32nd Annual Mushroom Festival
September 9 and 10, 2017 (plus Friday evening, September 8)
Friday’s Events
6 pm
- Old Fashioned Carnival opens (closes 10 pm), 600 S, Broad Street
- Community Parade Kicks-Off from State and Willow Street
Following the Parade:
Dancing in the Streets with Good Foot (until 9:30 pm)
Saturday, September 9th Events
10 am
- Street Fair opens (closes 7 pm)
- Growers’ Exhibit opens, Broad Street
- Painted Mushroom Silent Auction opens, E. State and Broad Streets
- Cute-As-A-Button Baby Photo Contest voting begins, near Children’s Rides
10:30 am
- Amateur Mushroom Cook-off begins, Special Events Tent, Willow and E. State Streets
11 am
- Antique and Classic Car Show opens, Broad and Cypress Streets (closes 4 pm)
- Official Mushroom Soup served, Masonic Lodge, Center and Cypress Streets
11:30 am
- Judging begins Amateur Mushroom Cook-off, Special Events Tent, Willow and E. State Streets
Noon
- Dan & Galla Musical Show, Children’s Stage, Lafayette Street
12:30 pm
- Hot Breakfast, Community Stage, South Union Street
- Horn’s Punch and Judy Show, Children’s Stage, Lafayette Street
1 pm
- James Beard Foundation Blended Burger Project – meet three chefs from the 2017 Blended Burger Project and sample their burgers. — Culinary Tent, Broad Street
1:15 pm
- Pittman Magic, Juggling, and Comedy Show, Children’s Stage, Lafayette Street
2 pm
- Steely Jam, Community Stage, South Union Street
2:15 pm
- Horn’s Punch and Judy Show, Children’s Stage, Lafayette Street
2:45 pm
- Dan & Galla Fun, Children’s Stage, Lafayette Street
3 pm
- Fried Mushroom Eating Contest, Special Events Tent, Willow and E. State
- Old Fashioned Carnival opens (closes 10 pm), 600 S, Broad Street
3:15 pm
- Pittman Magic, Juggling, and Comedy Show, Children’s Stage, Lafayette Street
3:30 pm
- The Jolly What?, Community Stage, South Union Street
4:15 pm
- Gary’s Wildlife Exhibit, Children’s Stage, Lafayette Street
4:30 pm
- Culinary Demo: Ray Maxwell, owner and master chef, Brown Derby, Toughkenamon, PA
5 pm
- Pepperwine Groove, Community Stage, South Union Street
5:10 pm
- Dan & Galla Musical Show, Children’s Stage, Lafayette Street
6:30 pm
- Native Maze, Community Stage, South Union Street
7 pm
- Street Fair closes
- Gates open for 10,000 Maniacs Concert, Special Events Tent, State and Willow Streets
8 pm
10,000 Maniacs Concert, Special Events Tent
Sunday, September 10th Events
7:30 am
- Registration opens for Mushroom Run and Fun Walk
8:30 am
- Mushroom Run and Fun Walk start on South Street in front of Kennett High School
10 am
- Street Fair opens (closes 5 pm)
- Growers’ Exhibit opens, Broad Street
- Painted Mushroom Silent Auction opens, E. State and Broad Streets
- Cute-As-A-Button Baby Photo Contest voting begins, near Children’s Rides
10:15 am
- Community Yoga, with Kate Steller, Community Stage, South Union Street
11 am
- Soup and Wine Fest opens (last admission 3:15 with voting until 4 pm), Special Events Tent, Willow and E. State Streets
- Dan & Galla Musical Show, Children’s Stage, Lafayette Street
11:30 am
- Horn’s Punch and Judy Show, Children’s Stage, Lafayette Street
Noon
- Mushroom Judging, Growers’ Exhibit, Broad Street
- Culinary Demo: Barry Crumlich, Pennsylvania Governor’s Executive Chef — Culinary Tent, Broad Street
12:15 pm
- Pittman Magic, Juggling, and Comedy Show, Children’s Stage, Lafayette Street
12:30 pm
- Hurricane Hoss and the Perfect Storm, Community Stage, South Union Stree
1 pm
- Old Fashioned Carnival opens (closes at 6 pm), 600 S. Broad Street
1:15 pm
- Horn’s Punch and Judy Show, Children’s Stage, Lafayette Street
1:30 pm
- Mushroom Judging Sales begin
2 pm
- Dan & Galla Musical Show, Children’s Stage, Lafayette Street
- Swing the Cat, Community Stage, S. Union Street
- Culinary Demo –Jim Del Vescovo, owner and chef, Aurora Pizza Kitchen, Jennersville, Pa. — Culinary Tent, Broad Street
2:45 pm
- Pittman Magic, Juggling, and Comedy Show, Children’s Stage, Lafayette Street
3:15 pm
- Culinary Demo: Jim Berman, Executive chef Grain Craft Bar and Kitchen, Kennett Square , Pa., Culinary Tent, Broad Street
3:30 pm
- Josh Komorowski and the Sons of Thunder, Community Stage, South Union Street
3:45 pm
- Gary’s Wildlife Exhibit, Children’s Stage, Lafayette Street
4 pm
- Painted Mushroom Silent Auction ends
4:30 pm
- Cute-As-A-Button Baby Photo Contest voting ends
4:40 pm
- Dan & Galla Musical Show, Children’s Stage, Lafayette Street
5 pm
- 32nd Annual Mushroom Festival closes
Join us at the 33rd Annual Mushroom Festival– September 8 and 9, 2018