At the turning of autumn into winter, we offer a gift inspired by the hidden kingdom beneath our feet. Across Launceston and the surrounding region, we give you forest foraging adventures, mushroom feasts, talks, workshops, art and films to celebrate the strange and beautiful world of fungi.
The program unfolds across two weekends, with five days in between. Each weekend follows a similar structure but features different workshop presenters, chefs, artists and speakers. Alongside a range of ticketed experiences, the festival includes free events, family-friendly activities and accessible venues, welcoming everyone curious about fungi.
Your fungi adventures begin here.
Event Program
Haven Forest Foray & Log Cultivation Workshop
Haven Farm • Sundays 31 May & 7 June • 11am–2pm • 45
A festival favourite returns. Explore wild fungi on a guided walk through pines, farmland and eucalypt forest at Haven Farm, then join a log cultivation workshop and take home your own mushroom log.
Fungi Market Morning
Harvest Market • Saturdays 30 May & 6 June • 8:30am–12:30pm • Free
Start your festival day at Harvest Market with a lively celebration of Tasmania’s mushroom season. Meet local growers, taste fresh fungi and explore displays of wild and cultivated species, with roaming mushroom characters bringing playful energy to the market.
Film Screening: The Fungi Web of Life
Du Cane Brewing • Saturday 30 May • Matinee 1:15pm–2:15pm, Evening 6:30pm–7:30pm • Scaled Ticket Price $1-$15
Narrated by Björk, this visually stunning documentary reveals how fungi shape life on Earth, featuring remarkable footage filmed in Tasmania’s takayna/Tarkine rainforest.
Future of Fungi Panel Discussion
Du Cane Brewing • Sunday 31 May • 3pm-4pm • FREE
Growers, chefs, artists and fungi experts explore how mushrooms are reshaping food, farming, ecology and creativity — and what the future of fungi might look like.
Fungi Farm Feast: Mr Brown and Towns
Mr Brown & Towns • Saturdays 30 May & 6 June • 12:30pm - 2:30pm • $55
Step inside a working mushroom farm for one of the festival’s most immersive food experiences. Harvest exotic mushrooms, taste them moments later and gather for a fungi feast paired with fungi-inspired dessert and drinks.
Meet the Grower: Farm Tour
Mr Brown & Towns • Saturdays 30 May & 6 June • 9.30am - 11.00am • Scaled Ticket Price $1-$15
Visit one of Tasmania’s leading gourmet mushroom farms and learn how mushrooms are grown commercially. A rare chance to see the cultivation process behind the fungi served in restaurants across the region.
Slime Moulds: The Sexy Impostors of the Fungi World - A Festival Talk
Du Cane Brewing • Saturday 6 June • 3pm–4pm • FREE
Naturalist Sarah Lloyd introduces slime moulds, mysterious organisms that look like fungi but aren’t. These strange life forms creep, pulse and solve problems in surprising ways.
Grow Your Own Mushrooms
Du Cane Brewing • Saturdays 30 May & 6 June • 10am - 12:15pm • $40
Discover how easy it is to grow mushrooms at home. In this hands-on workshop with Julie from Mountain Mushrooms, make your own inoculated grow bag to take home and begin growing mushrooms.
Fungi the Festival Opening Night Gala
Du Cane Brewing • Saturday 30 May • From 5pm • Scaled Ticket Price $0-$5
Launch the festival on the red carpet with wearable fungi art, photography and film. Dress as a mushroom or fungi-inspired for free entry. Woodfired mushroom pizza and fungi-inspired drinks available.
Fantastic Fungi: Late-Night Film Screening
Du Cane Brewing • Saturday 30 May • Matinee 7:45pm–9pm • Scaled Ticket Price $1-$15
A visually rich documentary exploring the mysterious world of fungi and their role in nature, medicine and culture, revealing the remarkable intelligence and power of the fungal kingdom.
Truffle Hunt: Unearthing Tasmania’s Black Gold
The Truffle Farm, Deloraine Saturdays 30 May & 6 June, Wednesday 3 June • 1pm - 2:15pm • $95
Join the truffle dogs at The Truffle Farm for a guided hunt for rare black truffles. Enter the trufferie, unearth one yourself and finish with a simple tasting of truffle products.
Town-Wide Fungi Tasting Trail
29 May - 7 June
Celebrate Launceston’s UNESCO City of Gastronomy status with a city-wide fungi tasting trail. Cafés, restaurants and bars create special mushroom dishes throughout the festival.
Available daily during normal trading hours. Book and pay directly through participating venues to be announced.
Why Fungi? A Festival Talk with Will Borowski
Du Cane Brewing • Saturday 30 May • 3pm–4pm • FREE
Tasmanian naturalist Will Borowski introduces the hidden kingdom beneath our feet, revealing how fungi shape forests, soil, food and the living systems that sustain our world and future.
The Mycelium Ball
Du Cane Brewing • Saturday 6 June • From 5pm • Scaled Ticket Price $0-$5
Gather for the festival’s big closing celebration. Share fungi stories and enjoy music, mushroom pizza, the Fungi Costume and photography competition awards. Fungi-inspired outfits optional. Mushroom costumes enthusiastically welcomed.
