Mountain Mushroom Festival Schedule
Get your ‘shroom on at the Irvine Mountain Mushroom Festival! Our Schedule of Events are below with links to more details.
Getting to the Festival
Join us in Downtown Irvine!
Parking
Parking will be available in city lots, church lots, CG Bank (25 River Drive), and city streets.
Free Shuttle Service
Shuttle services with free parking will be available from Estill County High School and West Irvine Elementary School to the Estill County School System’s Central Office.
Shuttle services offered:
Saturday, April 26, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, April 27, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, April 25
Pre-festival Activity
Agate, Gem, Mineral, & Fossil Show
- 9am – 4pm
- Central Office Gym, 253 Main Street
Booth Check-in and Set-up
- 5 – 8pm
- Broadway and Court Street
General Festival Info
Admission is FREE!
All events are open to the public.
All events are handicapped accessible.
Diaper Changing Station/ Nursing Tent
Located at 177 Broadway
Port-A-Potties
Available on Court St. and Broadway.
Court St. near the Courthouse Annex will have a handicapped accessible port-a-potty.
Handwashing stations will be available in some areas.
Saturday, April 25
Festival Hours of Operation
9 a.m. – 7 p.m. booths, 9:00 p.m. Grandstand
- 7 – 11 a.m.
- Masonic Lodge, 221Broadway
- Registration: 7:30-8:45 a.m.
- 2K: 8:30 a.m.
- 5K: 9 a.m., Awards: 10 a.m.
- Broadway and Estill Avenue
- Registration: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
- Awards: 3 p.m.
- Main Street and Mack Street
Agate, Gem, Mineral, & Fossil Show
- 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
- Central Office Gym, 253 Main Street
Oleika Shriners Engineer Train
- 10 a.m. – 7 p.m
- 108 S. Court Street
Irvine-Ravenna Woman’s Club Student Art Show
- 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Courthouse Annex, 119 Broadway
Photography Contest Display
- 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Holla Holler, 211 Main Street
- 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Mack Theatre, 108 Main St.
- 1 p.m.
- River Drive and Court Street
- 2 – 5p.m.
- Central Office front yard, 253 Main Street
All Day Events – 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Arts/Crafts, Community, Educational, & Entertainment Booths
- Broadway and Court Street
Food Court
- 142 Broadway
Festival Information/t-shirts/souvenirs
- Gazebo, 142 Broadway
- Broadway before The Church of God
Estill County Historical Society Museum, displays/memorabilia
- 133/135 Broadway
Grandstand Stage
All day live performances from individuals to groups to cloggers!
Located at Main Street + Broadway
10:00 – 10:45 a.m. Lonesome Bluegrass Express
11:00 – 11:45 a.m. The Jr Williams Band
12:00 – 12:45 a.m. 3 Cent Nickle
12:45 – 2:00 p.m. Parade
2:00 – 2:45 p.m. KY Bluegrass Cloggers
3:00 – 3:45 p.m. Elvis
4:00 – 4:45 p.m. The Jenkins Twins
5:00 – 5:45 p.m. Geno Seale
6:00 – 6:45 p.m. Aaron Boyd
7:00 – 7:45 p.m. Mikki Neal & The Real Deal
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Donnie Isaacs
Mushroom Foodways Stage Events
Court Street and Broadway
9:00 a.m. – Mushroom Market opens
10 a.m. – Noon – Cake Decorating Contest Entry
10:00 a.m. – Morel Cooking Demonstration – Dee Arthur
11:30 a.m. – Morel Cooking Demonstration – Melinda Barnett
12 Noon – Cake Decorating Judging
12 Noon – 1 p.m. Cook-Off Contest Entry
12:30 – Cake Decorating Winners Announced
1 p.m. – Cook-Off Judging
1:45 p.m. – Cook-Off Winners Announced
2:00 p.m. – Morel Cooking Demonstration – Tina Caroland & Joan Murphy
3:00 p.m. – Morel Hunting Secrets Seminar – Whitney Johnson, Appalachian Forager
4:00 p.m. – Mushroom Hunting Contest Winners Announcement & Interviews
4:30 p.m. – Morel Cooking Demonstration – Cass Curtis (8 years old) & John Allen
7:00 p.m. – Mushroom Market closes
Sunday, April 27
Festival Hours of Operation
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Irvine-Ravenna Woman’s Club Student Art Show
- Noon – 5 p.m.
- Courthouse Annex, 119 Broadway
Photography Contest Display
- Noon – 5 p.m.
- Holla Holler, 211 Main Street
- Noon – 5 p.m.
- Mack Theatre, 108 Main St.
- 1 p.m.
- Green Bridge
All Day Events – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Agate, Gem, Mineral, & Fossil Show
- Central Office Gym, 253 Main Street
Oleika Shriners Engineer Train
- 108 S. Court Street
Arts/Crafts, Community, Educational, & Entertainment Booths
- Broadway and Court Street
Food Court
- 142 Broadway
Festival Information/t-shirts/souvenirs
- Gazebo, 142 Broadway
- Behind Courthouse Annex, 119 Broadway
Estill County Historical Society Museum, displays/memorabilia
- 133/135 Broadway
Grandstand Stage
All day live performances!
Located at Main Street + Broadway
12:00 – 12:30 p.m. Lennie Tipton
12:30 – 1:00p.m. James Abney
1:00 – 1:45 p.m. The Brett Noland Band
2:00 – 2:45 p.m. East of Estill Band
3:00 – 3:45 p.m. Gods Family Connection
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Chelsea Nolan
Mushroom Foodways Stage Events
10:00 a.m. – Market opens
Noon – Morel Cooking Demonstration – John Allen
1:30 p.m. – Morel Cooking Demonstration – Amanda Webb
2:30 p.m. – Mushroom Hunting Secrets Seminar – Alex Babich & Robin Reed
5:00 p.m. – Market closes