We are creating a community of open-minded and progressive individuals at Meeman Shelby Forest State Park.
This is a family-friendly event but be aware that it covers several acres and will involve some adventure and endurance.
Wagons, Blankets, or Chairs & Bikes are strongly encouraged!
You can buy SINGLE DAY PASSES for $20 each or a FULL PASS for $50 that covers all the days
Friday, May 27, 9 am-Midnight: Classes, Lectures, Projects, Chef Demonstrations, Forays during the day, and Music Starting at 6 pm. $20 for a single day pass, kids under 12 are free
Saturday, May 28, 9 am-Midnight: Classes, Lectures, Projects, Chef Demonstrations, Forays during the day, and Music Starting at 6 pm. $20 for a single day pass, kids under 12 are free
Sunday, May 29, 9 am-Midnight: Classes, Lectures, Projects, Chef Demonstrations, Forays during the day, and Blues Music Starting at 6 pm. $20 for a single day pass, kids under 12 are free
Our lecture topics and demonstrations will include: Mycology, Organic Horticulture, Vegetarian Culture, Plant and Food Medicine, energy & Science, Hydroponic Gardening, Meditation & Mindfulness, Natural Alternatives to Carcinogenic Products, Cooking with Wild Foods, Superfoods, Inoculating logs with Mushroom Spores, Home Grown Mushrooms, Basic Green Thumbery, Nature Miracles, Nutrition and Cooking, Composting with Mushroom Spores, Innovative Uses of Mycelium, Fungus as Medicine...
We will also have live music nightly, interactive demonstrations, forays, chef’s food tastings, dancing, art, DJ’s, and more…join us!
Tickets to the event do not include lodging, but guess what?! You can stay with us at the park for the whole event and we have several lodging options!
So what about lodging?
This is a camp-style festival. To get the most out of your experience, we recommend you come to stay in the park with us for the whole time.
We will have events scheduled throughout each day but there will be experiences that are not scheduled that you can experience by camping.
Here we go!
1)Rent a campsite with Water/Elecrtic & Bathhouses for up to 8, max 2 vehicles, and camp with your friends. Each campsite has water and electricity and bathhouses with heat/ac and hot water. $300 per campsite/8 people. Plan your Theme Camp Ideas and Bring a bike to check out all the camps. These sites are RV Compatible! Tent Camping or Hammock Camping Works here too!
Max of two vehicles and 8 people per site
Limited Campsites are Available and reservations for these campsites end on May 15.
Campsites with Bathhouses, Water & Electric Hookups
2) (SOLD OUT) Stay at Persol Group Camp - This is a group camp comprised of rustic cabin-like rooms that each sleep 4. Think Summer Camp Lodging. Persol has heat and AC and also have bathhouses with hot water. You can rent a whole room at Persol or you can just rent a bed and you will be paired up with others, hostel style. $100 per person for 5 nights in a shared room of 4 people. $250 for the whole room with 4 beds.
*No Smoking at Persol Group Camp* and ticket sales end May 15.
Persol Group Camp
3) Primitive Camp - this is the real deal camping. You get a patch of grass in a designated area and can park your vehicle nearby. Pack everything you need in and take everything out when you go. No water, no electricity. $50 per vehicle for all 4 nights. This type of camping does not have access to water and electricity but will have porta-potties.
4)Become a sponsor or educator and stay with us. Message us for more details on this option.
Get creative and feel free to be your weird, wild wonderful self. You can wear costumes and deck out your campsite for a chance to win the Best Theme Camp Award! Brings things to share, trade, or barter. Instruments, ceremonies, light installations, hoops, fire are all welcome. Bring your ideas!
Schedule is a Follows for those of you Camping With US
Thursday May 26 starting at 3pm, Come on in, set up Camp, Meet Your Neighbors, Get the Layout of the Land
Friday May 27, 9am-Midnight: Classes, Lectures, Projects, Chef Demonstrations, Forays during the day and Music Starting at 6pm.
Saturday May 28, 9am-Midnight: Classes, Lectures, Projects, Chef Demonstrations, Forays during the day and Music Starting at 6pm.
Sunday May 29, 9am-Midnight: Classes, Lectures, Projects, Chef Demonstrations, Forays during the day and Blues Music Starting at 6pm.
Monday, May 30, Memorial Day, Say Goodbye top your new friends and pack up and leave no trace. Checkout time is 11am.
Lodging tickets do not include tickets to the Festival.
This festival is part of the growing movements of sustainability, healthy cooking and legalization of all plant food and medicine. The public is calling for more local farms, organic foods, humanely raised meats, and natural medicine to combat our modern health epidemics. Our goal is to teach you all about the wild and wonderful world of mushrooms.
Workshops & Events
We take a lot of pride in what we provide. All the food and forays we offer are within our area, specifically highlighting foods and fungi that grow in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. As well, most of our leaders and lecturers are from these areas - everything has a local connection.
