Fall Fungi Festival

This two-day, one-night event will include inoculation workshops, guided hikes with mushroom experts, fungus forays, family programming, dehydration workshops, camping and more! This is a space that is inclusive and encouraging for all folks to learn more about fungi and deepen their sense of place in Appalachian Ohio. They will come to learn about mushrooms and will stay for the friendship that they find amongst each other. Tenderfoot Learning Lab is a beautiful place that provides healthy habitats of mixed mesophytic forests. Throughout the three miles of hiking trails you can expect to see a variety of tree species, including pine, white pine, red and white oaks, poplar, red maple, sassafras, beech, and some hemlocks and sycamores in the ravines. The Fall Fungi Festival provides an excellent display of a thriving Appalachian Ohio forest. Vendor spots available for nature-inspired artists! Artists can choose from five time slots that are available throughout the weekend. No entry fee, just pay 10% of all sales. Vendors receive a Free Weekend Pass, a $75 value. Register by emailing us at AppalachianUnderstories@RuralAction.org **Important Arrival Information** Parking for the event is offsite. Follow signage from Tenderfoot Learning Lab for parking in nearby field. Access from parking to festival grounds is a .25 mile walk along a well marked trail connecting the properties. Walking along the road is not permitted! Coordinates of the entrance to the parking area are 39.337791, -82.220574. There will be signage to direct you accordingly. A FREE shuttle service will be running on October 5th and 6th from 9am-11am Saturday and Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon from 2:30-4pm. *Kids aged 12 and under are free! We are providing complimentary Saturday day passes to the Fall Fungi Festival for musically inclined individuals who bring an instrument and are eager to perform around a campfire on the evening of Saturday October 5th at 9 PM. If you would like to participate, please reach out to Tourism Manager Madison Donohue at Madison@RuralAction.org to recive your promotional code.