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Regenerative Uprising coming October 6th to 9th, 2023

Regenerative Uprising coming October 6th to 9th, 2023

Updated: Schedule – October 4, 2023

Mark your calendars and spread the word. The 1st Regenerative Uprising is coming to Tan Oak Park October 6th through 9th. We’ll be teaching and sharing many skills essential to surviving and thriving in this place in the coming years. People can arrive and camp Friday night. Workshops all day Saturday and Sunday. Music, food, camping. Monday we will celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day with a Council of All Beings and a performance by the Round Valley Feather Dancers.

Workshops include:

  • Herbal First Aid
  • Fermentation
  • Mushroom Gathering
  • Friction Fire
  • Archery
  • Spoon Carving
  • Power of Root Medicine
  • Earthen Plaster
  • Woodworking
  • Fiber Arts
  • Ceramics
  • Plant Dyes
  • Stories of Regeneration
  • Kids Activities

See draft schedule below.

Biscuit Will on the wood fired cob Pizza oven.

Taco Steve.

Evening music.

This is a donation based event. Pay what you can contribute. No one turned away.

Here is our draft schedule. Everything subject to change.

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