2025 Mushroom Festival Season
- October 9-11, Sunriver Fungi Fest in Sunriver near Bend, OR
- Oct 17-19, Yachats Mushroom Festival, Central Oregon Coast
- Oct 26, Mount Pisgah Arboretum Mushroom Festival right here!
- Nov 1, Estacada Festival of the Fungus in Estacada, OR
- Nov 8-9, Wild Rivers Mushroom Festival on the South Coast in Brookings, OR
- Additionally, Fungi Bioblitz events will take place at Cape Perpetua on October 11, October 25, and November 9.
You will find more information about each below.
Sunriver Fungi Fest – Oct 9-11
Join the Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory and the Central Oregon Mushroom Club for three days of events dedicated to appreciating and understanding fungi!
This year, the Sunriver Fungi Fest will be held at the Sunriver Homeowners Aquatic and Recreation Center (SHARC), offering more space for parking and fungi-related fun and education!
The main event on Saturday features a mushroom display, guided mushroom walks, cooking demonstrations, educational talks, and workshops every hour, as well as children’s activities, a mushroom ID station, and a variety of mushroom-related vendors in the Mushroom Marketplace. Tickets are on sale now, $12 in advance and $15 at the door. You may also purchase tickets for Noah Siegel’s keynote presentation on Thursday evening, a fungi foray led by the Bend Mushroom Club during the day on Friday, and a special mushroom dinner on Friday evening.
Yachats Mushroom Festival – Oct 17-19
This annual event is sponsored by the Yachats Chamber of Commerce and hosted by the Lincoln County Mycological Society, with assistance from CMS. The 3-day event includes:
- A delicious mushroom-themed dinner by Big Dogs BBQ, followed by an inspiring keynote presentation from renowned mycologist Daniel Winkler.
- A mushroom display
- Talks and workshops about mushroom ID, harvesting, preserving, and cooking.
- Mushroom walks
- Mushroom-themed dishes in local restaurants
- Mushroom and craft vendors, and more!
The dinner, keynote presentation, workshops, and mushroom walks all require pre-registration. Some have a cost involved, but the walks are all free. More details about the festival here.
Mount Pisgah Arboretum Mushroom Festival – Oct 26
The MPA Mushroom Festival is located at the Mount Pisgah Arboretum (MPA). It is organized by the MPA, the Cascade Mycological Society (CMS), and Lane Community College (LCC). You must purchase tickets in advance to attend the MPA Mushroom Festival. Click the button below to purchase.
CMS, along with LCC students in the Biology of Mushrooms class taught by Susie Holmes, are responsible for putting “the mushrooms in the mushroom festival”. Together, we search from the Cascades to the Coast to collect every species of mushroom we can find. Then, we invite nationally recognized mycologists to help us with identifying the mushrooms we collect, along with our local CMS experts. Only the mushrooms that are identified to both genus and species (or group/complex), are put on display. In addition to the mushroom display, you won’t want to miss the following CMS and LCC-provided displays and activities:Bring mushrooms to be identified to our “Ask an Expert” table, located at the front of the White Oak Pavilion, where the main mushroom display is located.Be sure to visit our “Edible, Poisonous and Look-Alikes” tent to learn about some mushroom species to enjoy and some others to avoid! This display is staffed all day with experienced CMS members who can answer your questions.Check out the Fungi Science Tent, sponsored by our partner Lane Community College.Both kids and adults can learn about fungi at the “Fun Fungal Facts” tent.And don’t forget to visit the CMS booth, where t-shirts, cookbooks, and other mushroom accessories will be for sale.
You will find more information on the CMS website and the MPA website.
Estacada Festival of Fungus – Nov 1
Wild Rivers Mushroom Festival – Nov 8-9
Wild Mushroom Display, Vendors, Food & Brew, Workshops & Lectures, and ID Hikes. You may purchase your $5 entrance ticket for the festival at the door. However, if you are certain you want to attend one or more of the many lectures, workshops, or guided mushroom walks, you may wish to purchase tickets in advance, as capacities are limited. Note that advance tickets for the walks, talks, and other events also provide entry to the main festival. There are lots of “myco stars” this year! Festival information here.
Fungi Bioblitz Events at Cape Perpetua
The Cape Perpetua Cooperative is leading a series of Fungi bioblitz events to document mushrooms with iNaturalist. Each event is 2 hours and will be hosted by CPC naturalist Jamie. They have three events scheduled:
- October 11, 2025 (10 am to 12 pm) – Neptune State Park
- October 25, 2025 (10 am to 12 pm) – Neptune State Park
- November 9, 2025 (11 am to 1 pm) – Cape Perpetua Lookout in Yachats
All events are free; however, you do need to RSVP.
