Experiences to Look Forward To
Southwest Funga Fest is built to be explored, not merely watched. These are some of the ways the weekend comes alive beyond the stage.
Guided Ethical Forays
Explore fungi in their natural environment with experienced guides while learning observation, identification and responsible interaction with the landscape.
Citizen Science
Move from curiosity to participation through observation, identification and shared learning connected to the festival’s citizen-science programming.
Workshops & Cultivation
Get hands-on with practical skills, mushroom cultivation, creative processes and other forms of participatory learning throughout the weekend.
Wellness & Embodied Practice
Yoga, qigong, breathwork, meditation, drumming and related practices create space to slow down, reconnect and begin the festival day with intention.
Kids Camp
Younger festival-goers have their own ways to explore, create and learn, making Southwest Funga Fest an intergenerational experience.
Music, Gathering & Community
When the daytime education winds down, the festival keeps going through music, conversation, gathering and shared evening experiences.
Trade Circle & Funga Library
Share knowledge, resources, ideas and fungal culture through spaces designed around exchange, curiosity and community.
Land, Food & Ecological Systems
Explore the relationships connecting fungi, regenerative farming, food systems, ecology and our responsibilities to place.
Participation Over Spectatorship
Southwest Funga Fest is designed around participation: go into the field, ask questions, make something, learn a skill, meet people doing the work, explore unfamiliar ideas and find your own way into the fungal world.