🍄 FUNGI FEVER FEST – A Festival of Art, Science & Mycelial Thinking 🍄
Date: 10.– 11.10.2026
Saturday: 12:00 – 20:00
Sunday: 12:00 – 20:00
Admission: 5€
At FUNGI FEVER FEST, the entire weekend is dedicated to the fascinating and queer world of fungi and mycelium. Bringing together science, art, nature, food, and design,
Expect talks, workshops, drag performances, installations and a Fungi Market featuring everything from gourmet mushrooms and DIY grow kits to mycelium materials, fungi art, and alternative protein sources.
A festival for everyone who loves fungi and everyone curious to discover this mysterious world. 🍄
*MYCELIUM STAGE* (Flamingo)
What can fungi do? And what can we learn from them when it comes to urban planning, future materials, and the food systems of tomorrow? Expect experts in the field of fungi, from innovations to science, art, and education to share their insights with us all.
SATURDAY:
14:00 – 15:00
Mold is Gold with Alexis of Edible Alchemy
Koji and tempeh are microbial alchemy at its finest: spores transforming humble grains and legumes into edible gold. We’ll explore how fermentation creates value through flavour, nutrition.reservation and the ingenious work of the microbial world.
15:00 – 16:00
Insight into the future of fungi – Q&A with Marc Violo, founder of @mycostories
16:30 – 17:30
The Art of Fungal Extraction by Bruno Leal, Co & Founder von @coguberlin.com
17:30 – 18:30
The Queer World of Mushrooms by Noah Fox, Queer Mycology @foxandfungi
SUNDAY:
13:00-14:00
The Mushroom Revolution: Rethinking Food and Beyond" (mushroots.de) with Dr. Mazen Rizk - CEO von Infinite Roots
14:00-15:00
Meet the Museum of Mushrooms @museum.of.mushrooms: Creating a Fungi Wonderland with Moco Schiller, Founder and Sharlene Durfey François Experience Designer and Curator: Introducing the concepts behind a new museum all about fungi and why it’s so important to create awe in science education
15:00-16:00
Magic Mushrooms: Medicine in the Making, with Gabo Amezcua, @psychedelicsocietyberlin and Adele, Systemic Somatic Psychotherapy
17:30 – 19:00 (Salöön/ Upstairs)
KNOW THYSELF: A Psychedelic-Inspired Participatory Ritual, by Mareesa Stertz -The Global Psychedelic Society (https://globalpsychedelic.org/) and Your Story is Everything (https://yourstoryiseverything.com/)-
What if you could enter the territory of a psychedelic journey - and unpack the riddle within - without taking a psychedelic? Through movement, sound, storytelling, and reflection, you’ll explore a question or pattern that has been asking for your attention - and discover what lies beneath it.
An intimate extension of Sphinx Gate, the immersive art installation that debuted at Burning Man 2025 and guided thousands through encounters with their own inner worlds.
*FUNGAL ART* (Marktplatz)
Enjoy live performances, a fabulous drag show, interactive games, and plenty of fungi-inspired entertainment and art installations.
SATURDAY:
16:00 – 17:30 Skywater – ambient music duo
19:00 – 20:00 Battle of the Spores - Mushroom drag characters will battle with performances (lip syncs, dance and more) that you get to decide who moves forward and who ultimately wins!
Hosted by the Legendary Ambrosia - @so.ambrosia
Featuring:
Glamanita - @hannahwhitlow_
Niksa - @niksa.askin
Queen Cordyceps - @stefiliciouslux
Pixie Arasol - @arasunshine
SUNDAY:
15:30 – 16:30 Lihla @lihlalih-beautiful multi-instrumentalist and immersive storytelling
15:30 – 16:30 Strange Fur @thestrangefur walking act
17:00 – 17:30 FUNGI FASHION SHOW!! Everybody is welcome to participate in the fungi fashion show.
18:00 – 19:30 Fungi Pub Quiz hosted by Glamanita @Hannahwhitlow_ - Get your teams together and see who knows the most about our favorite “Kindom”
Art Installation Artists:
Timelapse Videos:
Alfred Drummond-Herdman - @Scottish.fungi
Cedric Lebonnois - @cedric.lebonnois
Robin Malmsten Haverval aka Grimblewood Thornwhisker- @Myco_ Motion
SYMCYTO - @symcyto
Paintings
Irene Antonez - @irene_antonez_art
Rommy Gonzalez - @rommygon
Photography
Jay Lichter @cyanesense
Barry Webb @barrywebbimages
Caroline Wimmer @carolinewimmerfotografie
Collage
Sharlene Durfey François @shhhroooms
Fashion & Sculptural Design
Kermit Tesoro - @kermittesoro
Mx. Donia Love - @discofungus
Bio-Art
Xristina Sarli - @xristinasarli
*MUSHROOM LAB* (Flamingo)
This is where we experiment, get hands-on, and get growing.
Mushroom sketching, DIY kombucha kits, and other hands-on workshops invite you to explore the world of fungi for yourself.
We are looking forward to a fungi fact pub quiz hosted by Glamanita Muscaria. There will be a mushroom hunt guided by Fox of Creature Kin
SATURDAY
13:30 – 15:30
Mushroom art watercolor painting workshop with Irene Antonez
16:00 – 18:00
Mushroom Cultivation workshop with Julian Roth @mycelionaires
All day Interactive Digital Mushroom Hunting Game bei @foxandfungi
SONNTAG
13:00-14:00
The Mushroom Revolution: Rethinking Food and Beyond" (mushroots.de)
with Dr. Mazen Rizk - CEO von Infinite Roots
14:00 – 15:00
Mushroom Movement Workshop with Sabina Moe.
Create a post human relationship to the body using the magical realism that cordyceps offer us as well as the great and vast gender and biological diversity that our beautiful mushroom friends have to show.
15:30 – 16:30
Mushroom Meditations
Jump Into the Fungal Perspective- @ oliviasayward.holistic/. Expect guided meditations, playful mushroom roleplay and curious conversations about our relationship with nature and the more-than-human world.
*FUNGI MARKET*
Gourmet mushrooms, grow kits, art & prints, mycelium design, books, functional mushroom brands and much more.
@irene_antonez_art - prints, postcards, stickers, clothing
@doktorcreature - handmade silicone mushroom beings
@shroomtopia - jewelry and small sculptures
@coloromystic - prints, postcards
@shhhroooms - prints, postcards, stickers, Intimacy Cards
@mycelionaires -tinctures and tea
@setatt_jatobokul -art and tattoos)
@mooncha.kombucha & @losvrujos_lab -tinctures, dry mushrooms, kombucha with adaptogenic
@kraueterhuette - elixirs, abstracts, kombucha from barrel
fairlsd.com - Microdosing
*FOREST LOUNGE*
A place to chill, chat, and share knowledge — over mushroom tea, elixirs, and stories such as “My Most Magical Mushroom Experience.” with the @mycelionaires
*SHROOM FOOD*
Mushrooms on your plate? Bring it on.
Not only will mushrooms be added to all the menus of the Holzmarkt food stands, but we’ll also have stalls from local makers
🍄 EXTRA!!!
And get ready for the most fabulous part: the Mushroom Fashion Show! Anyone wearing a mushroom costume is invited to join the runway and with that is your entrance free on Sunday. So come dressed as a mushroom, stay for the show, and strut your fungi!