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Somerville Fermentation Festival

Sunday, September 7, 2025
11 - 4
Center for Arts at the Armory

A free, 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!

06/03/2026

✨Vendor Spotlight ✨

We are so thrilled that and will be joining us once more for the 2026 Somerville Fermentation Festival!

🍵 is a awarded Spanish Japanese tapas restaurant in Cambridge, MA by chef/owner Tracy Chang. PAGU creates delicious fermented sparkling teas rooted in single origin tea. This means that the tea is sourced from one specific geographic location (aka it is not a blend).

🍄 sells mushrooms! fresh! and other mushroom-related goodies, gifts, and accompaniments. If there’s any mushroom-y item your heart has ever desired, you can probably find it here!

For more information please visit https://gopagu.com or www.themushroomshopsomerville.com

Please give them a ❤️and share our post to spread the love! Hope to see you all on August 16th!

06/02/2026

🥒 Let’s Pickle! An Introduction to Lacto-Fermented Vegetables 🥒

Join us for a fermentation workshop at the final gathering of Herbstalk! Since 2012, Herbstalk has brought together New England herbalists, farmers, medicine makers, teachers, healers, and artists who have come together to share their knowledge, craft, passion and products. We’re honored and excited to be part of this beautiful community event!

🗓️ Sunday, July 7th
🕕 2:00 – 3:30 pm
📍 Arts at the Amory in Somerville
🎟️ this is a ticketed event (see below)

This beginner-friendly introduction to fermentation will cover the fundamentals of fermenting vegetables. We’ll learn how and why fermentation works, how to keep your ferments safe & when to toss, and the benefits of making and eating fermented foods. You’ll observe the process of making sauerkraut and brined pickles, and leave with a printed recipe for both!

Link to Herbstalk Class Schedule & Descriptions:
https://www.herbstalk.org/67-sun-classes.html

Link to Herbstalk Class Tickets (a ticket gives access to full day of classes):
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/herbstalk-2026-tickets-1987930297032?aff=oddtdtcreator

Questions or concerns? Send us a DM! Hope to see you there ~

06/01/2026

🥬 Learn to Ferment: Make Your Own Sauerkraut 🥬

Please join us for a workshop at First Street Market () for World Environment Day!

🗓️ Saturday, June 6th
🕕 12:00 – 1:30 pm
📍 First Street Market
🎟️ this is a ticketed event (see below)

Learn the basics of vegetable fermentation & make your own jar of sauerkraut to take home!

This beginner-friendly introduction will cover the fundamentals of fermenting vegetables. You’ll learn how and why fermentation works, how to keep your ferments safe (and when to toss them), and the benefits of making and eating fermented foods. You’ll make and take home your own 1-quart jar of fermenting sauerkraut along with a written recipe for homemade sauerkraut and lacto-fermented pickles.

If you’re curious about fermentation but not sure where to start, this class is definitely for you! Sauerkraut samples will be provided and fermentation questions will be answered.

For more information, please check out:
https://firststreetmkt.com/events/rooted-in-first-street-a-world-environment-day-celebration

To buy tickets, please go here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/learn-to-ferment-make-your-own-sauerkraut-tickets-1989829996083?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

Got any questions? Don’t hesitate to send us a message 🙂

05/27/2026

We’re so happy to welcome and back to the Somerville Fermentation Festival! 😍

🥬 Red Kettle Kimchi makes really good kimchi and Asian ferments born from the soils and seas of Maine. Founded by Ger Liang Tysk, a chef who got her start cooking on sailing ships in the Caribbean, Red Kettle Kimchi is an Asian and woman-owned business bringing fresh Maine ingredients and time-honored Asian fermentation traditions together. We strive to source local Maine produce and ingredients to make our kimchi right here in Belfast.

🌶️ Craic Sauce is a Lowell-based hot sauce company crafting small-batch sauces from locally grown peppers and seasonal farm ingredients. Through fermentation, we turn regional harvests into bold, balanced sauces that celebrate flavor, community, and the farms behind them.

Please give them a big ❤️ and be sure to check them out on August 16th!

05/22/2026

It’s Fermentation Fun Fact Friday 🧐 🫧
There are exactly 86 days until the 2026 Somerville Fermentation Festival (that’s enough time for about 10 batches of kombucha..)
We hope to see you there! Happy Fermenting! 😊 🫧

04/16/2026

2026 SFF Vendor Applications are LIVE!

We are happy to announce that our vendor applications are now live! If you are interested in being a vendor at the 2026 Somerville Fermentation Festival, please go to http://www.somervillefermfest.com/apply. DM us if you have any questions!

🗓️ Deadline: Friday, May 15th

04/06/2026

We’re just under one week away from our 2026 SFF kickoff brunch and we hope to see you there! Come hang out, meet other fermenters, learn about this year’s festival plans, and feast on homemade sourdough bagels, cultured cream cheese, and a spread of lacto-fermented veggies provided by host and festival organizer Flora Spivak.

🗓️Sunday, April 12th
🕙11 am - 2 pm ET (drop in any time)
📍Fresh Pond
📬 RSVP for address and more information to [email protected] or fill out the form at www.somervillefermfest.com/getinvolved

There is still time to register!

03/24/2026

2026 Somerville Fermentation Festival Kickoff Brunch!!

To all Boston area fermenters and fermentation enthusiasts - you are invited to the 2026 SFF kickoff brunch! You’ll meet other fermenters and learn about our plans for this year’s festival. And perhaps most importantly 👀, you’ll be able to eat homemade sourdough bagels, cultured cream cheese, and a spread of lacto-fermented veggies provided by host and festival organizer Flora Spivak.

🗓️ Sunday, April 12th
🕙 11 am - 2 pm ET (drop in any time)
📍 Fresh Pond
📬 RSVP for address and more information to [email protected] or fill out the form at www.somervillefermfest.com/getinvolved

Come hungry and come curious - we hope to see you there!

03/16/2026

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

The 2026 Somerville Fermentation Festival is exactly FIVE MONTHS away 👀

We hope you’ll join us for a fun day full of fermenty festivities on Sunday, August 16th.

Address

191 Highland Avenue
Somerville, MA
02143

Website

http://www.somervillefermfest.com/, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/somerville-fermentation-festival-tickets-1526908467329

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