# Event Details - **Event Name**: Somerville Fermentation Festival: Fungi Futures - **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 16 Aug, 2026 at 01:15 pm – Sun, 16 Aug, 2026 at 02:00 pm - **Event Description**: Taste mushroom treats while exploring mycelium, fermentation, and fungi tech like mycocrete. Hands-on and beginner-friendly.About this EventFungi Futures: The Transformative Role of Mushrooms in Flavor, Fermentation, and ForestsWhile enjoying tasty mushroom treats, we will collaboratively learn how mushrooms are transforming nutrition and environmental technology. We will demystify how mycelium, our planet’s neural network that fruits mushrooms, created life on our planet and sustains us even today. We will explore how cultures around the world are embracing mushrooms and fermentation to live long, healthful lives. With hands-on activities, we will learn how mushroom technologies like mycocrete are creating a habitable future for us all. Perfect for beginners and advanced learners alike, this talk will make complex principles accessible.Included with Your TicketA hand-stamped Somerville Fermentation Festival notebook to jot down tasting notes, recipes, or whatever fermentation inspiration strikes you.Location: Armory CafeAbout the SpeakerJames Davis is a muralist, musician, and mushroom foraging instructor, organizing community campaigns to bring people together in nature. As the founder of Bay Staters for Creative Well-Being, he has shepherded the passage of over 30 laws restoring community access to medicines like psilocybin mushrooms, improving the sustainability of city food purchases, expanding labor rights, and protecting animals. His background is bridging ecology and public policy, having worked as a legislative specialist for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Berkeley (CA), and Taizhong Taiwan. For fun, he loves board games, movies, languages, and petting other people's dogs. He's originally from Kansas, and he lives part-time in Chile to avoid New England winters. Follow @baystaters @notorious.jpdPart of the Somerville Fermentation Festival 2026This session is part of the second annual Somerville Fermentation Festival — a bubbling celebration of fermented foods and the people (and microbes!) who make them.The festival is and open to the public, featuring 20+ local fermenters and growers, a free Kraut Mob demo, a Fermentation Help Desk, culture-sharing, live music, and ready-to-eat food. Ticketed programming runs in two rooms all day. Your ticket to this session reserves your seat for this event only.Browse all ticketed sessions and the full festival schedule at . - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/somerville/somerville-fermentation-festival-fungi-futures/100001993690396645 - **Event Categories**: festivals, music, entertainment, it, live-music, dog - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 45 minutes - Location: Arts at the Armory - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 12, max: 12, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Somerville - **state**: MA - **country**: United States - **location**: Arts at the Armory - **lat**: 42.3896283 - **long**: -71.1060766 - **full address**: Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Somerville Fermentation Festival: Fungi Futures - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/2b4337bc7cbd3963f4a7bf17006c18079ad9faf61262053bc8a31d84f1a21936-rimg-w1200-h592-dca4ab72-gmir.jpg?v=1784405121 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Somerville Fermentation Festival: Fungi Futures being held? - **A:** Somerville Fermentation Festival: Fungi Futures takes place on Sun, 16 Aug, 2026 at 01:15 pm to Sun, 16 Aug, 2026 at 02:00 pm at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Somerville Fermentation Festival: Fungi Futures? - **A:** Somerville Fermentation Festival: Fungi Futures is organized by Somerville Fermentation Festival. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Somerville Fermentation Festival: Fungi Futures is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Somerville, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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