SOLAR PunkiFicAtiOn ’26
Solarpunkification 2026 is a once-a-year collision of art, ecology, and radical optimism. We are transforming the historic Mabuhay Gardens into a working laboratory for the future we actually want to inhabit.
For decades, the “Fab Mab” served as the undisputed epicenter of West Coast punk rock—a raw, subterranean proving ground where marginalized voices and visionaries built a DIY culture from the ground up. Today, we bridge that rebellious energy with the regenerative ethos of the solarpunk movement. We are building the future from the underground up.
This is not a passive conference. It is a three-day, immersive convergence of solarpunks, artists, musicians, technologists, and community builders treating imagination as serious infrastructure. When we fuse the planet’s oldest Indigenous systems thinking with modern cryptography, mycelial economics, and unapologetic joy, we rewire what is possible.
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
POST-CAPITALIST
PROTOCOLS
Hacking the financial system for life on Earth. Join Jeff Emmett and Richard Ng to decode MycoFi and IndigiDAO—economic structures inspired by mycelial networks. Then, watch Ron Turetzky demonstrate the “Post-Capitalist Vending Machine,” using cryptographic smart contracts to facilitate sustainable, collective ownership.
RADICAL ART
& SOMATICS
Get out of your head and into your vessel. The venue will pulse with immersive installations, live visionary painting by Evelisa (giving birth to the “Vision Oracle” era), large-scale soap bubbles by Sterling Johnson, and the Gamelatron Sonic Sanctuary. Cap it off with somatic improvisational dance, live poetry from Via the Messenger, and a late-night Afro-futurist dance party.
THE OPEN SPACE UNCONFERENCE & WORKSHOPS
On Saturday afternoon, we throw out the schedule. The Fab Mab becomes an open laboratory where *you* propose and lead the sessions.
PRE-FESTIVAL (MARCH 6)
Regenerative Workplaces: Leadership consultant Leanne Holdsworth kicks off the weekend by teaching us how to shift our daily work environments from extractive to regenerative through deliberate micro-moves.
POST-FESTIVAL (MARCH 8)
Deep Dives: Stay Sunday for an experiential science-based workshop on the healing power of Compassion with Dr. Daniel E. Martin (Stanford University), and an intensive Advanced Imagination session with Jack Manning Bancroft.
SOLARPUNKIFICATION SCHEDULE
Events take place at Mabuhay Gardens unless otherwise noted. Subject to chaos and change.
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ALL WEEKEND ENTIRE VENUEART INSTALLATIONS
- Design Science Studios: Physical phones sharing regenerative stories.
- Elemental Sound Journey: Clare Hedin.
- Vulnerable Rally: 1,000 cardboard signs.
- Sonic Sanctuary: Video loop & whistling jars.
- MycoFi Posters: Jeff Emmett.
- Live Painting: Evelisa.
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FRI 1:00-3:00 PM UPSTAIRS THEATRE & ATRIUMPre-Festival Workshop
Regenerative Workplaces (Leanne Holdsworth). Exploring how modern work has been shaped by extraction. Ticketed.
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FRI 3:00-4:00 PM ALL ROOMS
Pre-Mixer & Cosmic Directions
Doors open early. Gather, connect, and tune in with fellow solarpunks.
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FRI 4:00-4:30 PM UPSTAIRS THEATREInvocations & Welcome
Connection Experience (Leanne), Via the Messenger, Welcome with Saskia, Bobby, Jack.
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FRI 4:30-5:30 PM UPSTAIRS THEATREIntroductory Experience
Jack Manning Bancroft (Professor Hope) in Dialogue with Jesse Elliott & Saskia Verraes.
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FRI 5:30-7:00 PM MULTIPLE
Placemaking, Bubbles & Ancient Futures
Steve DeAngelo, Ancient Futures Dialogue, Roxi/DSS, Inside Bubblescape (Theatre). Nicole Klau Ibarra (Atrium). Sara Olsen (Mabuhay). Sheridan, Ryan, David Munir (Lounge).
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FRI 7:00-8:50 PM MULTIPLEFilm: AIME IMAGINE (US Premier)
An Australian animated adventure born from the imaginations of over 150 Indigenous young people. Post-Film Q&A.
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FRI 8:50-10:00 PM MULTIPLE
Evening Performances & Dialogues
Via the Messenger & Inti Mystica (Theatre). Charley Hasenbeck (Atrium). Democracy 2276 (Mabuhay). Dr. Howard Whitehouse (Lounge).
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FRI 10:00 PM-2:00 AM ALL ROOMSAncestral Futures Dance Party
We Are The Manifesters, Thirsty!, Protopia Presents with Airpusher Collective. (DJ: Jay Gregory, Cassandra)
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SAT 10:00-11:50 AM OFFSITE
Walk to Solarpunkification
Guided community walk arriving by 11:50 AM. Meet at the Palace of Fine Arts under the big domed rotunda.