Our lecture topics will include: Mycology, Organic Horticulture, Vegetarian Culture, Hydroponic Gardening, Meditation & Mindfulness, Natural Alternatives to Carcinogenic Products, Cooking with Wild Foods, Superfoods, Plants as Medicine/ Food Medicine, Inoculating logs with Mushroom Spores, Home Grown Mushrooms, Basic Green Thumbery, Nature Miracles, Nutrition and Cooking, Composting with Mushroom Spores, Innovative Uses of Mycelium, Fungus as Medicine...
Shop our farmers market with regional vendors
Come check out our farm to table, handmade, and craft selections of gourmet goodies.
Eat & Drink
Enjoy local farm to table dishes and locally brewed beer. We will have Chef's tastings throughout the weekend and will also have local food trucks.
Dance & Music
Dancing is joy, manifested
We have both opportunities for dance, and dance performances for you to watch
We have scheduled live music, and unscheduled opportunities for you to join drum circles and impromptu campsite bonfire music
What kind of music? We have Southern Rock, Blues, Singer-Songwriter, Electronic DJ's, Funk, Soul & Jam, with musicians from all over our region.
We have live music every evening and Memphis House Mafia presents MMF Forest Rave Saturday, May 28, from 7-10 with late night ambient beats till midnight. This was our most popular event last year and this year we have some surprise performers in store for you. Flow and fire arts are welcome during the forest rave.
Music was all around during the last festival. Feel free to bring your instrument and play when you feel compelled
Cooking Classes & Chef Tastings
Come watch local Chef's prepare farm to table dishes right in front of you and taste the finished product. Our Chef's will also share their recipes.
Forays, Mushroom Identification, Tree and Wildlife Exploration
Come hike with our naturalist who will help with identification. You will be shocked at how much edible plants and fungi grow in this area. Check out our Mushroom ID Tent with local mycology experts to help you ID your finds.
Take a birds of prey tour, a pontoon boat tour, or a kayak tour with us and learn about the local habitat.
Grow With Us!
Get creative and feel free to be your weird, wild wonderful self. You can wear costumes and deck out your campsite for a chance to win the Best Theme Camp Award! Brings things to share, trade, or barter. Instruments, ceremonies, light installations, hoops, fire are all welcome. Bring your ideas!
You can also bring a Bike or Golf Cart
This is a family-friendly event but be aware that it covers several acres and will involve some adventure and endurance.
The Piersol Group Camp at Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park is located on 25-acre Piersol Lake. This group camp can accommodate up to 140 people. Each room has heat and A/C and 4 beds. You will need to bring all linens and towels with you. Group Camp has group bathrooms and hot showers. You can choose to rent a whole room for 4 people of you can rent a single bed and you will be paired with 3 other campers, similar to Hostel style sleeping. $100 for a bed in a shared room $250 for an entire room with 4 twin beds. Hot showers, power, ac/heat, indoor bathrooms. Campsites with Water/Electric and Bathhouses The park campground has 49 campsites, each equipped with table, grill, electrical and water hookups. A modern bathhouse provides hot showers. There is a dump station for self-contained trailer rigs. Campsites allow up to 8 people, and 2 vehicles. $300 for all 4 nights Looking for the most affordable option? We have Primitive Car Camping for $50 per vehicle. The Primitive camping will be in a grassy field with port a potties nearby. There are no showers tho on the $50 Primitive Car Camp Option. You can pitch your camp right next to your car and commune with other campers.
Date & Time
May 26, 2022 3:00 PM - May 30, 2022 11:00 AM
Venue Details
Meeman Shelby Forest
910 Riddick Rd Millington, Tennessee 38053
Memphis Mushroom Festival
Online Sales end Wednesday May 25 but you can purchase tickets at the door!
Daily Passes $20
Full 3 day pass $50
Primitive Camping per car $50
Campsite with water and electric for up to 8 people $300
Memphis Mushroom Festival is a multi day transformational festival that occurs yearly at Meeman Shelby Forest.
The event takes place on May 27, 28th & 29th, 2022 and you can camp at the park for the entire event or just come for the day!
This festival is part of the growing movements of sustainability, healthy cooking and legalization of all plant food and medicine. The public is calling for more local farms, organic foods, humanely raised meats, and natural medicine to combat our modern health epidemics. Our goal is to teach you all about the wild and wonderful world of mushrooms.
We take a lot of pride in what we provide. All the food and forays we offer are within our area, specifically highlighting foods and fungi that grow in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. As well, most of our leaders and lecturers are from these areas - everything has a local connection.
Memphis Mushroom Festival is held at Meeman-Shelby Forest
Located just off the beaten path, the Memphis Mushroom Festival is worth the adventure to get there. Just bring yourself—we’ll handle the rest.
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