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Look for a blueberry festival?  There is no other listing as complete and current as this list! All the blueberry festivals in the US, Canada and Britain we can find are listed on this page! If you love blueberries, look for a festival near you below! And I'm looking for more blueberry festivals! Please write me, if you know of any to add!  I will update it for next year as soon as the festivals publish their information. 

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United States

Alabama

  • Alabama Blueberry Festival - Saturday, in mid June - Call for this year's date; 
    251-867-3224. Free admission.  The festival is held every third Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm in June in Burnt Corn Creek Park in historic downtown Brewton (not Jefferson Davis college anymore). It is an original arts & crafts festival, featuring blueberry dishes and a variety of foods, children's entertainment, live stage entertainment, antique car show, motorcycle show, fresh blueberries and blueberry bushes.

Alaska

  • Annual Alyeska Blueberry & Mountain Arts Festival - mid August - call for this year's date.
    Girdwood, Alaska, Contact: 907-754-2209,

California

  • Bolster Hilltop Ranch & Winery blueberry festival - 6/28/08
    Camino, CA. Listed in VIA Magazine Blueberry Festival. (UPDATED: June 13, 2008)

Colorado

Connecticut

  • Blueberry Festival at Sweet Wind Farm - on the 3rd Saturday in July. July 19th; Raindate of July 26th.
    339 South Road, Rte. 179, East Hartland, CT 06027. Phone: 860-653-2038. Email: sweetwind@sweetwindfarm.net. Directions: Follow route 20 west from Granby Center into Hartland. Take a left onto route 179, farm is down 1 1/2 miles on right. Take route 219 from Barkhamsted onto rte. 179, farm is on just past town line on left. And for a map to our farm, click here. Open: PYO Saturdays beginning in July from 10 am to dusk; Call for appt; - the farm follows organic methods,  (UPDATED: July 05, 2008)

Florida

  • Wellborn Blueberry Festival - Early June (in 2008, it was) June 6-7, 2008
    Wellborn, Florida. Phone:  (386) 963-1157 or (386) 963-5939. Wellborn itself lays claim to Florida's largest blueberry festival, hosting the annual event each June. The festival features such activities as a parade, pie eating contest, and the crowning of Little Miss and Mister Blueberry, providing family fun.

Georgia

  • Georgia Blueberry Festival - Early June (7th and 8th in 2008)
    Alma, Bacon County, Georgia. .For more information contact Leslie Douglas, 912-632-5859. This event has Arts & Crafts, Entertainment, Various Food Concessions, Games, Rides, Paintings, Ceramics, Wood Products and many other activities. The event is free to the public. Vendors are charged according to category of items for sale.

Illinois

  • Berry Festival - mid June  - call for this year's date.
    Sponsored by Blue Berry Hill Farm and Neighborhood Co-op Grocery Saturday, June 23 1:00 PM to Sundown at Blue Berry Hill Farm Off S. 51, 675 Wrights Crossing Road, Cobden, IL Phone: (618) 893-2397. An Old Fashioned Event full of family fun: Pie Eating Contest, Horse Shoes, Lemonade stand to benefit a local charity, Pie & Cobbler Baking Contest, and more! Bring a picnic and spend the day celebrating local food! For more information call (618) 529-3533

Indiana

  • Marshall County Blueberry Festival - August 29 - September 1, 2008
    Centennial Park, Plymouth, IN. Phone: 888-936-5020 574-936-5020. Email: blueberrymail@blueberryfestival.org. Crafts, Commercial & Food Vendors are an integral part of the Blueberry Festival. Over 300 craft vendors from all across the United States showcase their goods. Local and regional businesses take the opportunity to promote their products and services in the commercial area. And what would a festival be without food. With 100 booths to choose from there is a tasty treat for everyone. Of course blueberries are in abundance especially in our non-for-profit area. These groups offer the very best in blueberry delights like blueberry pie, blueberry ice cream, blueberry shakes, sundaes, donuts, blueberry cheesecake and just plain blueberries! Sports activities abound all four days of the festival from youth to adult activities including softball, tennis, volleyball, arm wrestling, garden tractor pulls, horse pull, kiddie tractor pedal pull, cheerleading and in 2008 the return of a 3 on 3 basketball tournament. Annual events such as the Hoosier Old Wheels Antique Car Show, the wildly popular Blueberry Stomp 5K/15K run, Bicycle Cruise, hot air balloon launches and glow, the fabulous Labor Day Parade, Historic Americana, and the spectacular fireworks display. Enjoy entertainment on 3 stages all weekend long, there is not cost or reservations needed. Other events and activities take place all weekend long in the community as well, (see festival schedule page). No Pets Allowed. haga clic aquí para español

