ogs in costume, a beauty pageant, live music and a liver mush eating contest….what else could you possibly ask for in a festival? The annual liver mush festival has grown significantly over the past 29 years. The event was started by Mack’s Liver Mush in 1985, now run by Ron McKee’s father. It has taken many different approaches and even changed locations several times before landing in Uptown Shelby on the 3rd weekend in October. Now the official North Carolina Fall Liver Mush Festival, this event has grown in popularity and attendance. Why, because every year there is more! More music, more mush and more to do.
STREET ACTIVITIES
8:00 am – Foothills Farmers Market
8:30 am – Mush Recipe Contest Check In
9:00 am – Kids Zone Opens
9:30 am – Recipe Contest Judging
10:00 am – Banjo Petting Zoo Opens
10:30 am – Liver Mush Eating Contest
11:00 am – Beer & Wine Garden Opens
11:30 am – Liver Mush Eating Contest
12:00 pm – Liver Mush Eating Contest
1:45 pm – Recipe Contest Awards
2:00 pm – Liver Mush Eating Contest
3:30 pm – Eating Contest Awards
STREET MUSICIANS:
The Grassabilies
Pistol Hill – Country
Classy & Grassy – Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt Tribute – Bluegrass
Josh Hudson – Solo Guitar/Blues
Eric Cogdon – Solo Guitar/Country
COME HEAR NC STAGE (MARION STREET) LIVE MUSIC:
10:15-10:30 am – Intro of Walk Around Cast Members
11:00-12:00 pm – Jake HaldenVang – Hear Jake Here!!
12:30-1:30 pm – Cane Mill Road – Listen to Cane Mill Here!
2:00-3:30 pm – Rissi Palmer – More About Rissi!
3:30-4:00 pm – All artists join on main stage for Jam Session
SHELBY CITY PARK STAGE
9:00 am -3:00 pm – Little Miss Liver Mush Pageant
COURTHOUSE LAWN LINEUP
9:00 am – Pumpkin Painting & Children’s Activities
PET FESTIVAL EVENTS
8:30-10:45 am – Pet Costume Contest Registration
9:30 am – Dynamo Dogs
10:30 am – Pet Parade
11:00 am – Pet Costume Contest
12:00 pm – Dynamo Dogs
12:30 pm – Musical Sit
1:00 pm – Costume Contest Awards Ceremony
1:30 pm – Trick Contest
2:00 pm – Shelby PD K9 Demonstration
3:00 pm – Dynamo Dogs
3:00 pm – Blessing of the Animals
