Press Release: Reggie Watts and Shane Mauss Headline Spirituality & Beyond 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 25, 2026
REGGIE WATTS AND SHANE MAUSS HEADLINE SPIRITUALITY & BEYOND, CHURCH OF AMBROSIA’S SIXTH ANNUAL EASTER GATHERING IN OAKLAND
Mistah F.A.B., Bia Labate, and Zendo Project Among New Additions to Lineup; MLK Legacy, High-Dose Practice, and Community Care Shape Easter Weekend Program
OAKLAND, Calif., March 25, 2026 – Spirituality & Beyond, the Easter weekend gathering hosted by Church of Ambrosia Pastor Dave Hodges, returns for its sixth year April 3-5 at Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., Oakland. The three-day community gathering brings together members for talks, ceremony, music, comedy, and conversation at the intersection of psychedelic culture, spirituality, harm reduction, and social justice.
Reggie Watts, internationally renowned musician, comedian, and former bandleader on The Late Late Show with James Corden, headlines Easter Sunday in conversation with psychedelic writer and advocate Monica Cadena. Shane Mauss, the comedian and science communicator behind the Here We Are podcast and the new special TRIPS: First Dose, joins Pastor Dave Hodges on Saturday for a headliner dialogue on high-dose exploration and the Hero’s Journey.
New additions to the 2026 lineup include Oakland rapper Mistah F.A.B. and Mama Ayanna Mashama of Black August, who open Saturday’s main stage with “Honoring Legacies,” a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the 58th anniversary of his transcendence. Bia Labate, founder of the Chacruna Institute and one of the world’s leading scholars on plant medicine traditions, joins the Saturday Indigenous-led panel alongside George Txana Wukong Cheng, Winter Jendayi, Lizette Ohxochitl, and Rodolfo Sadhaña. Jessa Hurst of the Zendo Project brings lessons from large-scale psychedelic harm reduction work at Burning Man.
“Every year Easter falls on something we wouldn’t have predicted. Last year it was 4/20. This year, we open on the anniversary of Dr. King’s passing. We have Mistah F.A.B. opening the main stage, Bia Labate on the Indigenous panel, Mitchell Gomez and I on Sunday for the Temple of Harm Reduction. Six years in, this community keeps showing me what it wants to build.”
Pastor Dave Hodges
The 2026 gathering will also feature “God Sitters,” a panel on what it means to hold space for people navigating intense psychedelic experiences, with Pastor Dave, Tony Alvarez, and Tam Black; Steve Urquhart of The Divine Assembly on spirituality and community; “Sisters in Psychedelics” with Xochitl Bernadette Moreno, Dayana Monica, and Mutuma; a “Community Organizing” panel with Mary Sanders, Cat Brooks, Suliman Hyatt, Xochitl, Tiarra, and Ryan; Jessa Hurst of the Zendo Project on harm reduction lessons from Burning Man; Mitchell Gomez and Pastor Dave for “You Can Always Take More, You Never Take Less.”; and a community stage running open programming, music, and workshops throughout the weekend.
Pastor Dave delivers his annual Easter Sermon on Sunday, April 5.
Saturday evening at 8pm, Mauss performs TRIPS: Third Dose at Humanist Hall. Tickets ($39.19) available separately at eventbrite.com/e/shane-mauss-trips-third-dose-tickets-1983596081276. His new special TRIPS: First Dose, filmed at Meow Wolf in Denver with 360-degree visuals from 20 psychedelic artists, premiered March 3, 2026.
“Spirituality and Beyond is where comedy, neuroscience, and psychedelics actually belong together. What Pastor Dave has built in Oakland is the realest version of this that exists. I’m honored to be part of it.”
Shane Mauss
The opening ceremony on Friday, April 3, is presented in collaboration with Solestial Church, a Bay Area community of healers, artists, and activists. The weekend also features an Indigenous-centered market and creative makerspace curated by Xochitl Bernadette Moreno.
Pastor Dave founded the Church of Ambrosia and Zide Door in Oakland. With more than 137,000 members, it is the world’s largest psychedelic church and a pioneering advocate for religious freedom and entheogenic sacramental practice. He has been featured in Forbes, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Newsweek.
Tickets: luma.com/wemhukuo
Shane Mauss show ($39.19): eventbrite.com/e/shane-mauss-trips-third-dose-tickets-1983596081276
Venue: Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., Oakland, CA
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