There are 5 article(s) tagged Memphis Mushroom Festival:

• May 2025

  • Calkins: Jes Shea’s van exploded — with her in it. Here’s what she’s learned.

    Jes Shea leaned down to light the cookstove in her Sprinter van. Then the world went “BOOM.” 

    By Geoff Calkins May 27, 2025

• November 2023

  • The To-Do List: Talking Heads on-screen, Japan in the garden

    This week, learn about the fungus among us at Meeman-Shelby, cheese the day at the Hi-Tone and get ready to spruce up your holiday tree at John Mark’s.

    By Bianca Phillips, Kelsey Bowen, Chris Herrington, Holly Whitfield, Nick Lingerfelt, Abigail Warren November 04, 2023

• October 2023

  • Mushrooms’ moment continues with annual festival

    The Memphis Mushroom Festival returns for its third year with music, cooking demos from local chefs, workshops and, of course, plenty of fun ... gi. 

    By Joshua Carlucci October 30, 2023

• May 2022

  • Memphis Mushroom Festival combines education and fun

    The Memphis Mushroom Festival concluded Sunday and included observational forays, workshops covering sustainable agriculture and tips on how to use psychedelics as medicine. 

    By Jasmine McCraven May 30, 2022

• June 2020

  • Mushroom foraging: the perfect pandemic pastime

    The first Memphis Mushroom Festival, scheduled for Oct. 1-4 in Meeman Shelby Forest, welcomes amateur and professional “mycologists,” or fungi fanatics.

    By Jill Johnson Piper June 09, 2020