The 2026 NC Liver Mush Festival: Mush, Music & Mutts will be held on Saturday, October 17th in beautiful Uptown Shelby! Easily accessible between Asheville and Charlotte, NC and Greenville, SC.
Featured in regional and national media including Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods, Our State Magazine and WBTV News Charlotte, this festival celebrates the unique regional delicacy and local food staple known as liver mush.
Festival highlights include contests featuring liver mush including an eating contest, recipe contest and cookoff, plus live music on 3 stages all day. Enjoy all of that and more than 120 craft, food, and beverage vendors.
Free to attend, pets welcome, and fun for the whole family!