Kentucky

  • Reed Valley Orchard - Blueberry Jubilee and Pancake Day the last Saturday in June each summer.
    239 Lail Lane, Paris, KY 40361.  Phone: (859) 987-6480. Email: Info@reedvalleyorchard.com. Horse drawn wagon rides all day. Come prepared to play a game of corn hole with your friends or family. Live music and line dancing throughout the day, food and crafts. Oven fried pies fruit pies, ice cream made with our fruit and berries, Bloomin Onions and funnel cakes will be available. U-pick and pre-picked blueberries and red raspberries.  (ADDED: June 07, 2008) 

Louisiana

Massachusetts

  • Kosinski Farm Blueberry Festival - July Their website provide little information - this may be more of a farm event than a true festival
    420 Russellville Road, Westfield, MA 01085. Phone: (413) 572-4344. Directions: From Mass Turnpike Exit 3
    Left at light on 10 & 202, Left at 2nd light onto North Rd, stand at 1st stop sign.

Maine

  • Machias Wild Blueberry Festival - Every year in mid August  (Aug 15 thru Aug 17 in 2008)
    Machias, Maine. Phone: 207-255-6665. A Church and Community Project of Centre Street Congregational Church UCC. If you really can't come and visit us, but would love to order something from us, we have a lot to sell! Fernwood of Maine replicas of our church, T-shirts, caps, prints of Machias, bags, and of course, all the lovely craft items the women spend all year making. Simply call the Church Office Monday to Friday from 10 - 2 and you should be able to order anything, including Quilt Tickets and Musical Tickets. The phone number is 207-255-6665. For Directions to our wonderful Festival, please click on the link here for Machias, Maine and read down a bit on the page and you will find directions.
  • Rangely Lakes Blueberry Festival - August 21, 2008, 10-3 p.m.
    Rangely Lakes, Maine.

Michigan

  • Imlay City Michigan Annual Blueberry Festival - early August
    downtown, Imlay City, MI. From Vendors on the street to the many games, inflatables and dunk tank, you will find that there is always something for children and adults to participate in. No child, is ever turned away (especially in the pie eating contest) no matter how old. This entire weekend is designed for families like yours.
  • Montrose Blueberry Festivals - August 13 - 17, 2008
    144 Hickory Street, Montrose, MI 48457-0316. Phone: (810) 639-3475. Fax: (810) 639-3474. Email: montroseblueberryfestival@hotmail.com.
  • National Blueberry Festival - August 7 - 11, 2008
    South Haven, Michigan. fresh blueberries, blueberry plants, fresh baked pies, raffle tickets, festival t-shirts, music, parades, etc.
  • Paradise Annual Wild Blueberry Festival - August 15, 16, & 17, 2008
    Paradise, Michigan. The Festival is held on the third full weekend of August each year when the town puts on its "Blue Clothes" and invites everyone to join them for the Arts & Crafts Fair and Wild Blueberry Celebration. It is always lots of fun! Visitors can stroll the grounds along the shore of beautiful Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior, browse the Arts & Crafts Fair with 50+ artists, and enjoy continuous family entertainment. Festival visitors will know they are in "Paradise" when they taste the homemade blueberry pies, muffins, and buckles available throughout the weekend. A delicious Blueberry Brunch accompanied by the piano music of Palma Richardson will start the day both Friday and Saturday, and the Blueberry Brunch will run on Sunday morning also. Marjorie Shaefer will entertain with a collection of rhymes, fables, and folk tales each day, and Paradise's own Chet Mitchell will amaze us with his juggling ability and comic wit for three fun-filled days.

