Somerville Fermentation Festival

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August 16, 2026
10-11 Preview Hour
11-5 Public hours
Arts at the Armory

A one-day celebration of the wide world of fermented foods.

Sample & buy a diversity of ferments from local vendors, attend talks by experts in the field, & make your own sauerkraut!

10/13/2026

🌱 Announcing the Somerville Fermentation Club 🌱

🌽 WHEN: the last Monday of each month from 6 - 8 pm (save the date: our first one is on October 26th!)

🍺 WHERE: Aeronaut Brewing

🥕 Bring your non-alcoholic* fermented creations to share - sauerkraut, pickles, hot sauce, kimchi, or any other fermented delights. At this informal gathering, we will swap samples, share techniques, troubleshoot batches, and build community around one of the oldest and most rewarding forms of food preservation.

🍄 * Please note that we have been asked not to bring any beverages that may potentially contain alcohol, including kombucha.

🍅 This is an outgrowth of the annual Somerville Fermentation Festival, which has brought together a community of fermentation lovers. The intention behind the club is to give us the chance to connect with everyone on an ongoing basis throughout the year, to learn from each other, and to deepen our understanding of fermentation and help others do the same.

🥬 If you have any questions or suggestions, or would like to join our club’s Google Group, please reach out to Flora at [email protected].

🌶️ Hope to see you there!

08/15/2026

🍇 2026 VENDOR LINEUP 🍇

🫜 We’ve got so many wonderful vendors sharing their expertise & products with us, so we’ve created a map to help you navigate the space!

🥗 Maps will also be posted around the vendor hall for your convenience.

🥑 See you tomorrow for some fermentation fun!

08/14/2026

🥦 We are looking forward to seeing you all in TWO days for some fermentation fun! Read on for some important details about our festival 🥦

🌽 Event Details🌽
Sunday, August 16th at Center for the Arts at the Armory
191 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA 02143

🧄Public Hours 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
🧅Early Access Hour 10:00 am – 11:00 am
*We advise ticket holders to arrive 15 minute early in order to enjoy the entire 60-minute Early Access hour inside the vendor hall*

🍅 Speaker & Tasting Series 🍅
We have an amazing lineup of fermentation specialists – you won’t want to miss it! Spacs limited so get your tickets today! The full schedule and link to purchase tickets can be found on our website: https://www.somervillefermfest.com/speakers

*Early Access ticket holders get free access to the Speaker Series and a discount on the tastings*

🫛Parking 🫛
Limited off-street parking is available behind the building and in the overflow lot at 75 Belmont Street. Residential street parking is available all day on Sundays!

🥕Public Transit🥕
The Armory is accessible by T and bus routes. See the Armory website for more information.

📩Questions or concerns? Send us a DM!

08/11/2026

🎉 Just 5 days until the Somerville Fermentation Festival lands on Sunday August 16! 🎉

In addition to our incredible lineup of vendors, speakers, artists, & musicians, we are excited to share our own collection of in-house booths and activities for the community to enjoy!

🛍️Merch & Raffle Table🛍️

Visit us at the front of the vendor hall to pick up your SomFermFest tees, totes, stickers, temporary tattoos, and hand-stamped lined notebooks! We’ll also have a small selection of fermentation books and equipment to get you started fermenting at home, and several fun (and funky) raffle prizes to bid on.

🥬 Kraut Mob 🥬

Join us on the patio outside the Armory and make your own jar of sauerkraut to take home ! We will provide everything you need: cabbage, jars, equipment, & a recipe to take home. Try your hand at fermentation and discover the fun of creating your very own ferment!

📚Culture Sharing & Book Swap 📚

Visit our Culture Sharing Table to drop off or pick up a starter culture (think kombucha, sourdough, yogurt, kefir, etc) and learn how to take care of it at home!

This year’s Culture Sharing includes a book swap! Bring your unused food & fermentation books and pick up something new.

ℹ️ Fermentation Help Desk ℹ️

Fuzzy ferments? Off smells? If you’re unsure how to get started or afraid you did something wrong, stop by our Fermentation Help Desk to get your questions answered by an experienced fermenter!

🔬Microscope Table 🔬

Ever wondered what’s actually alive in your ferments? Stop by to see the microbial world up close: peer through the lens at the bacteria and yeasts that turn cabbage into kraut and tea into kombucha.

🧶 Crafting Table 🧶

Get creative at our crafting table for kids (& adults), located right alongside our artist booths! We’ll have art supplies, crafting activities, and a selection of SFF stamps to play with!

08/09/2026

🥬 KRAUT MOBS 🥬

The final two mobbin’ opportunities before the big event! 😳 Thanks to Davis Sq Farmers Market and Belmont Farmers’ Market (MA) for hosting us!

At our fermentation table (aka “Kraut Mob”), we teach market shoppers how to turn fresh produce into delicious and healthy fermented foods. We offer guidance and instruction along with all necessary equipment to begin the fermentation process, and provide recipe cards to take home. Donations are encouraged but not required to participate.

All proceeds support the upcoming Somerville Fermentation Festival on Sunday, August 16 at the Center for the Arts at the Armory ❤️

There will be a Kraut Mob table at SomFermFest, so if you miss these two events, you’ll still be able to mob with us on Sunday, August 16th!