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SAT 11:55 AM-12:40 PM ALL ROOMS
Opening Plenaries
Welcome Day 2, Jeff Emmett (MycoFi), Richard Ng (IndigiDAO) (Theatre). Aaron & Donna Marchesano (Atrium). Ron Turetzky (Mabuhay). Future Journey Workshop (Lounge).
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SAT 12:40-1:00 PM MULTIPLEOpening Workshop
Bobby Fishkin & Professor Hope (Theatre). Aaron (Atrium). Nik Bertulis (Mabuhay). Malcolm (Lounge).
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SAT 11:30 AM-12:00 PM LOUNGE
Unplug and Play: Me Time
Optional arrival, phone check-in, solo reflection.
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SAT 1:00-6:00 PM ALL ROOMS
Open Space Unconference
The venue becomes an open laboratory: you propose sessions, you lead them. Bring ideas, questions, prototypes.
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SAT 6:00-8:00 PM ALL ROOMS
Evening Previews & Talks
Regenerative Adhocracy, Gaiapolis, Squiggly Line Life. A New Story Unfolds (Dan Martin). Lunar Punk (JMB), IndigiDAO, Give Hub, Sound Journey.
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SAT 8:00-10:20 PM ALL ROOMS
Parallel Evening Workshops
Fluid Dance Reggae Flow (Theatre). Emotional Awareness & Image-in-Action (Atrium). Disaster Prevention (Mabuhay). JMB SP Values & Sara Olsen (Lounge).
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SAT 10:00-11:20 PM MABUHAY THEATREIMAGINE Film Showing 2
Second screening of AIME IMAGINE.
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SAT 10:00-11:20 PM UPSTAIRS ATRIUM
Evening Magic & Imagination
Late evening session with Jack Manning Bancroft.
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SAT 10:30 PM-1:00 AM UPSTAIRS THEATRE
Reggae Open Jam
Reggae open jam transitioning to free music late into the night.
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SUN 8:00-10:30 AM MULTIPLE
Morning Talks & Experiences
Sara Olsen (8 AM), Via the Messenger, Gina of Kinlia, Rebecca Pan (Theatre). Ryan Hartnett & Erik Katz (Atrium).
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SUN 9:30-11:30 AM MABUHAY THEATREIMAGINE Film Showing 3
Third screening of AIME IMAGINE.
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SUN 10:00 AM-12:30 PM UPSTAIRS ATRIUM
Move as a Living System
An Improvisational Dance Workshop facilitated by Rebecca Strull.
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SUN 10:30-11:30 AM MULTIPLE
Parallel Sessions
Claudia Brenner Wildfire Workshop (Theatre). David Munir Doughnut Economics (Mabuhay). Jeff Emmett MycoFi (Lounge).
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SUN 11:00-11:30 AM UPSTAIRS THEATRE
IMAGI-NATION
Professor Hope presents on unlocking the imagination of the world.
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SUN 11:30-12:20 PM MULTIPLE
Raman Fireside & More
Raman Fireside (Theatre). Manifesting Vision – Ryan Hartnett, Sheridan Tatsuno, David Munir, Aaron (Mabuhay). Richard Ng IndigiDAO (Lounge).
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SUN 12:20-1:00 PM MULTIPLE
Lunch & Manifesting Vision
Lunch (Theatre & Atrium). Manifesting Vision continues (Mabuhay). Via the Messenger Music & Poetry (Theatre).
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SUN 1:00-3:30 PM THEATRE & MABUHAY
Warm Data Lab & DSS
Warm Data Lab with Jessica Sahra (Theatre). Roxi / DSS (Mabuhay). A kaleidoscope of conversation.
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SUN 3:30-4:00 PM UPSTAIRS THEATRE
Closing Circle
Via the Messenger Mini Performance & Closing Circle. The festival comes full circle.
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SUN 4:30-6:30 PM UPSTAIRS ATRIUM
Post-Festival Workshop: Compassion
Facilitated by Daniel Martin, Ph.D. Exploring compassion through science and experiential exercises. Ticketed.
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SUN 4:30-9:00 PM MABUHAY & LOUNGE
Open Jam Session
Bring your instruments! Hosted by Jesse Elliott in the Mabuhay Ground Floor Theatre & Lounge.
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SUN 7:00-9:00 PM UPSTAIRS ATRIUM
Advanced Imagination Workshop
Jack Manning Bancroft & Professor Hope. Ticketed.
Mabuhay Gardens (435 / 443 Broadway, SF) has long been a vital incubator for cultural transformation. The very walls that hosted the raw, world-changing energy of The Dead Kennedys, Iggy Pop, and Robin Williams will now serve as the physical infrastructure for radical belonging and collective growth.