Blueberry Festivals in 2021: Where, When and More to Find a Blueberry Festival Near You!

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Looking for a Blueberry festival in October 2021? There is no other listing as complete and current as this list, just updated! 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 update the dates as soon as the festivals publish their information, but you can always click on the links (usually the name of the festival) to see the current information on the festival's own website. Blueberries typically ripen from April (in Florida and Texas) through May on the west coast, June in most other areas and July-August in the far north and Canada. But June and July dominate as the months for blueberry production (and festivals) Unlike strawberries, which grow almost anywhere, blueberries are more typically grown in the There are two general types of blueberry festivals 1) community festivals, usually organized by a church, school, local Chamber of commerce or a town and 2). Strawberry festival held at and by a farm 38 states grow blueberries commercially, but 10 of these states dominateand produce more than 98% of U.S. commercial production: California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon and Washington. British Columbia in Canada also produces highbush blueberries. Even if they aren't grown locally, there may still be a blueberry festival near you!

Update for 2021 and Coronavirus:

It looks like many festivals are returning for 2021, with the possible exception of some in states like California, Michigan, New York. Even so, many festivals will not finalize or announce their plans until the last minute, so when we have not seen an update, we've left last year's data below and suggest you see the festivals website or call the festival as the date gets close to see if they will hold it this year.

Especially this year, due to Coronavirus, be sure to click on the links (the blue, underlined name of the each festival) to confirm this year's dates on the website for each festival. If they don't have a website, call the phone number provided, but ALWAYS CONFIRM THIS YEAR'S DATES AND TIMES BY EITHER VIEWING THEIR WEBSITE OR CALLING.

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Blueberry Festivals in 2021: Where, When and More to Find a Blueberry Festival Near You!

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United States

Alabama

  • Alabama Blueberry Festival - the third Saturday in June from 8 am to 3 pm - One Day Only! - Saturday, June 19, 2021
    Burnt Corn Creek Park, Brewton, Alabama. Phone: 251-867-3224. Email: [email protected]. 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 at 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. Click here for a link to our Facebook page.

Alaska

  • Annual Alyeska Blueberry and Mountain Arts Festival - mid August, Saturday and Sunday - call for this year's date.
    Girdwood, Alaska, Contact: 907-754-2209,
  • Denali Blueberry Festival - August
    Otto Lake, Healy Alaska. Phone: 907-683-4636. Email: email [email protected]. Join Denali Chamber of Commerce at 5:00pm for a carnival. Kids games, lake raft rides, dunk tank and more! The BBQ starts at 6:00pm, with music and dancing to follow. Admission is $5/person or $20/families. Includes food! Epic Kayak Ultimate, sponsored by Alaska Dream Adventures starts at 4pm ; this event has open participation
  • Ketchikan Blueberry Festival - First Saturday in August!
    Main Street, Ketchikan, Alaska. Thousands of Ketchikan residents and visitors celebrate the blueberry in style with the annual Blueberry Arts Festival. The summer staple offers over 100 booths featuring local art and handcrafted treasures. The Festival makes a fast start with the Fun Run followed by cheering on your favorite slug during the Slug Races. Family fun continues with food and game booths, a blueberry pie-eating contest, the Battle of the Bands, trivia contest and the Great Blueberry Race. The Pet & Doll Parade kicks off the festivities on Friday, August 6th, followed by the opening reception for the Blueberry Juried Art Show. Complete the evening with the 13th annual Gigglefeet Dance Festival! The Festival finishes Sunday, August 8th with the annual Richard Brautigan and Dick Whitaker Memorial Trout Fishing in America Poetry Slam.
  • Nome Blueberry Festival - Saturday in late August/early September
    Anvil City Square, INome, Alaska. There will be music, arts and crafts, and blueberry-based foods, like blueberry jams to salsas to desserts. >25 vendors, Musicians etc. Ask at the Nome Visitor Center for the date of this year's festival.

California

  • Bolster's Hilltop Ranch - UPDATE for 2021, A visitor tells me they are permanently closed.
    2000 Larsen Drive, Camino, CA 95709. See this review of Bolster's Hilltop Ranch.
  • Buellton Blueberry Festival at Restoration Oaks Farm - early June
    1980 US Highway 101, Gaviota, CA. Phone: 805-686-5718. Alternate phone: 805-683-2143. Email: [email protected]. Open: Call for availability and hours; during the season (typically starts in May) from 10 am to 6 pm; UPick closes at 5:30 pm; Fall Hours Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm for UPick raspberries and blackberries. The farm store will be stocked with already picked raspberries and blackberries as well as lots of other fun stuff through the weekend. Directions: Email, or call or see this page. Blueberry UPick season is from late May through June and July every year, and if the weather is good, we may open as early as April and have blueberries into August. After many surveys of our regular pickers, we planted 6 varieties of raspberries that will be ripe and ready from August through October. We will also have watermelons, cantaloupe and other fun fruits and veggies for picking in the late summer and fall. Every year, we open the fields for a day or two in the off-season to our registered VIP guests. The select fields will be open, even though the freeway signs will say "closed". We've had these VIP private field openings as late as Dec 10th. To participate in our private field openings, add your name to our VIP Email list. (UPDATED: March 19, 2021 JBS)
    Comments from a visitor on May 26, 2009: " I've been driving by and seeing their huge Pick Your Own Blueberries sign for months but I have not gone there yet. I just called to confirm they are open and my daughter and I plan to go this weekend and pick blueberries"

