Fun(gi) for All at the 33rd Annual Mushroom Mardi Gras Festival


Check out the details/schedule at www.mhmmg.com T


he Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras Festival, now in


its 33rd year of turning Memorial Day weekend into a celebration of the mushroom, is excited about this year’s plans for the FREEMay 26 and 27 event. The two-day festival of fami-


ly-fun includes live entertain- ment on two stages, arts and crafts, gourmet offerings, mush- room educational exhibit, cooking demonstrations, strolling musicians, street performers, and several city blocks of booths with “finds” that include everything from carved wooden mushrooms to news that you can use. Munchkin Land is on track to captivate kids with rides, games and continuous entertainment. The festival star – The Mushroom - can be tasted in


soup, stuffed, sandwiched, deep-fried, marinated, over rice, and much more. Local mushroom growers are host- ing educational exhibits on how mushrooms grow and the latest nutrition research. New to the festival is the availability of just-picked, locally grown portabella, crim- ini and white mushrooms – the ultimate take-home sou- venir. Wide ranging food choices, such as local BBQ and


fruits hand-dipped in chocolate, are available in food booths throughout the festival and in nearby restaurants. Music, on two stages for listening or dancing, will


include zydeco, classic rock, blues and swing. Street per- formers will dazzle you with performances by Kid Fiddlers, who will roam with Jimbo the Clown, Monty the Mushroom, minstrels, jugglers, jesters and a stilt walker.


Shoppers can entertain


themselves for hours browsing fine arts, hand- made crafts, jewelry, cloth- ing, home and garden wares and marketplace vendors. Specialty shops and merchants in Morgan Hill’s charming downtown area are only a short walk. Saturday morning will


also feature the fruit and vegetable stands at the


weekly Morgan Hill Farmers


Market from 9 am – 1 pm on Depot St., between Main & Second Sts. Munchkin Land has planned entertainment for kids


of all ages. Youngsters will have rides, games, a petting zoo and pony rides, as well as children’s entertainment on the Munchkin Land Stage. Older kids are more like- ly to gravitate to the rock climbing wall or Eurobungy trampolines. The children’s area is located on Depot St., between Second and Third. Merchants in the Commercial Exhibit on Depot St.


will offer special rates, deals and giveaways on their services. Morgan Hill is theMushroom Capital of the


Western United States and California ranks second in the nation in mushroom production with more than 60% of those mushrooms grown in Santa Clara and Monterey counties. In addition to no charge for admission, parking is free


in surrounding parking lots and throughout downtown Morgan Hill. Hours are 10am-7pm on Saturday and 10am – 6.m on Sunday. For information call (408) 778- 1786 or go to www.mhmmg.com.


THEMORGAN HILLMUSHROOMMARDI GRAS, INC. IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, CHARTERED IN 1980. THE OFFICIALMUSHROOMMARDI GRAS POSTER, POSTCARD AND ADS WERE DESIGNED BY DESIGN FACTORY GRAPHICS OF SANMARTIN, CA AND LOGO DESIGNED BY GRAPHIC ARTIST SCOTTMALECH. PICTURES COURTESY OF NW PHOTOGRAPHY. PROGRAM BY OUT & ABOUTMAGAZINE.


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