The McLoud Blackberry Festival began in the 1940

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 2009 festival was a success and we look forward to updating you on our plans for 2010 soon.

If you participated in the 2009 festival thank you and if you are a vendor who would like information for 2010 please visit the Vendor App. button above to find updated forms. When the time arrives, simply mail the form to us and we will be in contact with you. If you have questions that are not answered on the vendor form, please contact the McLoud Chamber of Commerce at 405-964-6566.

If you would like to participate in the 2010 festival parade please visit the link above. Please do not e-mail the parade registration to us. Simply print the form and hold harmless agreement and bring them with you to the registration desks the morning of the parade.

We hope that you will make plans now to be a part of the 2010 McLoud Blackberry Festival.