Colorado

Connecticut

  • Blueberry Festival at Sweet Wind Farm - on the 3rd Saturday in July.; Raindate later.
    339 South Road, Route 179, East Hartland, CT 06027. Phone: 860-653-2038. Email: [email protected]. 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 Route 179, farm is on just past town line on left. Click here for a map and directions. Open: PYO Saturdays beginning in July from 10 am to dusk; Call for appt; - the farm Uses natural growing practices.

Florida

Georgia

  • Georgia Blueberry Festival - Early June
    Alma, Bacon County, Georgia. Phone: (912) 310-7399. Email: [email protected]. 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. Alma, GA is "Georgia's Blueberry Capital". There is also a 5K and One Mile Fun Run/Walk. (UPDATED: May 24, 2015, JBS)

Illinois

  • Berry Festival - mid June - call for this year's date.
    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. Sponsored by Blue Berry Hill Farm and Neighborhood Co-op Grocery Saturday, June, 1:00 PM to Sundown.

Indiana

Kentucky

  • Kentucky Blueberry Festival - mid June - UPDATE for 2021 - there's nothing about it anywhere since 2015; I assume it has been discontinued
    1103 West Stockton Street, Edmonton, Kentucky 42129. Phone: (270) 432-2601. Celebrating the Kentucky Proud Blueberry Harvests in the middle of June each year. The 12th annual Kentucky Blueberry Festival mark it on your calendar and plan to attend! Annual, Kentucky Blueberry Festival. Come join us for wholesome family fun! Games on the midway all day! We will have local Kentucky crafters, home-grown fresh blueberries, free face painting, free blueberry milk shakes, free kids games, free balloons, live entertainment, games, contests, prizes, food and snacks, and so much more!
  • Reed Valley Orchard - Blueberry Jubilee and Pancake Day the last Saturday in June each summer (8:00 am to 5:30 pm)
    239 Lail Lane, Paris, KY 40361. Phone: (859) 987-6480. Email: [email protected]. 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.

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts


Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

  • The Chattanooga Market Blueberry Festival - Sunday in late June from 11:00am - 4:00pm
    1829 Carter St, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37408. Phone: (423) 648-2496. Email: [email protected]. BLUEBERRIES! Fresh-picked, in a pie, jelly & jam, sweet salsa, bushes to plant, lotions & candles and more things blueberry at Chattanooga Market for the Blueberry Festival. Patrons can enter in one of our blueberry pie-eating contests, featuring fresh baked pies made by the Culinard Cooking Institute and prepared with fresh, local blueberries. Win a pie to take home! And don't miss our much anticipated "You be The Judge" pie-eating contest, featuring a handful of our Hamilton County Court Judges - it's a little messy, but a lot of fun. *Sign up at the Market Information Desk. (ADDED: May 234 2015, JBS)

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington, D.C.

Washington State

West Virginia

Wisconsin


Blueberry festivals in other countries

Blueberries are thought of as a uniquely American fruit, but there are very similar berries in other countries. A huckleberry or Saskatoon, found in Canda and parts of the U.S. are related to the blueberry. In the UK, you may find a whorlberry or whortleberry and, in Scotland, blaeberry. And through much of Europe, a bilberry. Bilberries are very dark blue berries about half as big as a blueberries (think a pea). They are very tart / sour and have some sweetness, with yellowish insides.

There is almost no information about these festivals online, so if you know of any, let me know, and I'll add the details here!

France

  • Mille Club
    67110 Dambach
    Alsace
  • Stadium
    rue de Saint Pierre
    67140 Stotzheim
    Etoile Sportive Stotzheim

Czech

  • Blueberry Fest Borovany - early July
    Borovany., Directions: PS: 48.89843567689728, 14.642248749732971
    Organiser
    Informační centrum Borovany
    Žižkovo náměstí 1
    373 12 Borovany
    you can purchase blueberry jam, pancakes, cakes, cream horns, blueberry port wine, earrings, mugs and other gift items, in addition to ordinary refreshments. The program is punctuated with exhibitions, concerts, lectures, theater performances for children and contests, such as eating blueberry-filled dumplings and cakes or the World Championships in stuffing the most blueberries into one's mouth.

Ireland

  • Bilberry Sunday
    Ardagh, Longford, Ireland
    Bilberry Sunday is a charming old festival that lives only in Ireland's distant memory. Celebrated in mid-summer, it was once a day when people went to hillsides and peat lands in groups to collect bilberries, and sometimes find a spouse.


Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)

Australia

Italy

Japan

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