about

Agave Festival Marfa is an annual festival celebrating the agave and its influence on culture through food, film, music, science and spirits. The Festival treats the agave as the indicator species for a region that is culturally dynamic, multilingual, and deeply informed by indigenous culture and history. It brings communities together through outstanding free and accessible programming including talks by preeminent historians, botanists, artists, anthropologists and archaeologists. Tastings hosted by agave spirit producers, one-of-a-kind dining experiences and performances by leading artists in contemporary and regional music make for an unforgettable multi-day event.

Recent guests include Patricia Colunga, ethnobotanist and director of the film, “The Mesoamerican Diet”; Ruben García, activist and founder of Annunciation House; Pedro Jimenez of the agave spirit advocacy project Mezonte; Margaret Randall, poet and editor of the legendary journal El Corno Emplumado; Roberto Tejada, author of “Carbonate of Copper”; and Keeanga Yamahtta-Taylor, author of “How We Get Free”.