Minnesota

  • Ely Blueberry Arts Festival - Late July (July 25-27 in 2008 - see their website for current dates)
    Whiteside Park (7th and 8th Avenues on Sheridan Street), Ely, MN 55731. Phone: (800) 777-7281.  Ely Chamber of Commerce, 1600 E. Sheridan Street, Ely, MN 55731. This review has more information. Directions: From Duluth take Highway 53 to the Highway 169 exit, about six miles north of Virginia, MN. Free Admission. 

Mississippi

  • Poplarville Blueberry Jubilee -  Blueberry Jubilee Day June 14, 2008
    Poplarville, MS. The Blueberry Jubilee is an arts and crafts fair held the second Saturday in June of each year. Located in downtown Poplarville, Mississippi, the Blueberry Jubilee attracts about 10,000 visitors each year. The Jubilee features arts & crafts, storytelling, live entertainment, lots of food, and down home southern hospitality.

Missouri

Montana

New Hampshire

  • Richmond Blueberry Fiddle Festival - a festival (not a farm or PYO)
    Cheshire Fairgrounds, 247 Monadnock Highway, Swanzey, NH 03446-2134. Phone: 603-239-6495. Directions: Located on Route 12 just twelve miles north of the Richmond Pavilion, the Fairgrounds offers us a ten-acre field for the festival and lots of room for safe parking. Come join us at the Cheshire Fairgrounds for two unforgettable days of grand old-fashioned family fun (rain of shine) at the Sixth Annual Richmond Blueberry Fiddle Festival (August 8-9, 2008)! With a delightful lineup of great performers, Showcase Musicians, , music workshops, dancing, traditional folk games and races, blueberry bake-off, auction, Car Show, melodrama, contra dance, Living History Timeline, Slide Shows, Auction, Dollar Raffle and other events—young and old alike are sure to be pleased. New this year: Fiddle & Picking Contest. Parking - $5; Admission – FREE. Bring your chair and we’ll see you there!

New Jersey

  • Hammonton Red White and Blueberry Festival - June (June 29 in 2008)
    Hammonton, New Jersey. Sunday, late June, 10AM-5PM, Opening Ceremonies -12 Noon. Stage Show/Festivities – 12:30-5PM. Information, Phone: (609 )561-9080. Hammonton is located 30 miles west of Atlantic City.
  • Whitesbog Blueberry Festival - Late June every year (June 28th in 2008, from 10 AM to 4 PM)
    Whitesbog Village, New Jersey. Celebrate all things blueberry at Historic Whitesbog Village, New Jersey, the home of cultivated blueberries! Pinelands-centric music, arts and crafts, food, tours, and children’s activities will be featured at the fest. But the real star of the show is, of course, the blueberries. Each year, approximately 5,000 visitors travel to Whitesbog’s Blueberry Festival to glimpse at the former working town as it was at the turn of the 20th century, and its ongoing restoration. Located in Browns Mills, New Jersey.
    June, 26th (in 2005)., 10am to 4 pm.  Email: Whitesbog@juno.com or call 609-893-4646 for more information.

New York

  • Austerlitz/Spencertown Blueberry Festival - Late June, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
    Austerlitz Site, Rt 22m Austerlitz, NY. Phone: 518-392-0062. Annual festival will include: blueberry pancake breakfast, home-baked pies for sale and other blueberry baked goods. Fair includes 19th and 20th Century crafts, such as pottery, weavings, tinsmith art and paper cutting. Blueberry bushes will be for sale to the public and there will be live music and entertainment. All proceeds will go to the Austerlitz Historical Society to help develop a historical village on the site. 19th C. craft demonstrations and wares, antiques, live music and children's entertainment, blueberry recipe contest and blueberry pancake breakfast.

