Sorghum Festival

The Haki Farmers Collective is proud to announce the second annual Sorghum Festival, taking place on September 25-27 at a collective farm, just 20 minutes south of Olympia.

Join the event for a vibrant weekend filled with music, aerial arts, vendors, kids' activities, and sorghum education with a community harvest!

What is Sorghum? Sorghum is an African indigenous cereal grain that holds rich food traditions for Black and Brown communities across the world.

The communal hand harvest of sorghum is a time-honored tradition throughout the African continent, where sorghum is a staple grain that predates corn and wheat. While sorghum is native to North Africa, its cultural and culinary impact spans the world, holding a significant place in the foodways of peoples from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, the American South, the Caribbean, and beyond! Sorghum is high in nutritional value as a milled grain as well as its unique sugar-filled stalks, which can be pressed and boiled into sorghum molasses.

This festival will be a celebration of this indigenous African grain that the Haki growers have been learning to cultivate. Growing sorghum allows them to keep this legacy alive, while reconnecting the wider public to regenerative grain cultivation that is inherent in traditional African foodways.

Live music by:
Oh Rose
Generifus
The Goodle Days
The Beehees
Sunflower Season
Mixya
Mazigazi
Fed Soul
Desejo
A Painting of Mountains
More artists to be announced!

Vendors:
Enjoy local food, arts, crafts, education, and seed swapping from the vendor market! Cash is highly encouraged as service can be spotty on the property.

Learn more about our work at Hakifarmers.org/sorghumfest