Dinner: 5:00–6:30 PM $45
Keynote: 7:00 PM ($15 without dinner)

Kick off the Yachats Mushroom Festival Friday evening with a special Keynote Dinner, featuring a locally inspired, mushroom-focused menu created by our guest chefs from Dante’s il Forno Pizza and Canavan Farms & Kitchen.

Drinks will be available for purchase at the event bar, featuring Pelican Brewing beer, wine, and a selection of non-alcoholic beverages.  All proceeds support future mushroom festivals.

Dinner tickets are limited to 100 guests and will go on sale in September.

Keynote Speaker: Heather Dawson
“Seeking Buried Fungal Treasure: Truffles and the Dogs Who Find Them”

The Pacific Northwest is famous for its incredible variety of mushrooms, but some of its most fascinating fungal treasures are hidden beneath the soil. Our forests are home to hundreds of species of truffle fungi, including the increasingly well-known gourmet truffles found with the help of specially trained dogs.

Heather has been captivated by wild truffles since training her first truffle dog nearly a decade ago. Now a PhD student studying truffle diversity with the help of her dogs, Heather will share her journey into the world of truffle hunting, explore the important role truffles play in forest health, and explain how you can find truffles — with or without a dog!

Keynote tickets may be purchased separately from the dinner. The keynote presentation is limited to 200 guests.