Annual Southwest Funga Fest

Friday, Aug 1, 2025 at 8:00am

Second Sky
4141 E Irvington Rd Building A

Southwest Funga Fest is a, community-oriented festival focused on mycology, citizen science, fungal preservation, ethical foraging, earth stewardship, microscopy, and natural farming.

Schedule of Events:

Music Lineup:
MCee: David Augustyniak
08:00 am - 08:30 pm: Comedy and Story Telling by Steven Black (@neopostmodernman)
09:35 am - 10:35 pm: Compersion (@compersionmusic)
10:45 am - 11:45 pm: The Copper Queens (@thecopperqueensmusic)

Kids Camp:
08:00 am - 09:00 am: Check-in, rules, introductions, sharing circle, warm-up exercises, and stretches.
09:00 am - 10:00 am: Games, including name games and human knot.
10:00 am - 12:00 pm: Mud party with mud kitchen play.
12:00 pm - 01:00 pm: Lunch.
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm: Art Activity, including cloud watching and crafts like coloring, leaf rubbing, knot tying, and jewelry making.
02:00 pm - 03:00 pm: Story Time.
03:00 pm - 04:00 pm: Yeast Lesson and Activity.
04:00 pm - 05:00 pm: Guided Dance with Kristan.
05:00 pm - 06:00 pm: Free Play at the Playground.

"Class 3 'MainStage'"
8:00 am - 9:00 am: BEST PRACTICES (Possible Yoga Or Qi Gong)
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Andrew Classen: Introduction to Mushroom Hunting in North america Talk
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Kate Hawke: Psilocybin Mushrooms In the Four Corners: What Happens Next?
5:15 pm - 7:00 pm: KEYNOTE: Tyler Hacking - Mysterious Morchella - Rocky Mountain Morel Mushroom Habitat Ecology
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Panel: Parenting and Entheogens, Moderated by: Kristan Trunzo

Evening Music at MainStage:
Comedy A: 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Music: B: 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Music: C: 9:35 pm - 10:35 pm
Music: D: 10:45 pm - 11:45 pm

"Class 2 'Earth Area'"
08:00 am - 09:00 am: BEST Practices Possible Yoga Or Qi Gong
10:30 am - 11:45 am: Twila Cassadore: Cultivate - Find fresh flowers, seedlings, cuttings, and create eco friendly upcycled art
04:00 pm - 05:00 pm: WILL Burkhart: The Mushroom and the Toad: Our Allies for Catalyzed Psychedelic Living

Evening Music at MainStage:
Comedy A 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Music: B 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Music: C 9:35 pm - 10:35 pm
Music: D 10:45 pm - 11:45 am

Class 1 "Our Grey Area"
08:00 am - 09:00 am: "OUR GREY AREA" - Community Lab and Identification Tables
10:30 am - 01:00 pm: DNA/MICROSCOPY WORKSHOP: Several Experts will be leading this workshop.
02:00 pm - 03:00 pm: ASH RITTER: Gnomes, Tomes, and Genomes: Bridging amanita muscaria Enchantment & Science
04:00 pm - 05:00 pm: EMMIE FUNGUS GIRL: The Fungal Farming Frontier: Leaf Cutter Ants and ambrosia Beetles
08:00 pm - 12:00 am: SCIENCE:"Our Grey Area" Citizen Scienceing


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