Celebrating All Things Fungi

Since 1981, the Telluride Mushroom Festival has brought together leading mycologists, artists, foragers and enthusiasts to explore all things fungi. We focus on science, culture, and community-covering topics like psychedelic research, cultivation, decriminalization, and identification. More than just a festival, it is an annual reunion for fungi folks to gather and celebrate fungi and their impact on our world.

We hope to see you in the San Juans this August!

Schedule of Events:

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

9:00am: PreFest Workshop: Sacred Mushroom Cultivation: From Foundations to the Frontier - Ah Haa School - SkyDeck Rooftop
- PreFest Foray: Art and Mycology Field Workshop - Carhenge Parking Lot
- PreFest Workshop: FULL DAY Community Mycology Workshop and Rare Fungi Foray - Carhenge Parking Lot

10:00am: PreFest Foray: Early Bird Foray w- Britt Bunyard - Carhenge Parking Lot
01:00pm: Foray Tent (Sign Up On July 17th) - Elks Park and Oak Street Park
- PreFest Workshop: Medicinal Mushroom Extractions and Tinctures - Ah Haa School - SkyDeck Rooftop
- Registration and Information Desk + Festival Merch! - Elks Park

2:00pm: PreFest Foray: Field-to-Petri Dish Workshop (MycoRoam Van) - Carhenge Parking Lot
2:30pm: PreFest Workshop: Community Mycology Workshop and Rare Fungi Foray w- Alan Rockefeller and Mandie Quark - Ah Haa School - Curiosity Shop
3:00pm: PreFest Workshop: How to Safely and Effectively Microdose w- Andrea López Boetsch - Andrea López Boetsch
4:30pm: PreFest Dinner: Wild Mushroom Dinner and Wine Pairing with John SirJesse, Graham Steinruck and John Sutcliffe - John Sir Jesse's Casa de la Mesa (alpenglow ranch)
5:00pm: PreFest Dinner: Trout Lake Dinner - Trout Lake Overlook House
5:30pm: Wednesday Mushroom Movement: A Somatic Opening - Ah Haa School - SkyDeck Rooftop
6:00pm: Live Music! Myco Beer Launch Party at the Alibi - Alibi

Thursday, August 14, 2025

8:30am: Registration and Information Desk + Festival Merch! - Elks Park
9:00am: It's Been a Long Strange Trip: How Did We Get to the 45th Telluride Mushroom Festival? - Sheridan Opera House
- Mushroom Movement - Yoga with Karena - Ah Haa School - SkyDeck Rooftop
- Tea and Tarot - Integration Space - Presbyterian Church
- Caminata de Recoleccion en Espanol- Spanish-Speaker Foray - Telluride Library
- Foray Tent (Sign Up On July 17th) - Elks Park and Oak Street Park
- Mushroom ID Tent - Elks Park and Oak Street Park
- Vendor Village - Elks Park and Oak Street Park

9:30am: Cultivating Cordyceps: Homegrown Gold - Ah Haa School - Transformation Studio
- KIDS PROGRAM: Fungi in the Forest and at Home! - Wilkinson Public Library- Program Room
- Foray at Lizzard Head Pass w- Hernan Castro, The Desert Alchemist - Signup Required (Sign up after July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot
- Foray w- Gabrielle, The Chaotic Forager - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot

10:00am: Fiber Dying Workshop - Limited Capacity *Requires Material Fee* - Ah Haa School - Curiosity Shop
- MycoGourds: A Psychedelic Elders Sharing - Telluride Historical Museum Amphitheater
- Virtual Reality Mushroom Lounge - Sheridan Opera House Show Bar
- MYCOLOVE - Fungus Mobilis - Elks Park and Oak Street Park

10:15am: Mushrooms of Colorado and "The Telluride Most Wanted" - Sheridan Opera House
10:30am: Alchemical Mushroom Sound Bath - Limited Capacity (Sign up after July 17th 2025) - Ah Haa School - SkyDeck Rooftop
- Culinary Foraging Adventure in the Rockies - Limited Capacity (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot
- Long Foray - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot
- Long Foray - Signup Required - (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot
- Truffle Dog Foray - Limited Capacity (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot

