Cajun foods, BBQ Oysters, mushroom cheesesteaks, ethnic foods, burgers and bacon wrapped hot dogs. There will also be a variety of desserts & beverages.

Local wineries will be pouring popular wines in the numerous wine tents throughout the festival or you can enjoy a variety of microbrews and domestic beers in the beer gardens.

Kick up your heels with a full weekend of entertainment. Local favorite Shane Dwight will be back from Nashville, and the popular Joe Sharino Band is headlining Saturday’s line-up. Sunday will be another great day of energetic bands so get ready to dance the day away. Headlining Sunday and closing this year’s 42nd Annual entertainment is San Francisco’s hottest dance band, The Party Starters. Street performers and strolling musicians will also be on hand for your enjoyment. You can find a full line-up on the festival’s website www.mhmmg.org.

And don’t forget to visit the business vendors with special offers, deals and giveaways on their services. There will also be some kid’s booths with some crafts, face painting, games and giveaways as well as a Eurobungy and Waterballerz fun!᯽

Admission is $20 adults and kids under 12 free. Use promo code MMAG2023 for a $5 discount per ticket. Hours are 10am - 7pm on Saturday and 10am – 6pm on Sunday. For information call (408) 778-1786. For more information, vendor lists, full entertainment line-up and to purchase tickets go to www.mhmmg.org.