42nd Annual Telluride Mushroom Festival

The Telluride Mushroom Festival has been celebrating all things mycological, from the newest advancements in mushroom science to our famous wild foods dinner demo. Held annually in Telluride, Colorado, TMF is a can’t miss event with a colorful history in one of the most beautiful locations on earth.

Schedule:
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Ah Haa Arts
9:00am: Workshop: DNA Sequencing with Alan Rockefeller
2:00pm: Workshop: Microscopy with Amy Honan

Elks Park
12:00pm: Hospitality Desk - Open to Public
12:00pm: Registration/Will Call Desk

John Sir Jesse's Casa de la Mesa
4:30pm: Special Event: Hongos en la Mesa (Mushroom Dinner & Wine Pairing)

Mountains in and around Telluride
10:00am: Early Bird Pre-Festival Foray

Sheridan Opera House
3:00pm: Movie: "Know Your Mushrooms"
6:30pm: Live Music! Myco Beer Launch Party - Performing: Porch Couch

Transfer Warehouse
9:00am: Workshop: Cultivating Kingdom Fungi with Tradd Cotter
9:00am: Workshop: Soil Centered Myco Remediation with Lauren Czaplicki

Thursday, August 18, 2022
Ah Haa Arts
10:00am: Workshop- Wild Mushroom Puppet Theater for Kids 7-12

Elks Park
9:00am: Hospitality Desk - Open to Public
9:00am: Registration/Will Call Desk
11:00am: Workshop: Outdoor Cultivation of Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms on Logs, Stumps, and Wood Chips

Elks Park & Oak Street Park
9:00am: Mushroom Festival: Vendor Village

Mountains in and around Telluride
9:00am: Edible Mushroom Forays
9:00am: Full Day Forays
9:00am: Edible Mushroom Foray Half Day

Palm Theatre
6:00pm: Offical Opening Ceremony
7:00pm: Keynote Lecture: Psilocybin-Facilitated Psychotherapy for Cocaine Use Disorder: Participants' Experiences in Their Own Words
8:15pm: Movie: TMF Film Premiere: "Gratitude Revealed"

Sheridan Opera House
9:45am: Welcome! Telluride Basics
10:30am: Lecture: Intro to the Mushrooms of the Rockies, and Our Annual "Most Wanted"
11:45am: Lecture: Mushroom Hunting for Delicious and Distinctive Colorado Edibles
1:00pm: Lecture: Phylogenetics and Mushrooms
2:15pm: Lecture: Mushrooms Names and Images in The Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI): Mushroom Observer

Show Bar
3:00pm: Book Signing: Katrina Blair, Tradd Cotter, and Britt Bunyard

Transfer Warehouse
10:00am: Workshop: Handmade Paper from Fungi!
12:00pm: Demonstration: Cooking Mushrooms with Chad Hyatt: Part 1
2:00pm: Demonstration: Gourmet and Medicinal Mushroom Cultivation
6:30pm: Live Music! Marcus Rezak with Shred is Dead

Friday, August 19, 2022
Ah Haa Arts
10:00am: Workshop- Wild Mushroom Puppet Theater for Kids 7-12
5:00pm: Special Event: Wild Foods Tasting with Katrina Blair

Elks Park
9:00am: Hospitality Desk - Open to Public
9:00am: Registration/Will Call Desk
11:00am: Workshop: Media Preparation for Cultivating Mushrooms on Straw and Other Agricultural Byproducts
1:00pm: Mushroom Identification at the ID Tent

Elks Park & Oak Street Park
9:00am: Mushroom Festival: Vendor Village

Mountains in and around Telluride
9:00am: Edible Mushroom Forays Half Day
9:00am: Edible Mushroom Forays Full Day

Palm Theatre
6:00pm: Lecture: The Life and Times of Ethnobiologist Richard Schultes
7:15pm: Keynote Lecture: Adventures with Psilocybin-Producing Mushrooms: New Insights on Their Evolution and Diversity

