The 2025 Huckleberry Festival gets underway this evening in Bingen’s Daubenspeck Park. Friday evening features the return of hometown favorite Les Richardson, as he brings some of his musical friends from Nashville to perform starting at 8 p.m. Saturday morning the annual Huckleberry Festival parade will go through Bingen to the park at 11 a.m. Festival committee chair Denise Stewart says this year’s grand marshals are Larry and Diane Murphy. There will be music, kids’ games, and the famous Huckleberry Festival bratwurst and huckleberry pies available at the festival. Details are available at huckleberry-fest.com.