The McLoud Blackberry Festival began in the 1940's as a celebration of the end of harvest season for the local cash farm crop, blackberries. 

Since harvest season was completed just before July 4th, when a community picnic had been held since the town was founded in 1895, the two were combined to create the annual Blackberry festival. The town received national media coverage when the Blackberry Growers Association sent a crate of berries to President Harry Truman.  The association disbanded in 1963 due to a poor market and farmers moved on to a more lucrative crop.

     While blackberry farming may no longer be the agricultural strength of McLoud, the festival celebrated each year continues to be an exciting event for the town and draws thousands of attendees from throughout the nation.    

The 2012 McLoud Blackberry Festival will be held on
Friday, July 6  5:00pm to Midnight and
Saturday, July 7  8:00am to Midnight

Vendor applications are now being accepted!

A schedule of events will be published in March but you can anticipate all the fun from years past..
The carnival and vendors will open on Friday at 5:00pm
The parade will be on Satuday at 10:00am
The Blackberry Pageant will be Saturday at 7:00pm
and of course Fireworks will be Saturday at 10:00pm


Vendor applications:
Food Vendor
Merchandise Vendor
Hand-made Crafts

Entry Forms:
Parade                         Pageant Candidate
Poker Run                    Car Show