2026 Portland Fermentation Festival
Thu, Oct 22 at 6pm (Pacific)
- All Ages
Stinkfest Queens and Ecotrust Present the Annual 2026 Portland Fermentation Festival!
Join us for Portland’s annual celebration of all things fermented, presented by Stinkfest Queens and Ecotrust. Come taste, share, learn, and geek out over fermented food and drink with fellow fermentation enthusiasts of all ages.
Thursday, October 22, 2026
6–9 PM
Ecotrust’s Irving Street Studio
Pearl District
721 NW 9th Ave., Portland, OR
Admission: $15 in advance | $20 at the door
Children 12 and under attend free.
Come taste, share, learn, and celebrate all things fermented!
Whether you’re a longtime home fermenter, fermentation-curious, or simply love pickles, cheese, kimchi, kombucha, miso, cider, and sourdough, there will be plenty to taste and explore.
Meet fellow fermenters, swap cultures and recipes, learn from local fermentation enthusiasts, attend live demonstrations, and sample an incredible variety of fermented foods and drinks made by both professionals and passionate home fermenters.
New this year: BYOF — Bring Your Own Ferment!
Have a ferment you’re proud of? Bring it!
Our new BYOF station will be located just outside the demo room and is open to home fermenters of all experience levels. Bring a jar, bottle, or small container of your homemade small-batch food or drink ferment to sample and share with other festival-goers.
Sour pickles? Bring them.
Miso? Absolutely.
Fizzy water kefir? Yes, please.
We also encourage you to bring copies of your recipe and share your fermentation tips, discoveries, mistakes, and lessons learned. Amateur to advanced home fermenters unite!
Festival favorites are back
Starter Barter & Adoption Center
Bring a fermentation starter and take one home! Share and adopt vinegar mothers, kombucha SCOBYs, sourdough starters, and more.
Bacterial Petting Zoo
Get up close and personal with SCOBYs, cultures, fermentation mothers, and other fascinating microorganisms that make fermented foods possible.
Fermentation Demonstrations
Learn techniques, ask questions, and pick up new ideas from experienced fermenters.
Lots to Taste
Sample everything from kimchi, miso, natto, cheese, and long-fermented breads to hard cider, kombucha, and much more.
A Portland fermentation tradition
The Portland Fermentation Festival was one of the first fermentation festivals of its kind in the United States and has helped inspire fermentation celebrations far beyond Portland, including Tokyo’s annual Fermentation Future Forum, launched in 2017.
Come celebrate the microbes, makers, traditions, experiments, and delicious flavors that make fermentation so much fun.
Bring your curiosity. Bring your appetite. And if you make something fermented, bring a little of that too!
Stinkfest in the News
Want to learn more about the Portland Fermentation Festival and our many wonderfully stinky years?
Check out this OPB Think Out Loud interview all about the festival, its history, and the Stinkfest Queens behind it.
Recent coverage:
2025 Festival Photos + Recap — Food Lover’s Guide to Portland
2025 Festival — The Wall Street Journal
2025 Festival — AM Extra on KOIN
More Stinkfest coverage from over the years:
Meet the Portland Fermentation Festival Team
AKA the Stinkfest Queens!
Liz Crain
Heidi Nestler
Claudia Lucero
A very special thanks to Ecotrust for hosting us year after stinky year, and to the amazing Tim Root for creating our unforgettable festival posters.
Stay Connected
Follow the Portland Fermentation Festival on Facebook and Instagram.
Share your fest photos and ferments with #pdxfermentfest.
For festival updates, future events, or just to say hello:
pdxfermentfest@gmail.com
Want to learn more about fermentation? Visit fermentation author and educator Sandor Katz at Wild Fermentation.
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