FLYWAY FUNGI FESTIVAL
🍄 OCTOBER 14-16, 2022 🍄
CAMP MANITOWA AT CEDAR POINT
1327 CAMP CEDAR POINT LN, MAKANDA, IL 62958
Gates open @ 3PM Friday, October 14
Close @ 3PM Sunday, October 16
Join Flyway Family Farm for a weekend celebration of fungus in the Shawnee National Forest at gorgeous Camp Manitowa at Cedar Point. Learn everything about wild, foraged, and even our farm fresh mushrooms through a variety of educational workshops. This will be an unforgettable experience for families and people of all ages! Flyway Fungi Festival is the continuation of a dream created by the Hatfield family to bring a weekend full of celebrating all things fungi to the Southern Illinois region.
WORKSHOPS INCLUDE
- Guided foraging hikes
- Mushroom identification
- Mushroom photography
- Mycomedicinals
- Mushroom cooking demos followed by dinner & trivia
- Mini Farmer’s Market
- Kids Craft workshops
- Kids Parade of Wild Things
- Mushroom farm tour
- Cultivation workshops
- Live music on Saturday by members of Porch Fire, Lone Howl, and more!
About the Venue
Camp manitowa - cedar point
Located in Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, Camp Manitowa – Cedar Point offers beachfront access with a new swim dock on Little Grassy Lake and beautiful opportunities for stargazing and hiking. This expansive 257-acre property includes a full commercial kitchen, a dining hall that seats several hundred, and air-conditioned/heated bunkhouses with showers for around 80 people. There are three hogan villages, two platform tents complete with fireplaces and restrooms, and large spaces for tent camping.
little grassy lake
Scenic 1200-acre Little Grassy Lake is great for swimming, paddleboarding, canoeing, kayaking, and fishing. Equipment rentals available!
Apply to be a Mini Farmer's Market vendor!
event details
MINI FARMER'S MARKET
Saturday, October 15, 2022
9am-2pm
(Vendors may begin setup at 8am)
The market will be set up along our main roadway, with space for each artist to set up a 10'x10' tent. Please bring a table and chair(s).
Festival runs Friday, October 14 - Sunday, October 16, 2022
Camp Manitowa at Cedar Point in Makanda, IL
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