Does the Hog Farm commune still exist?

Today the Hog Farm continues in various locations, including a headquarters in Berkeley, California and a 600+ acre farm in Laytonville, California, known as Black Oak Ranch, which is also home to Wavy Gravy’s performing arts camp for children, Camp Winnarainbow.

Where was the Hog Farm commune located?

The Hog Farm was a commune located in the hills above Sunland, a town in the far north of the San Fernando Valley. It was headed by Hugh Romney (née Wavy Gravy). Gravy and the commune were here in L.A., before decamping for New York. At Woodstock, they provided free food and security for the famous rock festival.

Where does Wavy Gravy live?

Laytonville
Gravy co-founded, with his wife, the circus and performing arts camp Camp Winnarainbow, now located in Laytonville, California near the Hog Farm.

Who is Wavy Gravy married to?

Bonnie Beecherm. 1965
Elizabeth Romneym. 1961–1963
Wavy Gravy/Spouse

What ever happened to Wavy Gravy?

Although he’ll turn 80 on May 15, Wavy Gravy works hard at avoiding his own geezer-ness. He continues his work with Camp Winnarainbow, a performing arts camp for kids in Laytonville, California, and the Seva Foundation, the nonprofit group dedicated to curing blindness for people around the world.

What did Wavy Gravy say at Woodstock?

Try watching this video on www.youtube.com, or enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser. “We must be in heaven, man,” Gravy shouted to the crowd. Twenty years before Woodstock, a young Gravy, then Hugh Romney, moved to West Hartford with his mother and step-father, where he attended middle school.

Are there still communes in America?

Today, there are about 200 co-housing opportunities in the U.S.; in general, they are considered a more independent and formalized form of communal living.

How old is Wavy Gravy now?

86 years (May 15, 1936)Wavy Gravy / Age

Where does Wavy Gravy live now?

What did Wavy Gravy do at Woodstock?

Gravy helped establish the “Hog Farm” commune in California. In 1967 the Hog Farm began traveling the country as entertainers in converted school buses. Then the Woodstock organizers invited the group to their music festival in 1969.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwSmH9-22z8