Harvest Homecoming 2026

This special event is a favorite of many at Oak Spirit Sanctuary.  A homecoming for Oak Spirits and for new and old friends alike! This year’s theme encourages us to draw strength and spiritual nourishment from a foundation of abundance. We can find this abundance through our relationship with the Land and from our participation in a community of practice!   

This family friendly festival includes long-standing OSS traditions like our Triple Goddess Grape Stomp, the annual chili cook-off contest, as well as our annual church meeting on Sunday. 

Programming runs Friday to Sunday evening with a “casual camping” Monday, with no scheduled programming, for those who wish to stay over until Labor Day.

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Featured at this Event: 

• Three dynamic rituals 
• Annual Goddess Grape Stomp
• A variety of workshops and activities 
• Annual Chili Cook-off Contest
• Community Potluck dinner 
• OSS traditional bardic circle/ community bonfire time 
• Art Raffle and Curated Basket Silent Auction

In lieu of a paid performer, this year we will be hosting a community-driven talent share at Saturday’s bonfire circle. Not quite a “talent show” per se but rather a facilitated bardic circle where community members are encouraged to sing a song, lead a chant, tell a story or joke, juggle, spin fire. . . whatever!  When we did this a few years ago, perhaps the biggest cheers went to a young man who was a competitive speed Rubic’s cube solver. Please consider bringing your talents to our evening!

What else to Bring to this Event:

To have the grandest experience of Harvest Homecoming, please consider bringing the following items:

**Snacks, Appetizers, Adult beverages, Non-alcoholic drinks if you wish to contribute something to the opening Social Hour

**A potluck dish for about 10 to 12 people with ingredients labeled. Please keep your food item appropriately cooled for food safety considerations until cooking or presenting. If you need help with keeping your item cold until needed, let an event organizer know.

**Chili if you wish to enter the cooking contests. This dish will then immediately become part of the community potluck.

**Grapes for the Triple Goddess Grape Stomp–Any kind of grape. Please do not wash the grapes with fruit and vegetable wash beforehand.

**Drums, percussion and acoustic instruments for Bardic Circle and Talent Share

**Since the weather may be hot: fun water play items to keep cool. Toys like super soakers, small kiddie pools (inflatable or solid plastic), but no plastic water balloons please. If the weather is hot, a shallow, inflatable pool will be available for cooling off, so bring swim suits or pool clothing.

**Items to place on the Community Shrine that represent your individual tradition, craft, or practice. This shrine will be a symbol of the diversity of practice found in our community. Examples: items like: statues, print images, stones, tools, flowers, candles. These items will be collected by their owners before departure.

Event Itinerary

Event coordinators are diligently planning a full event for you! When you register online, you will receive an email closer to the event with some reminders as well as the program booklet after online registration closes. Paper programs will be available when you check in at registration.

Gate Hours

Gate will open on Friday at 3:00 and close at 9:00 PM Friday and Saturday nights. No entries from 9:00 pm unless other arrangements have been made by contacting info@oakspiritsanctuary.org. 

Although the gate is closed at 9:00 PM, this is for entries and anyone can leave the property at any time.

Gate opens at 9:00 am Saturday and Sunday mornings. Event closes at 3:00 PM Sunday.

If you are attending with a Saturday Day Pass, you must leave by midnight.

Overnight Stays at this Event

Camping on the land is included with this event. Please be prepared for any kind of weather event.

If you wish to reserve space inside the retreat center for sleeping, this is an additional fee of $10. per person. This is on a first come/ first served basis. If your request for retreat space is approved, we will collect the extra payment at registration check-in or have you send it via Paypal or Venmo.

You will need to email info@oakspiritsanctuary.org to request sleeping space and check on availability.

You will need to bring your own sleeping set-up: cot, inflatable air mattress, and all bed linens/ pillows. You may use the kitchen for the preparation of your food.

The Basics of Camping at OSS

The grounds of OSS are open and do not have designated camping sites as one might expect at a state park campground. You may camp anywhere that is not a ritual or community space.  Tent, pull-behind campers, and drivable camping vehicles are all allowed.

Camping is rustic: there are no electric or water hook-ups, no flush toilets.  Porta-potties are available on site. Frog Bog (shower house) will be in operation for this event. 

OSS does not offer trash disposal services. Please plan to remove your own trash and recycling.

Pets may attend but must be leashed and under control at all times.

Natural Laws of Oak Spirit Sanctuary

We strongly recommend reading through the “Natural Laws” document to become familiar with the basic policies regarding land use and personal conduct when visiting and camping at OSS.

Accessibility 

If you have accessibility challenges and need more information about the grounds or amenities at OSS or how we can best help you, please contact info@oakspiritsanctuary.org.

Event Pricing and Dates of Pricing Changes

July 18th: Online registration opens with an early discount for 2 weeks

SPECIAL EXTENSIONOF EARLY DISCOUNT PRICING!

Early registration discount is available through Wednesday August 6th, ending at midnight!

August 7th: Regular event price begins

August 26th: Online registration ends, At-the-Gate registration will be available

Ticket Type	7/20-8/7	8/4-9/1	Gate
Full Festival	$45.00	$55.00	$60.00
Saturday Day Pass	$25.00	$25.00	$30.00

Here at Oak Spirit Sanctuary we believe that everyone should have access
to community and spiritual connection. If financial hardship is a
barrier, please don’t let that stop you from attending. We offer options
to support accessibility and encourage you to reach out so we can help
make your participation possible. For more information click below.

We welcome vendors to Harvest Homecoming! There is no additional fee to vend with us beyond the cost of admission – we do ask for a donation to a future silent auction/raffle.

If you are interested in vending, please follow these steps:

1. Register for the event through our standard attendance registration.
2. Complete the separate vendor registration form.

If you would like to be featured in our promotions, please send us an email with links to your pages, photos, and any materials you would like us to share. This also helps us highlight and thank you for vending with us—both during this event and in future community spotlights.