Camp Winnarainbow is a circus and performing arts camp for all ages, founded and run by Wavy Gravy

Wavy Gravy

Wavy Gravy is an American entertainer and activist for peace, best known for his hippie appearance, personality and beliefs. His moniker...

. The camp adjoins the Hog Farm

Hog Farm

The Hog Farm is an organization considered to be America's longest running hippie commune. With beginnings as an actual collective hog farm in Tujunga, California, the group, founded in the 1960s by peace activist and clown Wavy Gravy, evolved into a "mobile, hallucination-extended family", active...

 commune near Laytonville, California

Laytonville, California

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Activities

Classes that campers can attend include trapeze, juggling, improvisation, tightrope, gymnastics, acting, unicycle, stilt walking, (in some sessions) clown philosophy, art, and magic. Campers are given some freedom as to which classes they want to attend on a daily basis.

The camp has ties to individuals and organizations from the founder's counter-culture

Counterculture of the 1960s

The counterculture of the 1960s refers to a cultural movement that mainly developed in the United States and spread throughout much of the western world between 1960 and 1973. The movement gained momentum during the U.S. government's extensive military intervention in Vietnam...

 background. Danny Rifkin, a former co-manager of the Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...

, has served on the camp's board and the camp has received funding from The Bill Graham

Bill Graham (promoter)

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Camp Winnarainbow also runs a program for adults who have "forgotten how to lighten up and let loose."