Blackberry Festival (McLoud, OK)

McLoud Oklahoma was once known as The Blackberry Capital of the World. As such, they host the annual Blackberry festival every first weekend of July. In this festival (another small town festival) they have all sorts of blackberry concoctions. Jam, Cobbler, Ice cream, if you name it they probably have it. The festival opens up at 8 in the morning with a car show. At 10, the parade begins. The parade features a good number of old time cars and tractors. Of course it is the ones that stand out like this pink John Deere Tractor for Breast Cancer Awareness.

At 2  p.m is when the real fun begins. What festival wouldn't be complete with a good ole fashioned pie eating contest? Contestants plant their faces in blackberry cobbler to see who can eat the most plates. Needless to say the end result can be quite messy.

The winner this year ate a staggering 6 plates of cobbler and earned himself a tummy ache. Of course once you eat the cobbler wash it down with some tasty blackberry wine from Oak Hills Winery. Now unfortunately because of Oklahoma liquor laws, they local winery cannot ship wine out nationally so that means that if you want to try authentic Oklahoma blackberry wine, you have to go to Oklahoma. At 7 p.m is the blackberry King and queen coronation. The blackberry queen is chosen by the city using dollars as votes well before the festival. The 2nd and 3rd place runner ups are named the blackberry prince and princesses.

Between the Cobbler Gobbler and the coronation, you will have plenty of time to ride some of the rides the festival has to offer as well as eat some amazing festival food. One particular item i highly recommend is the Blackberry Newburg. An excellent dessert that will be sure to fill you up.

As the sun sets, the last event is an impressive fireworks display that will leave you cheering. The festival is an all day event but because it is in July, I Highly recommend sunscreen, and plenty of water. The blackberry festival is probably one of the more delicious festivals I have covered and comes highly recommended and is certainly worth the trip. Be sure to buy some jam to take home with you so that you can remember the good times you had in McLoud Oklahoma.

Entertainment: 4
Educational: N/A
Price: 4
Cafe (food): 4
Gift shop: N/A
Overall: 4

Additional Information

Address: 215 S. 6th Street, McLoud OK

Hours of Operation:
1st Saturday of July: 8 a.m. to 12 a.m.

Price: Free Admission

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