11:00am: MushWomb Circle - Signup Required (Sign up after July 17th 2025) - Integration Space - Presbyterian Church
- Unlocking the Potential of Lion's Mane: Optimizing Erinacine Biosynthesis for Better Health - Ah Haa School - Transformation Studio
- Deep Imagination Walk - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot

11:30am: The Role of Animals in Dispersal-Limited Tropical Fungi - Sheridan Opera House
- Long Foray - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot
- Short Foray - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot

12:00pm: Mycosexual Meditation - Ah Haa School - SkyDeck Rooftop
- MycoRoam Mobile Lab: Driving Science Forward - Elks Park Workshop Tent
- How to Draw a Mushroom w- Chris Adams - Limited Capacity (Sign up after July 17th 2025) - Ah Haa School - Curiosity Shop
- Integration Space
- Integration Space - Integration Space - Presbyterian Church

12:30pm: Religious Freedom and Psychedelics - Ah Haa School - Transformation Studio
- Short Foray - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot

12:45pm: Fungal Diversity: How Do We Know What We Know? - Sheridan Opera House
01:00pm: Mushroom ID Tent Discussion: "What's Been Coming In?" - Elks Park Workshop Tent

1:30pm: Your Presentation ***** - Wilkinson Public Library- Program Room
Handmade Paper from Foraged Mushrooms - Limited Capacity (Sign up after July 17th 2025) - Ah Haa School - Curiosity Shop

2:00pm: Low-Tek Mushroom Cultivation - Elks Park
- A Round Peg in a Square Hole - Ah Haa School - Transformation Studio
- Fungal Collections: How can we use this collective resource to protect fungal diversity? - Sheridan Opera House
 
3:00pm: Book Signings with Katrina Blair, Eugenia Bone and Chad Hyatt - Between the Covers- Bookstore
- Preserving the Harvest w- The Chaotic Forager - Limited Capacity (Sign up after July 17th 2025) - Ah Haa School - Curiosity Shop
- Special Event Workshop: West African Dance - Bivvi Hostel Telluride
- Open Myc - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - Patagonia Telluride
- Terps n Truffles: An Aromatic Exploration - Ah Haa School - SkyDeck Rooftop

3:30pm: How To Relate Like a Mushroom - Ah Haa School - Transformation Studio
- Panel Discussion: Decriminalization in Colorado- Sheridan Opera House

4:00pm: Connect and Transform Happy Hour - The Hotel Telluride
4:30pm: Medicinal Mushroom Extracts and Tinctures: From Kitchen Chemistry to Commercial Craft - Elks Park Workshop Tent
Going Down The Rabbit Hole - Ah Haa School - Curiosity Shop

6:00pm: Offical Opening Ceremony - Palm Theatre
6:30pm: Spreading the Spores: From Global Stages to Inner Spaces - Palm Theatre
7:30pm: Keynote Presentation: Paul Stamets in His Natural Habitat: How Psilocybin Mushrooms Can Help Save The World - Palm Theatre
9:00pm: Live Music! Night Cap at the Alibi - Alibi

Friday, August 15, 2025

7:30am: Long Foray - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot
Long Foray - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot

8:00am: Foray Tent - Elks Park and Oak Street Park
8:30am: Short Foray - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot
Registration and Information Desk + Festival Merch! - Elks Park

9:00am: Mushroom Movement - Yoga with Karena - Wilkinson Public Library- Downstairs Terrace
- Cultivating Cordyceps: Homegrown Gold - Ah Haa School - SkyDeck Rooftop
- Nature's Hidden Hero's: And How You Can Protect Them! - Sheridan Opera House
- KIDS PROGRAM: Cultivation for Kids! - Ah Haa School - Transformation Studio
- Tea and Tarot - Integration Space - Presbyterian Church
- Mushroom ID Tent - Elks Park and Oak Street Park
- Vendor Village - Elks Park and Oak Street Park

9:30am: Mushroom Hunting 101: The Basics – Intended for Newcomers to Mushroom Hunting - Wilkinson Public Library- Program Room
- BIPOC Foray - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot - Short Foray - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025)
- Truffle Dog Foray - Limited Capacity (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot

