ACTIVITIES

 

Nightly happy hour (Friday & Saturday)

Enjoy beer or wine and delicious locally-sourced and lovingly made appetizers while listening to our afternoon music sets before dinner. This is a great way to wind down into the evening and connect with everyone at the event.

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Hog Farm Film Festival

Curated by Hog Farmer Dorje, this year's film festival theme celebrates 2024 the Year of the Dragon! We will open with classic cartoons and popcorn for the kiddos and showcase Lisa Law’s "Flashing on the 60s" as the feature, we will also rerun Great Moments in Clown Activism I. 

Year of the Dragon: Showing clips of the Hog Farm & Friends dancing Flash at the Chinese New Year”s Grateful Dead shows in the 80s and 90s. The footage is filmed and edited by Mark Portman, one of our dedicated dragon heads. Clown Activism: Archival footage of Abby Hoffman levitating the Pentagon, Wavy leading the Nobody for President campaign, and John and Yoko's Bed-In for Peace are our first Great Moments in Activist Clowning. Did you know the Yippies actually got a permit to levitate not higher than 10 feet? Feature Film: Photographer and friend of the Hog Farm, Lisa Law, has graciously gifted us the use of her feature documentary film, "Flashing on the 60s." This film highlights musicians, cultural icons and the counterculture of the 60s and early 70s, including the Hog Farm. Check out the film festival on Friday night with a repeat showing on Saturday night.

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Labyrinth walk w/ Wavy Gravy

Join Wavy and Jahanara on a morning walk through our beautiful Labyrinth. Wavy will guide us through a unique meditative experience.

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Bingo! for prizes w/ Wavy Gravy

​​​One of the traditions of the Hog Farm is a fun game of Bingo for Prizes! Bingo for Prizes became a staple of the kids room backstage a Grateful Dead shows which was lovingly run by the Hog Farm. Join Wavy for this fun tradition!

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Klamath Dam Removal... How We Got Here and What's Next w/ Bob Pagliuco

This talk will take place on Saturday afternoon and highlight how the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the world came into fruition over the past 2 decades. Topics will include how we got here, a current update on dam removal status and a glimpse of what is on the horizon for the Klamath River post dam removal.

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Grateful Dead Story Swap w/ Steve Parish and Bob Barsotti

Steve and Bob worked together for over 30 years while presenting Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band shows all over the western United States. They will get together for some stories about what it was like to be on the bus during the heyday of shows from the 70’s through the nineties, reliving moments they shared behind the scenes.

 

Steve Parish has been a primary member of the Grateful Dead family for 50 years.  Steve first joined the band as a roadie in 1969. It wasn’t long before he became Jerry Garcia’s trusted gear handler and began to manage the Jerry Garcia Band. Over the years, Parish and Garcia forged an unbreakable bond. Steve was Jerry’s best man at his wedding and was at his bedside when Garcia fell into a coma in 1986.  Parish was the last friend to see Jerry before his untimely death in 1995. Steve has continued to maintain his relationships with the rest of the Grateful Dead family. As Weir once said to him “Blood is thicker than water but what we have is thicker than blood.” Bob Barsotti worked at Bill Graham Presents from 1970 until 2000. In the 1980’s and 90’s he was responsible for all of BGP’s business relating to the Grateful Dead. It was then that he began, together with Bill and his brother Peter, to develop the Grateful Dead’s famous camping concerts, where thousands of like-minded souls would gather for a weekend to create a magical space where an alternative community was encouraged and thrived. Together with brother Peter, they produced Laughter, Love and Music, the historic memorial concert for Bill Graham in Golden Gate Park, drawing the largest US concert audience since Watkins Glen in the early 70’s.

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FLASH will join us!

The Hog Farm & Friends built and danced Flash, the Grateful Dead's infamous Chinese New Year Dragon. Flash made appearances at Grateful Dead Chinese New Year shows in the 80s and 90s.

You can check out archival footage of Flash as part of the Film Festival. Flash lives on Black Oak Ranch where he was created. The dragon is 110 feet long and a real treat to behold in person. The Hog Farm & Friends lovingly restored Flash in recent years and this will be a unique opportunity to come check out his beauty and magic. Flash will be on display in the Big Top all weekend. Please look and do not touch.

 

Dragon Warm Ups

Rumor has it that Susy will also be offering Dragon warmups on Saturday morning in the Big Top.

 

Piney Woods Hike

Join Hog Farmer, Bob Barsotti, on one of his favorite, not so strenuous, hikes at Black Oak Ranch. This walk will take about an hour through the piney woods to see the beaver pond at the south end of the Ranch.​ No strollers please as the terrain is quite uneven.

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Fire Ecology and Fuels Management

Join fire ecologist and Hog Farm family member, Eamon Engber, for a short hike through a Douglas-fir/black oak forest that was recently thinned and pile burned to reduce fire hazard and restore forest composition. We will tour the 30 acre project area and discuss forest resiliency, fire hazard, and fuels management in the face of a changing climate. We will also identify trees and understory plants, talk fire ecology, and discuss management options for small landowners. Mostly flat except for one arduous, but short (100) meter hill at the start.

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Hippie Trivia!

Join us for hippie trivia on Sunday morning during brunch! Do you have good trivia questions? Let us know! Or just bring it to the event. ​
 

Kidz Zone

Miss Rossi will be hosting our Kids Zone! She will be hosting a creative space for kids to play and make art.

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EarthCapades performance & workshop

Join EarthCapades for for juggling, music, circus performance, storytelling, and comedy focused on environmental science and respect for the Earth. EarthCapades will perform twice once on Saturday and once on Sunday. Stay after each performance for a 30 minute hands on workshop. Bring the kiddos and the young at heart! 

 

Handmade Crafts Fair

We will have a wonderful selection of handmade crafts at our crafts fair on Saturday afternoon. Come support your local artists! Please bring cash as crafters will likely not be able to accept credit cards. If you've purchased a ticket and are interested in participating in the craft fair, please fill out this form to sign up.

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Mosaic Art Workshop

Join Hog Farmer, Sharon Paltin for a unique mosaic art workshop. Sharon has made the mosaics you see on the Black Oak Ranch and will lead the workshop. During the mosaic workshop we will use scrap art glass and found objects to make a small durable and aesthetic mosaic piece for you to take home. Sharon will be offer her workshop after lunch on Saturday during the Craft Fair. Kids under ten must be accompanied by an adult.

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Irene's Organic Farm Tour

Spend Sunday morning before brunch with Hog Farmer, Irene Engber, for a unique tour/workshop on her working commercial organic farm located adjacent to the event venue. Irene will show you around the farm and talk shop about organic farming. Depending on what’s happening on the farm, you may be able to help pick some apples or plant a little garlic. Flowers from Irene’s U-Pick will be available to take home. Please bring garden snips (if you have them) and a bucket. Prepared to potentially get a little dirty!

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U-Pick Flowers at Irene's Garden

Stop into Irene's Garden and pick up a beautiful bouquet of farm-grown flowers! Bring your own scissors and bucket and peruse many rows of different varieties of flowers to take home. Open all weekend! Water will be provided.