Texas Mushroom Festival

10/30/2026

As we wrap up our 2026 festival season, we want to take a moment to say THANK YOU to everyone who made this year’s festival one to remember!

To everyone who came out and spent the day with us, we are so grateful you chose to celebrate with us. To our incredible vendors who showed up, set up, and brought so much life to our festival, thank you for being a part of it. To our sponsors who generously contributed their time, resources, and financial support, we truly couldn’t do this without you. And to every single volunteer who gave their time, energy, and hard work behind the scenes, please know how much you are appreciated.

A festival of this size takes an entire community coming together, and we are continually reminded how lucky we are to have such an amazing one behind us. From the planning and preparation to the final moments of festival day, so many hands and hearts go into making it all happen.

Whether you attended, volunteered, sponsored, participated, or supported us along the way, thank you for being part of the 25th Annual Texas Mushroom Festival!

We’re already looking forward to doing it all again next year. Until then, thank you for another unforgettable year in Madisonville! 🍄

We’ll see y’all in 2027!

10/29/2026

🚗🏁 A little look back at the Texas Mushroom Festival Car Show!

From incredible rides to a full day of festival fun, we loved having the car show as part of this year’s celebration! Thank you to everyone who brought out their vehicles, came to admire them, and helped make the 25th Annual Texas Mushroom Festival one to remember.

We’re already looking forward to next year! 🍄

10/26/2026

🎨 Congratulations to our Texas Mushroom Festival Art Contest winners! 🍄

We had so many amazing entries this year, and we’re so grateful to everyone who shared their creativity and talent with us!

Help us congratulate this year’s winners! We can’t wait to see what everyone creates next year. Thank you to everyone who participated and helped make this year’s contest so special!

Adult:
1st Cindy Martin
2nd Tijuana Johnson
3rd April Fox
4th Cindy Martin
5th Tijuana Johnson

13-18:
1st Lucy Wu
2nd Lena Star
3rd Sylas Hoefert
4th Addyson Brandweir

12 & under:
1st Anna Black
2nd Kaylee Keseal
3rd Emilian Penionah Kevich Rogshe’s
4th Zoe Anderson
5th Lily James Parrack

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10/23/2026

🏃‍♂️🍄 Congratulations to our overall male and female winners of the Shiitake 5K run at the 2026 Texas Mushroom Festival!

Want to see all the race results? View the full list of contestants and their times below!

https://live.copernico.cloud/4447aee7-d2c4-4ce6-aa43-6c794100f895/2026-shiitake-5k/5k

We can’t wait to see everyone back in Madisonville next year! 🍄

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10/21/2026

Congratulations to all of our 2026 photo contest winners!✨

Best Mushroom- Levi Hunt
Best Mushroom- Leigh Kessel
Best of Show- Wyatt Holt
Best of Show- Leigh Kessel
Most Patriotic- Riley Kirkland
Most Patriotic- Novalene Thurston
Mushroom 1st- Levi Hunt
Mushroom 1st- Sidne McClung
Mushroom 2nd- Levi Hunt
Mushroom 2nd- Brenda Martinez
Mushroom 3rd- Hannah Rossetti
Mushroom 3rd- Serene Bowyer
Black & White 1st- Emily Kingsbury
Black & White 1st- Teresa Cook
Black & White 2nd- Brooke Tonjum
Black & White 2nd- Carrie Dodd
Black & White 3rd- Mia Kingsbury
Black & White 3rd- Novalene Thurston
Open 1st- Mia Kingsbury
Open 1st- Novalene Thurston (only entry)
Open 2nd- Riley Kirkland
Nature 1st- Karen Moore
Open 3rd- Blaise Hernandez
Nature 2nd- Anissa Curtis
Nature 1st- Stephen Riddle
Nature 3rd- Teresa Cook
Nature 2nd- Caroline Giesenschlag
People 1st- Carrie Dodd
Nature 3rd- Viviana Andrade
People 2nd- Novalene Thurston
People 1st- Evelyn Reinhardt
People 2nd- Mia Kingsbury
People 3rd- Raul Sanchez

10/21/2026

Lance is the coolest! He has joined our team and has helped us out this past year. We are trying to create relationships across other organizations and events!!

Check out this event! Not too far from us! Make your grocery run day!👍🏼 THIS SATURDAY!!!

10/20/2026

🏃‍♀️🍄 THE TIMES ARE IN! 🍄🏃‍♂️

Our official Shiitake 5K race times from Saturday are now posted!

Whether you raced for a PR, ran alongside a friend, or just came out to enjoy a beautiful festival morning — THANK YOU for kicking off the 25th Annual Texas Mushroom Festival with us! ❤️

Check out the official results at the link below and see where you landed! 👇

https://live.copernico.cloud/4447aee7-d2c4-4ce6-aa43-6c794100f895/2026-shiitake-5k/5k

And a HUGE congratulations to all of our runners and finishers! We loved having you on the course! 🍄🏅

Until next year… keep running! 🏃‍♀️💨

10/20/2026

This was a HUGE hit at the Taste of Texas!!

10/20/2026

02/22/2026

The stuff you don’t always get to see 🤍

The week-before prep. The hard decisions you really don’t want to make. Walking the 5k 3 times to map it out and put the markers in. The early morning equipment drop-offs. The physical work days. The babies in tow. Our kids jumping in to help on festival day. The next-day cleanup when everyone else is resting. The pulling things out of an extremely unorganized and over cluttered storage unit and reorganizing it in pieces.

The festival isn’t just one day for us — it is year-round. It’s family dinners turned planning meetings. It’s community members showing up again and again. It’s doing the work together, side by side.

This festival is built on more than tents and stages… it’s built on families, friendships, and a whole lot of love for our community. And that’s the best part of all.

So I encourage you to hug your local volunteer. No matter the organization. They do a lot and the world is so thankful. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Happy Sunday🫶🏻