10:00am: The Mushroom Hunter's Kitchen - Limited Capacity (Sign up after July 17th 2025) - Ah Haa School - Curiosity Shop
- Virtual Reality Mushroom Lounge - Sheridan Opera House Show Bar

10:30am: Alchemical Mushroom Sound Bath - Limited Capacity (Sign up after July 17th 2025) - Wilkinson Public Library- Downstairs Terrace
- Mycelium-Based and Full-Spectrum Mushroom Research Presented by the Functional Mushroom Council - Ah Haa School - SkyDeck Rooftop
- Update from Recent Field Work in Costa Rica: the Pursuit of Tropical Cantharellus, Craterellus, Hydnum, and Laccaria. - Sheridan Opera House
- Short Foray - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot - Carhenge Parking Lot

10:45am: Have a Great Trip! ...with Eugenia Bone - Wilkinson Public Library- Program Room
11:00am: Psilocybin in Practice: Lessons from the First Three Months of Legal Psilocybin Therapy in Colorado - Ah Haa School - Transformation Studio
- Somatics to Let it All Go and Open Your heart - Integration Space - Presbyterian Church

12:00pm: Women and Psychedelics - Wilkinson Public Library- Program Room
Taking Fungi to the UN - Sheridan Opera House - Integration Space

12:30pm: Mushroom Essences - Ah Haa School - Transformation Studio
Weaving the Human Mycelium: The Story of Fungi Academy - Ah Haa School - SkyDeck Rooftop

1:00pm: Mushroom ID Tent Discussion: "What's Been Coming In?" - Elks Park Workshop Tent
- Book Signings with Art Goodtimes - Between the Covers- Bookstore
- Cordyceps in Orient and Occident – Natural History of a Perplexing Parasites and Purported Panacea - Wilkinson Public Library- Program Room

1:30pm: Truffles the Earth's Ultimate Mushrooms - Sheridan Opera House
2:00pm: Creative Alchemy: Environments of Communication - Ah Haa School - Transformation Studio
Mushroom Business Round Table - In a Changing Political and Economic Climate - Ah Haa School - SkyDeck Rooftop

2:30pm: Book Signings with Britt Bunyard, Dennis McKenna and Tradd Cotter - Between the Covers- Bookstore
- Sacred Circle: Choose Once Again w- Elder Joe Candia - Wilkinson Public Library- Program Room
- The Mushroom Hunter's Kitchen - Limited Capacity (Sign up after July 17th 2025) - Ah Haa School - Curiosity Shop

3:00pm: Mushroom ID Tent Discussion: "What's Been Coming In?" - Elks Park Workshop Tent
Choice Edible Mushrooms from the Rocky Mountains to the Himalayas - Sheridan Opera House
Special Event Workshop: West African Drum and Dance - Bivvi Hostel Telluride

4:00pm: Myco-preneur's Happy Hour - William Padilla-Brown
4:30pm: The MycoLicious MycoLuscious MycoLogical Poetry Show: REHEARSAL, INVITATION ONLY - Sheridan Opera House
5:00pm: Special Event: Wild Foods Dinner with Katrina Blair - Ah Haa School - SkyDeck Rooftop
6:00pm: Movie: FEST IN SHOW: Dethroning The Kin - Palm Theatre
6:30pm: Keynote Presentation: Fungi rule the world so why aren’t we doing more to save them? - Palm Theatre
7:30pm: Keynote Presentation: Psilocybin and the Origin of Consciousness - Palm Theatre
8:00pm: Special Event: Nighttime Foray w- Alan Rockefeller - Carhenge Parking Lot
8:30pm: KIDS PROGRAM: Family Friendly Night Glow Foray! - Limited Capacity (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot
The MycoLuscious and MycoLicious MycoLogical Poetry Show with Art Goodtimes and Friends - Sheridan Opera House

10:00pm: Live Music! Night Cap at the Alibi - Alibi

Saturday, August 16, 2025

7:30am: Long Foray - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot
Long Foray - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot

