Morgan Hill, the Mushroom Capital of the Western United States, will celebrate its top crop this weekend at the 43rd annual Mushroom Festival. The downtown event, which will will run from 10 a.m.
to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 25, and 10 a.
m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, May 26, will feature more than 145 arts and crafts, retail and food booths; wine and beer gardens; plus live music on two stages and strolling entertainers. Related Articles Things To Do | 25+ Bay Area beer festivals and wine events to enjoy this summer Things To Do | Photos: Oakland Greek Festival draws thousands to celebrate culture, food and music Things To Do | 30+ festivals, fairs and things to do in the Bay Area this summer Things To Do | Contra Costa Fair open Thursday with a bit of everything Things To Do | The Bay Area helped make Laurie Lewis a bluegrass star, and others are following her footsteps Rebranded from the Mushroom Mardi Gras to the Mushroom Festival to sharpen the focus on food, the event will have a lineup of vendors making all manner of mushroom dishes at the Food Court, including deep-fried, marinated, grilled and stuffed mushrooms; mushrooms in soup, spring rolls, nachos and sandwiches; and desserts such as mushroom ice cream and maple-mushroom snickerdoodle cookies. In the Rose Garden of the Community & Cultural Center, a Mushroom Expo sponsored by the Western Mushroom Growers Association will show how mushrooms are cultivated, educate attendees about the health benefits, sell mushroom-growing kits a.
