Programming:
Makers’ Marketplace, shop local vendors selling everything from kraut, to coffee, and even chocolate!
Live Music by local acts + Speakers on the "Get Cultured" stage including a Diversity in Craft Beer Panel
Educational workshops and demos at the designated demo tent
Experience a brine hand-dyed and screen print station, make your own tote bag from byproducts of fermentation!
Libations Station sponsored by Farmers Jam, a 21+ tasting experience of alcoholic ferments like craft beer (Buy tickets to drink HERE)
Free community yoga session at 12PM to kick off the fest!
The Scoby Kids Area with goats, barrel trains, face painting, giant Jenga, + performative storytelling
The Libation Station at Fermentation Fest is the go-to place to taste what alcoholic fermentors around the southeast have been brewing up. From mead to wine, to beer, you’ll enjoy imbibing in the alcoholic section at the Atlanta Fermentation Fest.
21+ attendees can look forward to a curated libation experience
Festival Yoga Kick Off 12pm-1pm
Yoga Class with Sanskrit Moon Yoga
Join us for a free community yoga class from 12-1 pm. Gentle flow to kick off the festival with Sankrit Moon Yoga
The Brine Tie Dye
Brine Tie Dye
A hands on experience where we will use the brine of local vegetables to create beautiful art on donated tote bags from the Rounds. Bring your own scraps or old t-shirts to upcycle them with food scraps. Nothing is getting wasted here! Tickets for the tie dye station
The SCOBY Kids Area
Children’s learning area with Spark Bridge STEM
“STEM Explorers” is a family friendly event designed to create a fun, immersive, and interactive experience for all members of the family. We will have an event-style set up that will provide hands-on activities that explore careers in STEM and interact with STEM professionals from our community. Some of the things you can expect to see are:
- Interactive Sessions - Games - Agricultural Exhibit-
Get Cultured Stage
Because we wanted something that was more than a festival, we curated a day of music, fermentation demonstrations, expert speakers on the benefits of fermentation, + culinary demos. If you're new to fermentation or you're a master fermenter, sharpen your skills and learn the basics all at Fermentation Fest.
Stage Programming:
The Healthy Move with Rae Mason
Curious about gut health, juicing and all that help your body be its best? Check out holistic health practitioner Rae Mason who specializes in helping her clients reach optimum wellbeing through Gut Health. Learn her tricks, advice and the science behind consuming fermented foods to benefit your gut!
Cheryl Paswater of Contraband Ferments
Renowned in the fermentation community, Cheryl Paswater is back for her second ATL Fermentation Fest stage talk. Cheryl will speak and do a stage demo on Fermented Condiments & Veggies, Two easy ways to incorporate fermentation in your life and diet!
The Future is Biodegradable with Abi Lambert
Bacterial cellulose has been in the periphery of scientific research for decades but the popularity of kombucha in the last decade coincides with artists, designers, and scientists experimenting with it as a material and the beginning of businesses developing around cellulose materials. The materials cellulose are most commonly designed to replace are leather, paper, and plastic. In particular, bacterial cellulose has great potential in replacing shrink wrapping, plastic bags, and seran wrap. It's thin, it's flexible, and most importantly it degrades quickly over time unlike plastic which takes centuries and sometimes millenia to degrade.
For context, more details on bacterial cellulose project can be seen here:
https://abilambert.com/Biosphere-Kitchen
Georgia Gwinnett College
Do you want to learn more about the science behind your favorite fermented products? Georgia Gwinnett College (Lawrenceville, Georgia) recently launched a Bachelor of Chemistry with a Fermentation Science Concentration as well as a Fermentation Science Certification. These fermentation specific courses will teach students the biology and chemistry behind all kinds of fermentation. Chemistry faculty members, Dr. Misael Romero-Reyes and Mrs. Veronica Sublett Breeden, will talk about this new program at Georgia Gwinnett College. Grayson Watts will talk about his experience as a student in the Safety and Quality of Fermentation course that is ongoing this semester.