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 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.
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.
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.