✉️ Send us a DM if you have any questions or concerns!

08/06/2026

🍅SHOUTOUT TO OUR AMAZING SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS 🍅

🍄‍🟫BAY STATERS 🍄‍🟫
Bay Staters for Creative Well-Being an official sponsor, has made a significant financial contribution to support the 2026 Somerville Fermentation Festival. In addition to participating as a community booth, they will be collecting donations on our behalf during the festival. Don’t miss their talk, Fungi Futures, from 1:15 to 2:00 pm in the Armory Café!

📚CHELSEA GREEN PUBLISHING 📚
Chelsea Green Publishing, a Vermont-based publishing company specializing in non-fiction books about progressive politics and sustainable living, has donated nine different fermentation-themed books that will be included in our upcoming raffle!

🍞SOURHOUSE 🍞
Sourhouse has donated their “Goldie,” a system which keeps your sourdough starter temperature consistently in the “Goldilocks Zone.” With this, you’ll be able to bake amazing bread all year round, without needing to warm up your whole house! It won a Good Housekeeping Best Kitchen Gear Award in 2024 and is a featured prize in our upcoming raffle.

🎟️ Stay tuned for more information about our in-person raffle on August 16th, 2026!

💚 Thanks to your generosity, we are able to grow the Somerville Fermentation Festival and further share the love of fermentation!

08/05/2026

Check out our full speaker and tasting series lineup! 😍

Your ticket includes a hand-stamped Somerville Fermentation Festival notebook to jot down tasting notes, recipes, or whatever fermentation inspiration strikes you! 📝

More information here: https://www.somervillefermfest.com/speakers

08/04/2026

Meet the wonderful artists who will be at the 2026 Somerville Fermentation Festival!

🫖 BEL JAFFE CRAFTS 🫖
Bel Jaffe is a local artist originally from Cambridge, MA. They have been creating all their life and find inspiration in the touch and tactile of handmade things. Their crafts vary from ceramic, to fiber arts, to print making, and everything in between.

For more information visit Bella Jaffe

🥫INDESTRUCTIBLE FOOD🥫
Indestructible Food is an educational celebration of shelf-stable fare. They research, write about, and illustrate nonperishable fare!

Visit them Sarah Dudek and view their Etsy shop here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SarahDudekPaints

08/02/2026

🥬 KRAUT MOBS 🥬

Two mobbin’ opportunities this week! Big hugs to Brighton Farmers Market and Medford, MA Farmers Market for hosting us!

At our fermentation table (aka “Kraut Mob”), we teach market shoppers how to turn fresh produce into delicious and healthy fermented foods. We offer guidance and instruction along with all necessary equipment to begin the fermentation process, and provide recipe cards to take home. Donations are encouraged but not required to participate.

All proceeds support the upcoming Somerville Fermentation Festival on Sunday, August 16 at the Center for the Arts at the Armory ❤️

🫑FERMENTING WITH FLORA🫑

An afternoon of Farm Veggie fermentation Waltham Fields Community Farm with Somerville Fermentation Festival Founder, Flora Spivak! You’ll learn about the science of fermentation, nutritional benefits, and work in groups to processes cabbage and beans from our fields. Participants will go home with a jar each along with the knowledge and skills to ferment at home!

Tickets for this event can be purchased at https://www.somervillefermfest.com/upcoming-events.

✉️ Send us a DM if you have any questions or concerns!

07/31/2026

🍄‍🟫BAY STATERS FOR CREATIVE WELL-BEING🍄‍🟫
Bay Staters for Creative Well-Being is a grassroots movement bringing nature back to the center of community health. From decriminalizing psilocybin mushrooms in ten communities to hosting community nature walks, we bring people together to grow all varieties of mushrooms, eat healthfully, and spend intentional time in nature.

Learn more at www.baystaters.org or follow along Bay Staters for Creative Well-Being

🍠BOOTSTRAP COMPOST🍠
Bootstrap Compost is your local composting service, dedicated to turning your food scraps into nutrient-rich compost since 2011. Serving the Greater Boston, Providence, Worcester and Berkshires areas, we make composting simple and convenient. Join us in reducing landfill waste and enriching our local soil. Boostrap Compost will be collecting vegetable scraps from our Kraut Mob table! Thanks for helping us out 🫶

For more information, please visit https://www.bootstrapcompost.com or Bootstrap Compost

🌽GROUNDWORK SOMERVILLE🌽
Groundwork Somerville is an environmental nonprofit organization that changes places, changes lives, and changes systems in Somerville, MA. Since 2000, Groundwork Somerville has been building a healthier, greener, and more equitable city through urban farming, youth leadership, and community-driven advocacy. We steward Somerville’s only urban farm and distribute 2,000 lbs. of organic produce for free each growing season. Our Green Team program employs local youth and empowers them to become environmental leaders by growing food for the community, building resident power together, and shaping neighborhoods into equitable, climate-resilient spaces.

For more information, please visit https://groundworksomerville.org or Groundwork Somerville

🧅FOOD NOT BOMBS🧅
Food Not Bombs is an all-volunteer movement that recovers food that would otherwise be discarded, and shares free vegan and vegetarian meals with the hungry. They work to strengthen community, protest and fight oppression, and share food.

For more information, please visit food not bombs somerville

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