North Carolina

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

  • Berryfields Farm Blueberry Festival - August 5-6 2006.
    Berryfields Farm Blueberry Festival. Celebrate an abundance of delicious wild and hybrid blueberries. Activities include blueberry picking, blueberry eating, blueberry baking, tractor wagon rides and children's contests. Festival activities include: Music Fest on Saturday with free tractor tram rides to the berry field or horse drawn wagon or buggy rides at an additional cost.
    * Blueberry food...baked goods, ice cream, jams, salsa, mustard, BBQ sauce, chilly, and much more
    * Blueberry crafts...pottery, woodworking, jewelry, natural wreaths, baskets, and much more
    * Blueberry games....find the hidden teasures, horse shoes, fastest picking, guess how many, and more
    * Pick blueberries
    * Enjoy the goat playground and other animals on display.
    * Buy organic produce
  • Burnside Plantation Blueberry Festival - the Annual Blueberry Festival will take place on July 18, 19 and 20, 2008.
    Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Phone: 610-882-0450. If you are interested in receiving information about being a crafter, vendor, volunteer or performer, please call 610-882-0450, ext. 10.
  • Montrose Blueberry Festival - Friday August 1st and Saturday August 2nd, 2008
    Montrose, PA. The annual Blueberry Festival is two days of summer fun for all ages! 9 am to 4pm (pancake breakfast starts at 8am). Held on the first Friday and Saturday in August since 1980, the Festival brings thousands of people to scenic Montrose PA to enjoy blueberry everything, from ice cream to pies. Proceeds benefit the Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Library Association.

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

  • Texas Blueberry Festival - Saturday, June 14, 2008
    Nacogdoches, Texas.  Phone: 936-560-5533. Email: info@nactx.com. Tons of fresh blueberries sold on the square, blueberry pancakes, blueberry cobbler and blueberry ice cream contests. Traditionally we also have kids bounce park, petting zoo, make and take arts and crafts, The Big Blue Mural, a 42 tournament, classic car show, Goldwings motorcycle show, a pie eating contest, horse shoe and washers tournamentsfood and arts vendors and lots more. Nearby blueberry farms are available for festival-goers to tour and pick their own blueberries. Live musical entertainment includes acoustic folk guitar to country to jazz and soft rock throughout the day on stages located downtown and in Festival Plaza.
  • Bailey's Berry Patch - blueberry festival at their farm
    905 Crawford Road, Sadler, TX 76264. Phone: (903) 564-6228. Email: info@TxBerry.com. Directions: From Dallas: Coming from Dallas, there are several ways that you can take to get to Bailey's Berry Patch. The easiest way is to come up US 75 (Central Expressway). Go north on US 75 until you get near the north side of Sherman. Take Exit 63, which is US 82. Follow US 82 west and go approximately 13 miles to Exit 628 (exit shows Sadler/FM 901). Turn north (right) on FM 901 and continue approx 3.9 miles to Crawford Road. Turn left on Crawford Road and the Berry Patch is 3/10 of a mile on your right.  Click Here for Printable Map and Directions.  (UPDATED July 2, 2008)

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington, D.C.

Washington State

West Virginia

Wisconsin

  • Iron River Blueberry Festival - Late July
    Concessions, Arts & Crafts Sales, Games, Beer, Blueberries, Blueberry Pies, Blueberry Pie Eating Contest
    rides, dance, parade. For more information see the website or Email:  webmaster@irlions.com.
  • Blueberry Festival at Utech's Rainbow Dairy Goat Farm - July - in 2008, it is July 26th from 10am-7pm.  (see events section of their website for other years)
    3880 Rainbow Drive, Merrill, WI, 54452. Phone: 1-715-536-7271. Eight acres of Blueberries - U- pick and pre-picked. Normally open around the third week of July; Blueberry Blitz Family Fun Day - held every year. U-pick open everyday. Restrooms and picnic area provided. They will be certified organic in 2009. The plants are good sized 15 year old plants. Payment: Cash and Check only, no credit cards. They have a 95 foot seven circuit labyrinth in field - as well as 600+ goats , 14 llamas and farm tours.

     

 

Canada

Alberta 

British Columbia

Manitoba

Newfoundland

  • Brigus Annual Blueberry Festival - August (7th to 10th in 2008)
    Brigus, Newfoundland, Canada. The Brigus Blueberry Festival is an Award Winning 4 day event held in mid August. Activities include: A Royal Shag Up" - comedy dinner theatre, Steps Through Time - walking tour, Newfie night with Screech Ins, community breakfasts, dinners, and suppers, a two day Folk Festival with well known Newfoundland talent, visits by Miss Teen Newfoundland and Labrador and Miss Newfoundland and Labrador, the Missed Blueberry Pageant, raffles, craft stalls, baked goods, a pie eating contest, games of chance, mooseburgers, cash bar, children's games, dances, and fireworks at the Brigus Waterfront.

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)

 

Australia

Italy

Japan

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