Day 1: Arriving in the Mycelium
Registration & Check-In
The Reishi Awakening Ceremony
Facilitators: Shroom Sabha Crew & Udukku
Open Shroom Sabha with a grounding Reishi cacao ceremony before settling into an immersive sound bath that invites presence, connection, and a shared beginning to the festival.
Finding Your Voice
Facilitators: Shilpa Mudbi & Aditya Kothakota (Folk Voice Lab)
Through song, storytelling, and embodied practice, explore your own voice while reconnecting with folk traditions as living archives of memory, culture, and community.
Do-Nothing Mushroom Farming
Facilitators: Kush Thakkar (Wonderground) & Jashid Hameed (Nuvedo)
Explore the principles of mycopermaculture and discover how fungi can become collaborators in regenerative growing systems that work with nature rather than against it.
Demystifying the Magic
Facilitator: Fungamental Co.
Mushrooms are surrounded by myths and misconceptions. Join the Fungamental Co. team as they unpack the fascinating physiology behind psychedelic experiences, separating mythology from biology and explaining how the body, brain and environment interact to shape altered states of consciousness.
Folk Voice Circle
Facilitators: Shilpa Mudbi & Aditya Kothakota (Folk Voice Lab)
An intimate gathering where songs, stories, and shared voices come together, inviting listeners into a living archive of folk traditions, memory, and belonging.
Stories from the Underground: A Movie Night
Facilitator: All Living Things Environmental Film Festival
Experience a curated selection of environmental films exploring ecology, conservation, and our evolving relationships with the more-than-human world.
The Forager’s Guide to the Mycoverse
Facilitator: Harikrishnan MT (Indian Toadstool)
Build a strong foundation in mushroom identification as you learn to recognize key features, understand field characteristics, and begin navigating the incredible diversity of fungi with confidence.
India’s Mushroom Biotech Revolution
Facilitator: Dr. Yashaswini
An exploration of India’s emerging fungal biotechnology landscape, highlighting innovations in food, biomaterials, medicine, and sustainable technologies.edicinal mushrooms, exploring how traditional knowledge and contemporary research come together in today’s wellness landscape.