Mark your calendars for the 2023 Mush, Music & Mutts Festival – North Carolina’s Official Fall Liver Mush Festival on Saturday, October 21st in beautiful Uptown Shelby! Recognized in regional and national media including Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods, this festival celebrates the unique regional delicacy and local food staple known as liver mush. Festival highlights include a liver mush eating contest, recipe contest and cook-off, live music, and more than 80 craft, food, and beverage vendors. Featured partner RollOver Pets presents the “Mutts” portion with a pet costume contest and parade, K9 demo and trick shows, musical sit contests and more! Local food vendors and restaurants will be offering freshly prepared liver mush sandwiches and dishes.