8:30am: Short Foray - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot
- Short Foray - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot
- KIDS PROGRAM: Family Friendly Foray - Signup Required (Sign up after July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot

9:00am: Book Signings with Paul Stamets - Between the Covers- Bookstore
- Sacred Sound and Mantra Workshop with Sudakra - Wilkinson Public Library- Downstairs Terrace
- New Discoveries in the taxonomy of Psilocybin Mushrooms - Palm Theatre
- Wild Foods Foray (Saturday) - Elks Park
- Vendor Village - Elks Park and Oak Street Park 
- Mushroom ID Tent - Elks Park and Oak Street Park
- Registration and Information Desk + Festival Merch! - Elks Park

9:30am: Lichen 101: Not a moss, not a fungus-something much weirder! - Wilkinson Public Library- Program Room
Short Foray- Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot
Truffle Dog Foray - Limited Capacity (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot
Long Day Foray - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot
Mycelia: A Mycocircle for the Feminine - Integration Space - Presbyterian Church

10:00am: Virtual Reality Mushroom Lounge - Sheridan Opera House Show Bar
- Wild Foods Foray (Thursday) - Elks Park
- Costume Creations for the Mushroom Parade - Ah Haa School - Curiosity Shop
- Mindful Fungal Ecology Foray - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot

10:15am: The Potential of Mushrooms to Support our Minds and Wellness - Palm Theatre
10:30am: Euphoric Breathwork - Limited Capacity (Sign up after July 17th 2025) - Wilkinson Public Library- Downstairs Terrace
Womyn's Foray - Limited Capacity - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot

10:45am: Could Fungi Shape the Future of Materials? - Wilkinson Public Library- Program Room
11:00am: Mushroom ID Tent Discussion: "What's Been Coming In?" - Elks Park Workshop Tent
Book Signings with Barbara Thiers, Daniel Winkler and Ed Lublow - Between the Covers- Bookstore
Build Connection and Community with Authentic Relating Games - Signup Required (Sign up after July 17th 2025) - Integration Space - Presbyterian Church

11:30am: Natural Psychedelics and Symbiotic Rights - Palm Theatre
12:00pm: Mushroom Hunting 202: A Few Delicious and Distinctive Colorado Edible Mushrooms - Wilkinson Public Library- Program Room
Wild Foods Recipe Workshop - Elks Park Workshop Tent
Integration Space - Integration Space - Presbyterian Church

1:00pm: Panel Discussion Psychedelics - Palm Theatre
2:00pm: Mushroom Facilitator Social Hour - Discoswell
Sign-Making Workshop - Elks Park

04:00pm: PARADE + DRUMMING + DANCING - Telluride Main Street
05:15pm: Costume Awards - Town Park
08:00pm: The Puff Ball: A Costume Dance Party with Sudakra and David Satori of Dirtwire and Beats Antique - Sheridan Opera House
10:00pm: Live Music! Night Cap at the Alibi - Alibi

Sunday, August 17, 2025

8:30am: Short Foray - Signup Required (Sign up on July 17th 2025) - Carhenge Parking Lot
9:00am: ID Tent - Fungi of Colorado 101 - Elks Park
- Sunday Mushroom Movement: A Somatic Closing - Town Park
- TMF History and the Psychedelic Movement - Palm Theatre
- Closing Day Coffee Mingle and Integration - Wilkinson Public Library- Downstairs Terrace
- Caminata de Recoleccion en Espanol- Spanish-Speaker Foray - Telluride Library
- Mushroom ID Tent - Elks Park and Oak Street Park
- Registration and Information Desk + Festival Merch! - Elks Park

09:30am: Sacred Circle: Integration w- Elder Joe Candia - Wilkinson Public Library- Program Room
10:00am: ID Tent- Fungi of Colorado 102 - Elks Park
- Vendor Village - Elks Park and Oak Street Park

10:30am: How To Describe a New Species - Palm Theatre
12:00pm: High-Tech Tools for Modern Mycology - Palm Theatre
1:30pm: Official Closing Ceremonies and Awards - Palm Theatre

Date:
August 13 - 17, 2025

Location:
Various Venues in Telluride, CO

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