Since 1981, the Telluride Mushroom Festival has been bringing in the best mycologists to speak on psychedelic research, decriminalization, and how to cultivate your own mushrooms. We are stewards of education that all humans should know about our mycelial friends. We are a family bonded around mushrooms. Come join next years reunion!

Welcome to the largest wild mushroom happening in North America, the 44th Annual Telluride Mushroom Festival! A plethora of events ranging from foray and mushroom ID sessions, to hands-on demonstrations, to lectures-all led by regionally, nationally, and internationally-known experts, (and we cannot forget the Parade!) there is plenty for everyone each and every day.

On this website, you can filter your search by events, venues, presenters, etc. Each year the Mushroom Festival features many wonderful presentations on "all things fungi." Presentations on similar topics are grouped together at the same venue so that attendees interested will be able to spend more time learning and interacting, and less time walking between venues. See who else is interested in each event and interact with our extended Mushroom Family. See you soon!

Schedule of Events:

August 14, 2024

09:00am: PreFest Workshop - Cultivation of Sacred Mushrooms

10:00am: PreFest Workshop - Natural dye and botanical printing with plants, mushroom and lichen

01:00pm: PreFest Workshop - Medicinal Mushroom Extractions and Tinctures

02:00pm: Free PreFest Sparks Writing Workshop w/Alison Pouliot- Signup Required (Limited Space)

03:00pm: Out There Yoga with Kye to Start Your Mushroom Fest Journey

04:00pm: PreFest Workshop - West African Drum and Dance

04:30pm: PreFest Dinner - Hongos en la Mesa Mushroom Dinner and Wine Pairing

Live Music! Myco Beer Launch Party - Quattlebaum and High Country Hustle

05:00pm: PreFest Dinner - Chef's Alpine Dinner

August 15, 2024

07:00am: Early Risers Foray - Signup Required

08:30am: Registration and Information Desk - Merch

09:00am: Rooftop Yoga with Kye - Decompose to Compose

09:30am: Mushroom Hunting 101 - The basics - Intended for Newcomers to Mushroom Hunting

Mushrooms of CO and Telluride Most Wanted

10:00am: Fiber Dying Workshop - Limited Capacity

MycoGourds with Elder Joe Candia

Fairy Family Fungi Ranger Foray

Full Day Foray- Signup Required

Virtual Reality Mushroom Lounge

Mycolove - Fungus Mobilis

10:30am: Alchemical Mushroom Soundbath

Functional Mushrooms for Health and Wellness

11:00am: Mycosexual Meditation

Overview of the Fungal Kingdom

11:30am: I Prefer Walking in the Woods Today Foray- Signup Required

12:00pm: Grow A Small, Sustainable Mushroom Company

12:30pm: Rocky Mountain Community Mycology: Mapping Fungi with DNA Together

1:00pm: Mushroom ID Tent Discussion: "What's Been Coming In?"

01:30pm: Discussions in Queer Mycology

02:00pm: Fabulous Plants and their Fungal Friends

03:00pm: Mushroom ID Tent Discussion: "What's Been Coming In?"

03:30pm: Frontiers in Myco-Remediation

04:30pm: Cooking Demo w/ The Chaotic Forager- Limited Capacity

06:00pm: Offical Opening Ceremony

06:30pm: Identifying Fungi - Not in the Field

07:30pm: Movie - Fantastic Fungi Remastered

10:00pm: Night Cap at the Alibi presented by Folk and Forage

August 16, 2024

07:00am: Early Risers Foray- Signup Required

08:30am: New Skills Foray - Signup Required

09:00am: TMF History and the Psychedelic Movement

09:30am: Clinical Research on Functional Mushrooms; Ongoing Research, Opportunities and the Twist and Turns Along the Way.

10:00am: Molecular Identification of Fungi

10:30am: Alchemical Mushroom Sound Bath

11:00am: The Magic of Mushroom Essences

11:30am: Mushroom Hunting 202: A Few Delicious and Distinctive Colorado Edible Mushrooms

12:00pm: The Changing Culture of Mazatec Mushroom Knowledge

12:30pm: Functional Mushrooms for Health and Wellness

01:00pm: Book Signings with Art Goodtimes

01:30pm: Aging in the Psychedelic Experience: The Surprises of Senior Tripping

02:00pm: Movie, Discussion -Big Trees and Old-growth Forests

02:30pm: Book Signings with Britt Bunyard and Alison Pouliot

03:00pm: Mushroom ID Tent Discussion: "What's Been Coming In?"

04:00pm: Big Botanical Beings - Long Format

05:00pm: Special Event - Wild Foods Dinner with Katrina Blair

06:00pm: Featured Presentation - Down the Rabbit Hole 3.0

07:00pm: Featured Presentation - Hey Mushroom, Where is your ID?!

08:00pm: Movie - Life of a Mushroom - Picked, Prepped and Eaten

08:30pm: The MycoLuscious MycoLicious MycoLogical Poetry Show with Art Goodtimes and Friends

10:00pm: Night Cap at the Alibi presented by Folk and Forage

August 17, 2024

07:00am: Early Risers Foray- Signup Required at Registration

09:00am: Book Signings: Tradd Cotter and Alison Pouliot

09:30am: Full Day Foray- Signup Required

10:00am: Mushroom ID Tent Discussion: "What's Been Coming In?"

10:30am: The Hidden Influence of Truffles on Mammalian Evolution: A Journey from Spain to Oregon

11:00am:Mushroom ID Tent Discussion: "What's Been Coming In?"

12:00pm: Bioluminescent and Fluorescent Fungi

01:00pm: Book Signings with Britt Bunyard, Robert Rogers and Alex Dorr

01:30pm:Do Good Ranch: Pillars of Healing With Fungi - TBI, First Responders, Military

02:00pm: Sign-Making Workshop

04:00pm: Parade , Drumming , Dancing

05:15pm: Costume Awards

05:30pm: Ecstatic Dance in the Park w/DJ Britt

08:00pm: The Puff Ball: A Costume, DJ Dance Party

August 18, 2024

09:00am: ID Tent- Fungi of Colorado 101

10:00am: ID Tent- Fungi of Colorado 102

11:00am: MycoGourds Reintegration with Elder Joe Candia- Signup Online Required

12:30pm: Identity Panel

01:30pm: Official Closing Ceremonies and Awards

05:30pm: Cacao Offering - Ticket required

06:30pm: Random Rab and Mah Ze Tar Night 2! -Ticket Required

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Date: August 14, 15, 16, 17 - August 18, 2024

Location: Various Venues in Telluride, CO

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