Black Oak Ranch Community

08/25/2025

ACTIVITY ANNOUNCEMENT: Klamath Dam Removal... Early observations of a healing river w/ Bob Pagliuco at The Hog Farm: In Open Celebration 2025 💦

This talk will highlight the early observations of the Klamath River's renewal after the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the world came into fruition in 2024. Topics will include a summary of predicted and observed physical river conditions and fish population response as the Klamath begins to heal.

We are so grateful to our friend Bob Pagliuco, "Uncle Bob," for offering his unique first-hand experience and perspective! Join us Saturday evening after dinner!

Tickets are available now!

08/20/2025

Tent, tipi, and car camping is INCLUDED in the price of your ticket to our annual The Hog Farm: In Open Celebration 2025 fundraiser! You can sleep in one of our beautiful tipis (first come, first served), camp next to your car or pitch a tent in any of our amazing campsites! RVs are welcome too for a small additional fee.

Join us, September 19-21 at beautiful Black Oak Ranch! ⛺🚙

08/18/2025

ACTIVITIES ANNOUNCED! We are thrilled to share the list of activities for the fifth annual The Hog Farm: In Open Celebration 2025! From fire ecology walks, to fun stuff for kids, to Bingo for Prizes w/ Wavy Gravy (Official Fan Page), there's something for everyone! All lovingly offered by Hog Farmers & their friends.

Join us! It's going to be a real good time 🐷🎶🌈

👉 https://blackoakranch.com/hog-farm-celebration

08/14/2025

ACTIVITY ANNOUNCEMENT: Streeter Creek Water Conservation & Resilience Project w/ Bob Barsotti at The Hog Farm: In Open Celebration 2025

The Streeter Creek Water Conservation & Resilience Project at Black Oak Ranch is designed to keep water flowing in Streeter Creek and Ten Mile Creek throughout the summer months. Funded by a grant from the California Water Resources Board, the Salmonid Restoration Council is leading this major effort. Key components include a new four-million-gallon irrigation pond for our organic farm and 800,000 gallons of rainwater catchment tanks to supply drinking water for our Streeter Creek summer camp facility.

Join Hog Farmer Bob Barsotti for a guided tour of these new facilities. We’ll visit four newly installed water tanks and the pond construction site. We’ll also explore a streambank restoration project next to the labyrinth, where the Eel River Recovery Group is repairing a collapsing cliff to prevent winter storm damage to the creek.

Both projects support the recovery of salmon populations in our local waterways.

Event tickets are on sale now!

08/14/2025

Howdy folks! We've had a few requests for payment plans for this year's The Hog Farm: In Open Celebration 2025 fundraiser, September 19-21. If you'd like to pay for your ticket over time, please email us at [email protected] and we will work out the details.

Join us!! 🎟🐷🎶

08/07/2025

Thank you Meyer Sound for your donation of the new Camp Winnarainbow sound system! It sounded great all summer! 🎶🌈

08/07/2025

The handmade Craft Fair is back at the The Hog Farm: In Open Celebration 2025🎨

Would you like to participate? If so, you'll need to purchase a ticket and fill out our participation form:

https://forms.gle/VtdJ6H5N22dyPYfV9

The fair will run Saturday afternoon from 1-7ish.

08/04/2025

Deadheads! The trip ain’t over yet! Come on up to for the intimate this weekend, August 8-10. Beautiful community. Beautiful land. Beautiful music. Beautiful people. Conclude the Days Between on a special high note 🎶🌹

07/31/2025

Friendly reminder! Dead On The Creek Festival is happening at Black Oak Ranch next weekend! There’s still time to hop on the bus and come on up! This is a great way to conclude the festivities of GD60 or a smaller, more intimate alternative gathering for those wanting a super authentic experience in a beautiful locale!

Greetings in this New Year!

Online ticket sales are open on Eventbrite! More details and pricing for Festival Tickets and Optional Meal Plans can be viewed on our new website at deadonthecreek.net. As always, you still have the option of purchasing tickets directly from Uncle John via street mail. Check out the Ticket page for all your options.

https://www.deadonthecreek.net/tickets
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dead-on-the-creek-2025-tickets-1061671721699

07/30/2025

Join us! Yum yum yum!

Hog Farm history lesson: The Hog Farm ran the free kitchen at the original Woodstock Music & Arts Festival in 1969 feeding thousands upon thousands. Food is central to our gatherings and everything we do. Food unites us and nourishes us.

That is why we offer meals and snacks included in the ticket price at the Hog Farm Celebration! Come connect with the community this September! The Hog Farm: In Open Celebration 2025, September 19-21 for our fifth annual Black Oak Ranch Community fundraiser!

📷: Lisa Law, food lines at the free kitchen at Woodstock Music & Arts Festival 1969

07/28/2025

B-36! Wavy Gravy and Jahanara will be BACK again this year hosting BINGO! for prizes. Join 100 of your closest friends in a friendly FUN game of BINGO at the fifth annual The Hog Farm: In Open Celebration 2025, Sept 19-21! You could win one of several great prizes!

Hog Farm history lesson: Did you know that the Hog Farm (the longest running hippie commune in the US). hosted the kids rooms backstage at Grateful Dead concerts for children of the band and crew? BINGO with prizes was a cherished favorite game and the prizes were EPIC!

Join us!

07/26/2025

Irene’s Garden U-Pick Flowers is open! 🌻

Come pick some beautiful flowers! Bring your own scissors and a bucket. There is water in the garden. $1/stem for large sunflowers and $.50/stem all other flowers.