Your Favorite Ube Festival is Back Fall 2024!
Yum Yams celebrates all things Ube. Ube is a Filipino Sweet yam that is taking over the world of desserts. It’s unique flavor and striking deep purple color ignites excitement in the food world. Ube is flexible and can be used as a flavoring ingredient or a food color.
A Celebration of All Things Ube
Ube is a signature component of Filipino culture. Ube is a purple yam that has become a beloved ingredient in Filipino culinary culture. Its vibrant color and sweet flavor make it a popular ingredient in desserts, such as cakes, pastries, and ice cream. Its significance in Filipino cuisine reflects the country's rich agricultural heritage and diverse culinary traditions.
Yum Yams has grown from 1 sell-out event at Kapwa Gardens, to a full on food festival crawl with multiple areas encompassing over 25 vendors.
Check Out Our 2023 Recap Video To See What’s In Store!
NEW VENUE FOR 2024
Join us at Trellis where you can find more ubelicious treats and local small businesses to support. We have double the vendors this year and can’t wait for you to meet them soon!
Tickets
Tickets for Yum Yams are FREE but we are accepting sliding scale donations. Your donations will help us continue to host our future events and keep our garden growing.
Vendors & Entertainment
Kapwa Gardens
Sweet Sips
Brown Butter Babe Co.
Bread Basket
Crown and Whisk
Petty Party
MaGoodie’s Cookies
Lady Victory
Mindful Indulgence
Ube Area
Cake Therapy
Stars & Spices
EatsChaChaCha
Whisk Cake Creations
Uncle Tito
Pusong Likha
Al Pastor Papi
Trellis
Kauhaw by Kristian Kabuay
Harina Bakeshop
Mie Makes
Manila Candle
The Gartden
Marahuyo Confections
ChellasCreations
Katha Collection
Craylie’s Crystals
Handmade by Pmaccay
Sunkissed Pinay
JZL.LTTRSandCRFTS
Kai Moss
Homie SF
Neon Jelly Fishes
Community Organizations
The Josephine Boswell Foundation seeks to honor one little girl by being the change she would have been in this world. We do this by: raising awareness to support SUDC - (Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood) research, providing financial assistance for quality child care to families in need & creating a supportive environment for families that have experienced similar loss. We strive for a world where these problems are history. This organization will be tabling at Trellis.
Performers
1pm-2pm
Hoochi is a local and upcoming DJ that curates and mixes music from a diverse range of genres such as R&B, Hip Hop, Afrobeats, House, Electronic, Latin, and Throwbacks, tailored to the crowd’s preferences.
3pm-4pm
HideeMode is a DJ from Union City, CA and is currently based in the South Bay representing The Modes & Cuffin SJ. She started her DJ career in 2020 amidst the pandemic and has emerged in the scene playing around the Bay Area, and cities around the west coast. Her favorite genres of music to play are all varieties of alternative R&B, Hip-Hop, Indie & more. Check out her mix, entitled FLY featuring an all female artist lineup of modern r&b/soul/hip hop.
2pm-3pm
Meet JAZZ.FM, a DJ born and bred in the Bay Area. While Hip Hop and R&B are her foundation, she’s a genre-blending creative who loves melding with the energetic pulse of a crowd. When you tune into JAZZ.FM, you’re not just listening to music —you’re tuning into her own unique frequency, a one-of-a-kind journey celebrating joy and connection.
4pm-5pm
ET IV is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in the Bay Area with ancestral roots in the Philippines. He is the founder of ASTIG Sound, an independent label & brand that curates events and releases celebrating classic and future OPM+ diasporic sounds. When not digging for loops or visuals to sample, he can be found DJing for Ruby Ibarra & the Balikbayans or rocking dance floors along the west coast and beyond.
Activities
12pm-2pm
Jenn Ban (she/they) is a Multidisciplinary Artist, Certified Usui Reiki Master, Youth Teacher, Tattoo Artist, and community organizer. They are offering an extension of Sacred Skin Adornments, Reiki infused tattoos, for kids as non-permanent body art on arms and hands using non-toxic glitter pens. *Parents, don't worry it's washable! Kids can choose from a selection of exclusive designs, Jenn will facilitate a quick grounding exercise as they apply the body art. ~5mins per design.
2pm-4pm
ChiChai (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary artist, educator and community gatherer born and raised here in Occupied Ohlone Land, aka the Bay Area. She’s taught from kindergarten to lolos and lolas!
For Yum Yams, ChiChai is bringing in the barrio fiesta spirit by creating banners with you. Our banners will take inspiration from Filipino plants and colorful fiestas. All ages welcome to drop in and create!