Festival Schedule

Join us August 25th

Sunday 11- 5pm

Ester Community Park

Dene' Eslaanh Performance at 11 am

We are will launching 2024 Festival with a special performances by the Dene' Eslaanh Dance Group. 

Children's Mushroom Foray at 11:15 am

Our starting point is  the Fairbanks Fungi Festival 's welcome/information table at Ester Park.  We will then walk together to cross the street to access our fungi adventure trail. We will be off trail, so please wear forest adventure shoes rather than beach wear.  

Mushroom Identification Talk at 12 pm

Mycologist Christin Swearingen will beshare her knowledge of Interior Alaska  fungi at the mushroom collection display. She will explain the techniques used to successfully identify mushrooms to various  taxonomical groups, and note the edible and poisonous mushrooms on display.  Join us at 12 pm at the mushroom collection display table for this talk.

Costume Contest at 1 pm

Break out your fungi wear for the festival.  We will have a contest at 1 pm at the main stage. All ages are welcome and there will be prizes!

 Mushroom Cultivation Workshop at 2 pm

Learn to grow mushrooms for food, year round.   

Happy Trails at 3 pm

Happy Trails will be playing funky, fun and danceable music on the big stage at Ester Park for your listening pleasure.

Fairbanks Ladies of Wrestling at 4 pm

Fairbanks Ladies of Wrestling (FLOW) planned a fungi themed match you wont want to miss! FLOW performances are both creative and athletic. The wrestlers created costumes just for the Fairbanks Fungi Festival.

Fungi Identification Display 11 am-4 pm

You will be amazed by the diversity of fungi found in Fairbanks when you visit the Fungi display tables, 11 am - 4 pm. On display are all the mushrooms found in Fairbanks area. Display mushrooms were identified by mycologists. See how collections are sorted by mushroom shape (gilled, boletes, polypores, toothed fungi, clubs & corals, puffballs, cup fungi, & other).  Bring in a mushroom to compare with the collection or to add to the collection.  

Visit the Craft and Game Tent! Opne 11 am - 4 pm

Fairbanks Fungi Festival is family friendly!!!! Visit our all ages craft and game tent.  We will be hosting 4 fungi games and 2 craft stations under on large tent, plus the Folk School will also have an activity at their booth.  Back by popular demand are the mushroom hats. Folks of all ages love making mushroom hats!  Create some magic of your own. These activities are free and donations are welcome to support the festival. 


Food Trucks and more!

Fireweed Bites n' Things, Duncan Snoballs, and more will all be at the Fairbanks Fungi Festival! Rumor has it that Fireweed Bites n' Things has designed a special mushroom cheese sandwich just for the Festival. Check it out! Other vender are selling yeast bread, cookies and Itatian sodas. There are treats for all ages at the Festival.


Over 30 vendors

If you are a mushroom lover you will find some real treasures at the festival. There will be dryed morels, mushroom growing kits,  harvest baskets, crochet mushrooms, jewerly, pottery, and the list goes on!