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3rd annual Northeast Washington Mushroom Festival on May 3, 2025
The 3rd annual Northeast Washington Mushroom Festival is a family-friendly event celebrating and exploring the world of fungi! This festival features a mushroom foray hunt and contests, mushroom and fungi identification table, presentations by mycologists, demonstrations, children's activities, live music, art and costume contests and lots of vendors and culinary mushrooms for sale!
Pre-registration is now open for general admission (free) vending ($44), mushroom foray ($15) and contests (free)! Please pre-register for free general admission and the art and costume contests so that we can best manage the festival.
VENDING AVAILABLE FROM 10AM – 7PM:
General vending is $44 for 12’x12’ space. Culinary mushrooms, pre-packaged food and drinks for sale are accepted but not hot or made-to-order items. Electricity is not provided. Vendors are responsible for meeting all required licenses for their products. Space is limited to 40 vendors. Please pack in and pack out all your personal property and keep products and space family friendly. Vendors arrive between 7:30 – 9:00am for load-in and setup. Vehicles cannot drive on field and must be parked in the parking area. Vending is open from 10:00am – 7:00pm. Vendors may leave the event after 5pm.
CONTEST ENTRY FEES:
The Mushroom Foray Contest entry fees are both $15 per adult and $10 per child if you register online before 5/2/25 or $20 per adult and $15 per child at the time of the event on 5/3/25. There are no fees to enter the Myco Art and Myco Costume Contests. All contest participants need to enter at the registration booth.
CONTESTS:
Anyone (whether in a contest or not) can bring previously harvested mushrooms from near or afar to put on the identification table but they are not added into the contest. We want to see and discuss as many types of fungi as possible.
There are 3 competitions for the Mushroom Foray Contest: Largest Mushroom Variety, Largest Amount of Culinary Mushrooms and Largest Morel Mushroom. Details and prizes will be announced at a later date
Mushroom Art Contest is open to all ages and is open for judging from 3:00 – 3:30pm.
No entry fee. Bring your mushroom art, drawing, photograph, painting, project, etc. Our judges will choose 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.
Mushroom Costume Contest is open to all ages and is open for judging from 3:00 – 3:30pm.
No entry fee. Dress up as your favorite fungi or mushroom themed character and our judges will choose 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES ON 5/3/2025:
7:30am - 9:00am – Vendor Load-in
9:00am - 9:30am - Check-in and Register for Foray Contest
9:45am - Mushroom Foray Contest Briefing & Map Hand-out
10:00am – Mushroom Foray Hunting Begins and Vending and Festival opens to the public
10:30am – 1:30pm – Mycology Presentations, Demonstrations and Children’s Activities (TBA)
Mushroom Foray contestants must return before 2pm to submit mushrooms into contest
2:00 – 3:30pm - Mushroom Identification Table and Discussion
3:00 – 3:30pm – Myco Art and Myco Costume Judging by stage
4:00pm - Contest and Raffle Winners Announced at stage
4:30 – 5:30pm – Mycology Presentation
5:30 – 7:00pm – Live Music and Open Mic
PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS:
10:30am - TBA
11:30am - Cendy Ortiz (Missy Myco) Presentation
12:30pm - Molly Quade presenting "Metarhizium: Selecting Fungal Strains to Improve Honey Bee Health"
1:30pm - Fermentation Workshop with Tom Aeschliman
2:30pm - TBA
4:30pm - Marc R. Keith, known as Roger Rabbit (RR) presenting "Mushroom Alchemy and Synchronicity"
Please bring your own chairs/blankets, water bottles, umbrellas, and mushrooms. Vendors, please consider a donation for the raffle to raise funds for future events. Drugs and alcohol prohibited.
This event is hosted by the Inland Northwest Permaculture Guild (INPG) and the Northeast Washington Permaculture Guild (NEWPG) in partnership with FungiPermastead, Fungilion, and the Children of Earth Coalition (COEC), BZ Farms, and Boundary Conditions. For questions, email Kelly at [email protected].
More information and registration is available at www.InlandNorthwestPermaculture.com
Pre-registration is now open for general admission (free) vending ($44), mushroom foray ($15) and contests (free)! Please pre-register for free general admission and the art and costume contests so that we can best manage the festival.
VENDING AVAILABLE FROM 10AM – 7PM:
General vending is $44 for 12’x12’ space. Culinary mushrooms, pre-packaged food and drinks for sale are accepted but not hot or made-to-order items. Electricity is not provided. Vendors are responsible for meeting all required licenses for their products. Space is limited to 40 vendors. Please pack in and pack out all your personal property and keep products and space family friendly. Vendors arrive between 7:30 – 9:00am for load-in and setup. Vehicles cannot drive on field and must be parked in the parking area. Vending is open from 10:00am – 7:00pm. Vendors may leave the event after 5pm.
