Name: Costume Awards
Start: 2026-08-15T17:15:00-0600
End: 2026-08-15T17:30:00-0600

SCHEDULE LAUNCH IS JUNE 21st, 2026

Welcome to the largest wild mushroom happening in North America, the 46th Annual Telluride Mushroom Festival! This program of the Telluride Institute, a 501c3 non-profit, offers a plethora of events ranging from foray and mushroom ID sessions, to hands-on demonstrations and lectures—all led by regionally, nationally, and internationally-known experts, (and we cannot forget the wide variety of social and cultural events offered, along with the famous Mushroom Parade!) there is plenty for everyone, every day.

On this website, you can filter your search by events, venues, presenters, etc. Each year the Mushroom Festival features many wonderful presentations on “all things fungi.” Presentations on similar topics are grouped together at the same venue so that attendees interested will be able to spend more time learning and interacting, and less time walking between venues. See who else is interested in each event and interact with our extended Mushroom Family.

See you soon!

Costume Awards

Saturday August 15, 2026 5:15pm - 5:30pm MDT

Town Park @ 500 E Colorado Ave, Telluride, CO 81435, USA

Festival attendees don’t take the parade lightly, and many spend months planning their elaborate costumes.
When the parade ends at the Town Park with the Drum Circle we will also pause to announce our costume award winners onsite.

We've heard rumors this year there will be some mighty wild costume creations and we look forward to seeing your and selecting winners for various costume categories.

NEW THIS YEAR, we will have a pet costume contest sponsored by Real Mushrooms. The winner will receive a prize from Real Mushrooms!

Speakers

Britt Bunyard

Program Director, Telluride Mushroom Festival

Britt Bunyard, PhD, is the founder, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief of the mycology journal Fungi, in print since 2008. Britt is a former university professor and has published over 100 academic and popular science papers. He has served as an editor for mycological and entomological... Read More →

Giuliana Furci

Fungi Foundation de Chile

Giuliana Furci is a Chilean-British-Italian field mycologist, speaker, author, and founder of the world's first non-profit organization dedicated to fungi, Fundación Fungi or Fungi Foundation. She is a Harvard University Associate, National Geographic Explorer, author of a series... Read More →

Saturday August 15, 2026 5:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
Town Park

FREE - Open to public, Parade and Costumes

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