Kennett Square, Pennsylvania's annual Mushroom Festival has been named one of 10 best specialty food festivals in the country by the USA TODAY 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards.
The USA TODAY 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards highlight the very best in travel, food and drink, and lifestyle. Every week, USA TODAY 10BEST invites a panel of industry experts to nominate their favorite points of interest and attractions across a wide range of categories.
10BEST editors then vet these nominations and select a final set of nominees to be presented to the voting public for a period of four weeks.
The two-day mushroom festival, marking its 40th anniversary this year, celebrates the area's mushroom farms, mushroom dishes and Kennett Square, considered the Mushroom Capital of the World.
The 2025 festival will be held Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 6 and 7, on State Street in Kennett Square Borough, located off U.S. Route 1 in southern Chester County.
Visitors can purchase locally grown mushrooms and mushroom-themed foods such as breaded mushrooms and mushroom soup. The festival, $5 per person, attracts thousands of visitors each year to the quaint Pennsylvania town.
Here are the USA TODAY 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards Top 10 Best Specialty Food Festivals:
1. Picklesburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
2. Delta Hot Tamale Festival (Greenville, Mississippi)
3. National Buffalo Wing Festival (Buffalo, New York)
4. Cheese Curd Festival (Ellsworth, Wisconsin)
5. National Shrimp Festival (Gulf Shores, Alabama)
6. Kennett Square Mushroom Festival (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania)
7. Sebring Soda Festival (Sebring, Florida)
8. Astoria Warrenton Crab, Seafood & Wine Festival (Astoria, Oregon)
9. Georgia Peach Festival (Byron and Fort Valley, Georgia)
10. Rhode Island Seafood Festival (Providence, Rhode Island)
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