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 Thanks to all who have attended Festival events during the past 35 years. We hope you can join us in celebrating the 36th anniversary in July of 2020. Events Calendar What happened in 2019 Contacts: Where to get more information Picture Gallery: Blueberry Festival happenings Blueberry Information: All you wanted to know Blueberry Festival Picture Highlights click here. Blueberry Festival Sponsors
Check out the staff Blueberry Recipes - Yummie
Darlene Courville, winner of the 2019 draw for $1,800 value Sudbury Arts Council Passport to the Arts shown next to Sudbury Arts Council President Linda Cartier and Bears
Winners of the 2018 Blueberry Buns Bake off with judges from the Sudbury Arts Council Blueberry Festival also thanks Toppers Pizza and Freskiw Farms and the following supporters
and the City of Greater Sudbury New: Sud-Berry Bear town adventures click here
Organizers with mascots. From the right, John Lindsay, Suzanne McCrea, Sudbrina Bear, Vally Laflamme, Blue-Berry Bear and Ricky Stone one of the Festival entertainers. The Blueberry Pickers Song - Andy Lowe Recorded in concert at the Sudbury Theatre Centre. Andy has recorded two CDs of Sudbury and area songs. History of the Blueberry Festival While long recognized as the Nickel capital of the world for its vast underground wealth, Sudbury's above ground natural resource, the lowbush blueberry was not so well known. Former Mayor Peter Wong set out to change this in 1986 when he organized the first Blueberry Festival du bluet. Video history of early years of festival:
Blueberries grow in such abundance here partly because of the mining industry and early smelting processes which created high acidic soil conditions in which blueberry bushes thrive. Pollinated by black flies (yes they do have a purpose) blueberries are free for the picking from about mid July into late August throughout the entire city. If you can't take the time to pick yourself then you can always purchase at the local farmers market or from the many roadside vendors. Video of Climb up Blueberry Hill with Sheldon Lowe - 1994
The Blueberry Festival consists of a number of community events celebrating this wonderful resource, now considered the worlds most nutritious fruit. There are of course numerous blueberry pancake breakfasts, a blueberry pie eating contest, garden parties, concerts, family and childrens events all open to the public. Presiding over these good times during the third week of July each year are Sudbury's most famous couple Sud-berry and Sudbrina Bear the Festival mascots.
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Everybody Loves Our Bears Sud-berry and Sudbrina Bear with many fans at the Flour Mill Museum - all museums are open to the public throughout the summer. Anywhere they go our Blueberry Festival Bears are loved by everyone of all ages.
Our own Kate and William or Harry and Meghan pictured below on their wedding day Sudbury's Royalty - also watch the video
Video below of annual Sudbury Blueberry Festival Pie Eating Contest with local media personalities.
Baz and Cass performing at Blueberry Bash at Sudbury Market in 2019 plus other performers, clowns etc. Other Blueberry Festival Highlights click here.
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