Come Curious. Leave Connected.
An original interactive play and immersive cultural gallery inspired by Southeast Asian stories, creativity, and community.
One ticket. Three vibrant festivals. One unforgettable weekend.
Spice & Story is an intimate, immersive experience within a three-in-one Asian food and culture weekend expected to draw 20,000+ people to the San Mateo County Event Center.
Every journey begins with a story.
Kampong Kopi explores home, memory, family, identity, and belonging through an intimate, interactive theater experience.
The audience is not simply watching from the sidelines. They are invited into the world of the story.
Discover Kampong KopiExplore at your own pace.
Step beyond the play and into a vibrant cultural environment filled with art, makers, games, workshops, community partners, and unexpected discoveries.
Create something. Meet someone new. Discover a story you did not expect.
Explore Kampong GalleryOriginal artwork and visual storytelling by Southeast Asian and diasporic artists.
Meet nonprofits, consulates, community partners, artists, authors, artisans, food creators, and small businesses strengthening Southeast Asian communities.
Investors and advisors mentor rising Southeast Asian founders, and startups pitch their ideas to the room.
Hands-on workshops inspired by Southeast Asian creativity, traditions, and cultural practices.
Puzzles, bamboo dancing, Zero Point, games, prizes, and playful cultural experiences for different ages.
Explore each experience, collect stamps, complete challenges, and enter to win prizes.
Spice & Story is not a festival you simply attend. It is a story you step into.
From the opening moments of Kampong Kopi to the discoveries throughout Kampong Gallery, every part of the experience is designed to spark curiosity, invite participation, and create meaningful connections.
Whether you are reconnecting with your own heritage or discovering Southeast Asian communities for the first time, we hope you leave with stories of your own.
Wander the portrait wall — leaders, makers, storytellers, and technologists shaping the experience.
Long before there were event planners, there were neighbors.
To bring Spice & Story to life, we need big-hearted people who believe in showing up for one another.
Our Kampong Heroes might offer a ride, host an out-of-town volunteer, loan a TV or AV equipment, share storage or build space, help assemble props, or lend a hand wherever it is needed most.
Through shared spaces and generous hands, we build this kampong!
Stories have a remarkable way of bringing people closer.
These everyday moments help us understand one another in ways facts and history alone cannot.
Spice & Story was created to celebrate the richness of Southeast Asian stories while creating opportunities for people of all backgrounds to learn, create, play, and connect through shared experiences.
Culture is not something you simply observe. It is something you experience together.
Spice & Story is presented by Kampong Collective, a California nonprofit dedicated to preserving and sharing Southeast Asian culture through public programs, cultural celebrations, and creative experiences that foster understanding across generations and communities.
Together with artists, community partners, volunteers, and supporters, we are building a cultural platform that inspires curiosity, strengthens relationships, and creates space for stories that deserve to be shared.
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