Passes, Tickets & Merch
2026 Festival Passes, Merch, and Special Event Tickets are ON SALE NOW!
We are thrilled to welcome you to the San Juan Mountains for the 46th Annual Telluride Mushroom Festival, happening August 12–16, 2026!
The Telluride Mushroom Festival (TMF) is a can’t-miss 46 year old event(!!!) It’s a weekend of mushroom love, community connection and everything fungi. You can expect expert-guided forays to ID mushrooms in the great San Juan Wilderness, talks from world-renowned mycologists, a foundation of the fest rooted off psychedelics and its current resurgence, large community gatherings, culinary delights, dozens of mushroom vendors and of course the famous Telluride Mushroom Festival parade. TMF has a lineage that goes well beyond the new age mushroom renaissance, our founders include Manny Salzman, Gary Lincoff, Andy Weil, Paul Stamets and more. Every year the festival attracts 1000s of fungi fans from across the world.
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THE FINE PRINT
Please read through this information and our Terms and Conditions before purchasing your pass. Click on the tabs to see relevant details.
PASS DESCRIPTION
- General Admission (GA) Festival Pass grants the attendee access to all GA Presentations, Keynotes, General Admission Cooking Demos, Outdoor workshops, Band Performances, Poetry Show, Parade, Puff Ball and More.
- Mush Family Pre-Sale, Early Bird Pass Sale, General Admission Passes, Full Festival Passes are all General Admission Passes, unless a VIP Pass is purchased *see VIP pass description for VIP inclusions.*
- Keep your emailed QR code Pass to use at Registration to pick up your full access GA Wristband.
- Wristbands must be picked up in person during festival Registration.
- Special Event and Pre Fest Workshop Tickets are a separate paid ticket you can purchase on Passes page when tickets sales are active.
- Passes will be limited to a first come first serve basis. Once all GA passes have sold out we will begin a Wait List and allow passes to be purchased as spots open up.
- Forays will be on an online sign up list sent via email as well as at the festival foray tent in Vendor Village, foray is included in GA wristband.
- Foray’s sign up is first come first serve at sign up.
- Passes do NOT guarantee access to every presentation/workshop/lecture/event we are working with limited capacity – arrive early to secure spot at the venue!
- In 2025 we had 150 events at the TMF, there is PLENTY that your pass gets you access to. To best experience the TMF make sure to purchase a festival pass.
SPECIAL EVENT TICKETS
- Special Event Tickets go on sale May 1st at 10am Mountain Time.
- Special Events examples: Hongos en la Mesa, MycoRemediation, Sacred Mushroom Cultivation, Cooking Mushrooms with Chad, Etc.
- Each Ticket is to its own unique workshop, dinner experience or special foray. You must purchase a ticket for the event you want to participate in.
- Once ticket is purchased – look for email confirmation and tickets
- More information will be included closer to the event about how, where, when to attend.
- Special Event Tickets are in addition to a Festival Pass (wristband).
- Special Event details can be found on our Special Events page.
REFUND & TRANSFER POLICY
- GA, Early Bird Festival Passes and Special Event Tickets are non-refundable
- VIP Passes are non-refundable, but can be re-sold, transferred to another attendee, transferred to the following year, or donated to TMF. If a VIP attendee chooses to donate the pass and not attend the event – Festival will provide a tax donation credit for the full amount of $1500.
- Please only purchase passes/tickets that were sold through Humanitix platform.
- In the event of a cancellation due to force majeure (e.g., natural disasters, pandemics, etc.), the Festival will assess the situation and determine the appropriate course of action.
2025 FESTIVAL SCHOLARSHIPS
We want everyone to attend The Mushroom Festival!
Therefore, we are committed to making the festival more accessible to people of all backgrounds, abilities, and incomes.
We are proud to offer discounted tickets on a sliding scale for those who are interested. We encourage anyone who would benefit from this program to apply.
Thank you for being part of the TMF community! We’re working hard to uphold the values and spirit on which the festival was founded. We appreciate your understanding and support as we continue to improve and we welcome your feedback on ways we can be more inclusive.
You can learn more about the application requirements and apply by visiting the link below.
MEDIA & CONTENT CREATORS
If you are interested in a Media Pass, please see our Get Involved page for more details.
A General Admission Festival Pass will not get you into Special Events OR Pre-Festival Workshops, please purchase these “tickets” separate from your Full Festival Pass.
Festival Supporters
Thank you to all of our 2026 Sponsors!