Sheridan Opera House
9:00am: Lecture: Myco-Technologies and The Many Uses of Mycelium
10:15am: Lecture: Bio-manufacturing with Mycelium: Better Living Through Fungi
11:30am: Lecture: Applications of Native Fungi in Mycoremediation
12:45pm: Lecture: A Love Affair with Porcini Mushrooms 20 Years in the Making
2:00pm: Lecture: How Did It Get Here? Exploring Fungal Dispersal Strategies
3:15pm: Lecture: Amanita Mushrooms of the Rocky Mountains Region
4:30pm: Open Myc: Audition and Rehearsal
9:00pm: The MycoLuscious MycoLicious MycoLogical Poetry Show with Art Goodtimes and Friends

Show Bar
12:30pm: Book Signing: Christopher Hobbs
3:00pm: Book Signing: Gena Bone and Chad Hyatt

Telluride Library
10:00am: Workshop: Handmade Paper from Fungi!

Transfer Warehouse
9:00am: Lecture: Colorado Mushrooms for Beginners
10:00am: Lecture: Medicinal Mushrooms for Beginners
11:00am: Lecture: Mushroom Identification, Knowledge, Lore...and More! (A Discussion with World Experts)
12:00pm: Demonstration: Cooking Mushrooms with Chad Hyatt: Part 2
2:00pm: Demonstration: Gourmet and Medicinal Mushroom Cultivation

Saturday, August 20, 2022
Ah Haa Arts
10:00am: Workshop: Mushroom Parade Costume Creations with Riitta Ikonen at the Ah Haa School

Elks Park
9:00am: Registration/Will Call Desk
9:00am: Hospitality Desk - Open to Public
10:00am: Workshop: Mushroom ID and Vouchering, In The Modern Era
1:00pm: Mushroom Identification at the ID Tent

Elks Park & Oak Street Park
9:00am: Mushroom Festival: Vendor Village
2:00pm: Workshop: "Playground"- Sign-Making, Costume Design and Kid's Puppet Show

Main Street to Town Park
4:00pm: Parade, Drumming and Dancing

Mountains in and around Telluride
9:00am: Edible Mushroom Foray Full Day
9:00am: Edible Mushroom Foray Half Day
9:00am: Wild Foods Foray

Palm Theatre
9:00am: Lecture: Phylogenetic Relationships of Psilocybe: What About Mexican Species?
10:15am: Lecture: Biocultural Conservation in the Amazon Rainforest
11:30am: Lecture: A First Ever Mushroom Foray in the Himalayas (Would YOU Like to Be a Part of the Second?)
12:45pm: Lecture: Fungal Conservation: From Nothing to a Global Trend
2:00pm: Lecture: Discovery and Conservation of Psilocybe Species in Mexico
7:30pm: Parade Costume Winners & Awards
8:00pm: Keynote Lecture: Psilocybe: Medicinal But Illegal

Sheridan Opera House
9:00am: Lecture: Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy and Integration in Group Settings
10:15am: Lecture: Psilocybin and other Classic Psychedelics in the Treatment of Mental Health Conditions: Past, Present, and Future
11:30am: Lecture: Overview of the Legalization Movement
12:45pm: Lecture: Mushroom Medicine: Latest News, Science, Product Controversies, and Therapeutic Uses
2:00pm: Panel Discussion: Creating a Mushroom Community Cookbook
8:00pm: Live Music! Closing Night Party @SOH - Performing: Lavalanche

Sunday, August 21, 2022
Elks Park
9:00am: Hospitality Desk - Open to Public
9:00am: Registration/Will Call Desk
10:30am: Lecture & Demo: Edible and Noteworthy Mushrooms, Part II. Taxonomy and Evolution, Made Simple

Elks Park & Oak Street Park
9:00am: Mushroom Festival: Vendor Village

Sheridan Opera House
9:00am: Lecture: Microdosing and Topical Medicinal Applications of Amanita muscaria ("Muhomor")
10:15am: Lecture: Further Down the Rabbit Hole
11:30am: Closing Ceremonies
1:30pm: Movie
2:45pm: Movie "Know Your Mushrooms"

Show Bar
9:30am: Lecture & Demo: Edible and Noteworthy Mushrooms, Part I. Identification, Made Simple

Date: August 17 - 21, 2022

Location: Various Venues in Telluride, CO

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