Festival Info & Merch Sales

Join us for the 2023 Mush, Music & Mutts Festival - North Carolina’s Official Fall Liver Mush Festival on Saturday, October 21st in beautiful Uptown Shelby! Our 2023 Music Headliner is Dirty Grass Soul, presented by Walker Woodworking! Catch them on the Main Stage at 2:30 pm. 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 cookoff, 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! Enjoy freshly prepared liver mush sandwiches and dishes proudly served by local producers of this well-loved "delicacy"! Free to attend, pets welcome, and fun for the whole family! Proudly featured partners and sponsors include: Albemarle - Main Stage Presenting Sponsor Walker Woodworking - Headliner Sponsor featuring Dirty Grass Soul Allison Golf Cars Boiling Springs TDA Carolina Luxury Transport Cleveland County Chamber Cleveland County Health Department Cleveland Community College City of Shelby Cornerstone Dental Associates Dover YMCA Earl Scruggs Center Frank C. Corriher Beef and Sausage Foothills Farmers' Market Gragg Financial Greenbrook Design Mack's Liver Mush North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources HomeTrust Bank Parker Family Feed Co. Planet Fitness PSU - Personnel Services Unlimited Rollover Pets Shelby Central United Methodist Church The Banker's House Uptown Shelby Association