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First Annual Santa Cruz Mountain Mushroom Festival at Roaring Camp
April 1 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Discover the wonders of mushrooms! Through wild mushroom exploration, cooking and cultivation demos, functional mushroom talks, and DIY workshops, the Santa Cruz Mountain Mushroom Festival offers an incredible opportunity to connect to the mycological network.
Roaring Camp in Felton, California
May 4 – 5, 2024
10am – 7pm
Mushroom Experts
Alan Rockefeller • Dr. Christopher Hobbs • Dr. Gordon Walker • Erik Lomen • Indy Srinath • Jasper Degenaars • William Padilla-Brown • Dr. Guilietta Octavio • Amanda Janney • Wilder Herbertson • Britt A Bunyard • Taye Bright • Jess Starwood • Sarah-Kate Boylan and many more.
Cooking Demos & Tasting
Chad Hyatt, Author: The Mushroom Hunter’s Kitchen • Vegan Hood Chef • Brad Briske, HOME • Maria Finn, Author: Forage. Gather. Feast • Eric Tucker, Millennium.
Hands-on Workshops
Fabric dyeing • painting with mushroom pigment • fermenting with fungi • log cultivation demonstration • straw pasteurization • tissue cultures • microscopy tent • spore prints and more.
Kid Zone
Face painting • henna • mushroom cornhole • archery range • rock painting • bubbles • Giant Bamboo Hoops • bounce house
Vendors
Solitude Ceramics • Alicia Marie Art •Chaga Co • Cluster Mush • Fern Flowers Studio • Homeless Garden Project • J Calcagno Pottery • Local Naturalist • MacLean Custom Screen Printing • MayuMix • Opinel • Truff • Wildlands Farm and Nursery • Lacuna Medicinal • Wise Goat • Shared Cultures • Local Pigments and more!
Live Music
Alison Steele • Crate Diggers • The Apricots • Papiba & Friends • Mokili Wa
Book Signings • Art Gallery and Installation Art • Networking happy hour and mushroom elixirs • Guided medicinal plants and edible wild plants and fungi walks • Wine, beer and food available for purchase
More info and tickets: scmmfest.com