CONTEST ENTRY FEES:
The Mushroom Foray Contest entry fees are both $15 per adult and $10 per child if you register online before 5/2/25 or $20 per adult and $15 per child at the time of the event on 5/3/25. There are no fees to enter the Myco Art and Myco Costume Contests. All contest participants need to enter at the registration booth.
CONTESTS:
Anyone (whether in a contest or not) can bring previously harvested mushrooms from near or afar to put on the identification table but they are not added into the contest. We want to see and discuss as many types of fungi as possible.
There are 3 competitions for the Mushroom Foray Contest: Largest Mushroom Variety, Largest Amount of Culinary Mushrooms and Largest Morel Mushroom. Details and prizes will be announced at a later date
Mushroom Art Contest is open to all ages and is open for judging from 3:00 – 3:30pm.
No entry fee. Bring your mushroom art, drawing, photograph, painting, project, etc. Our judges will choose 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.
Mushroom Costume Contest is open to all ages and is open for judging from 3:00 – 3:30pm.
No entry fee. Dress up as your favorite fungi or mushroom themed character and our judges will choose 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES ON 5/3/2025:
7:30am - 9:00am – Vendor Load-in
9:00am - 9:30am - Check-in and Register for Foray Contest
9:45am - Mushroom Foray Contest Briefing & Map Hand-out
10:00am – Mushroom Foray Hunting Begins and Vending and Festival opens to the public
10:30am – 1:30pm – Mycology Presentations, Demonstrations and Children’s Activities (TBA)
Mushroom Foray contestants must return before 2pm to submit mushrooms into contest
2:00 – 3:30pm - Mushroom Identification Table and Discussion
3:00 – 3:30pm – Myco Art and Myco Costume Judging by stage
4:00pm - Contest and Raffle Winners Announced at stage
4:30 – 5:30pm – Mycology Presentation
5:30 – 7:00pm – Live Music and Open Mic
PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS:
10:30am - TBA
11:30am - Cendy Ortiz (Missy Myco) Presentation
12:30pm - Molly Quade presenting "Metarhizium: Selecting Fungal Strains to Improve Honey Bee Health"
1:30pm - Fermentation Workshop with Tom Aeschliman
2:30pm - TBA
4:30pm - Marc R. Keith, known as Roger Rabbit (RR) presenting "Mushroom Alchemy and Synchronicity"
Please bring your own chairs/blankets, water bottles, umbrellas, and mushrooms. Vendors, please consider a donation for the raffle to raise funds for future events. Drugs and alcohol prohibited.
This event is hosted by the Inland Northwest Permaculture Guild (INPG) and the Northeast Washington Permaculture Guild (NEWPG) in partnership with FungiPermastead, Fungilion, and the Children of Earth Coalition (COEC), BZ Farms, and Boundary Conditions. For questions, email Kelly at [email protected].
More information and registration is available at www.InlandNorthwestPermaculture.com
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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
We have seen steady growth in the first two years of hosting this event with having over 40 vendors and 700 visitors. In 2025, we are expecting even more participation in the festival and we would love to make it better by implementing the great suggestions that we have received. We are excited to offer this event to the community and with big growth also comes the need for more help with expenses, volunteers and resources to host a successful event. We have come a long way, but we require support from our community to achieve our goals to make this a great event for all. We think our efforts would go even farther with your company as our official corporate sponsor. Your contribution is appreciated to help make the 2025 Northeast Washington Mushroom Festival a greater success. In this role, your business would provide a donation amount, and in turn we would promote your company as the event’s official sponsor. Alternatively, your team could provide a service or product/item donation in your role as our sponsor. The Inland Northwest Permaculture Guild is a nonprofit business under the fiscal sponsorship of a 501c3 so tax-deductible status is available. If your company is interested in being our official event sponsor, please email Kelly Butterfly at [email protected]. Our sponsorship levels are as follows: Copper Sponsors - $20 - $99
Silver Sponsors - $100 - $199
Gold Sponsors - $200 - $399
Platinum Sponsors - $400 - $699
Diamond Sponsors - $700 - $1000
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
The Inland Northwest Permaculture Guild along with other non-profit organizations are hosting the third annual Northeast Washington Mushroom Festival in Kettle Falls, WA on May 3, 2025. We are reaching out to the community seeking volunteers and coordinators to assist with a variety of different tasks and roles during the festival. There are a lot of aspects to manage and we would appreciate your help in any way possible to make this a successful event.
Mushrooms are such an important part of all life on the planet, and our goal is to educate and offer a fun, family-friendly space to explore the fungi kingdom. This event includes mycologists presenting on mushroom topics, a fungi ID table, a mushroom foray, contests, children’s activities, myco art and costumes, live music and lots of vendors with shroomy items and information. If you would like to volunteer to help with this event or if you or your business would like to sponsor or donate raffle items, please call Gabe Gaul at (509)738-2087 or email Kelly at [email protected]. |
