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Volunteers please contact us below if you would like to help with the festival.

Festival promotion: feel free to print and display color or black-and-white posters by Alan Crockett (pictured below), from this free Adobe Acrobat image of the poster.

2006 photos courtesy of Will Harling and BigForks.

Title bar and poster design by Alan Crockett.

For lodging, RV camping, and a directory of community businesses, visit the Happy Camp Chamber of Commerce.

Other Klamath River and Salmon River area events.

Advance tickets are on sale now @ $25 for the entire weekend. Tickets will be available at the gate: $10 for Friday, $20 for Saturday, or $25 for the weekend. Camping pass is $10 per vehicle. Student discounts available. Advance tickets may be purchased from the Mid Klamath Watershed Council, the Salmon River Restoration Council, and the Klamath-Siskiyou Arts Center. Kids under 12 free!

Donations benefit the Klamath Watershed Art and Music Festival and its sponsors.

Friday

• Merv George, 7pm - Hupa ceremonial leader and popular folk rock singer
• Julian Lang, 9pm - Karuk storyteller, musician and poet, founder and director of the Institute of Native Knowledge
• The Superfines with special guest Mambo Hernandez, 10pm - the Salmon River's rock and roll band

Saturday

• Trinidad Goodshield and 7th Generation Rise, 7pm - indigenous soul music from the Redwood North Coast [Free audio]
• Dam skit, 8pm followed by Petey and Rex
• Alice DiMicele, 9pm - Acoustic guitar from Southern Oregon, singing with a five-octave range that is intense, sensual, rich and soulful [Free Audio]
• Basketball Bob - Happy Camp's own Indiamcee

• TBA - Native Plant Walk with Laurel
• 8am - Bird Walk with Dave Payne, at the pond
• 10am - Leafy Spurge Presentation and Field Trip to Elk Creek Bridge, at the park pavilion
• 10a - Creek Mouth Enhancement and Raft Trip - China Point to Indian Creek, RSVP with Will Harling
• 11am - Klamath River Navigation and Noxious Weed Presentation by Michael Max Hentz, at the park pavilion
• 12pm - Water and How You Can Conserve, at the park pavilion
• 1pm - Klamath Dam Presentation - FERC, Settlement & You, at the park pavilion
• 2pm - Plight of Spring Chinook of the Klamath, at the park pavilion
• 2pm - Rock Skipping Contest, at the river behind the pavilion
• 3pm - Solo Performances and Open Mic, at the park pavilion
• 3pm - Community Restoration Presentation, at the pond

Happy Camp, California lies in the Klamath River Valley along Hwy. 96, where the Bigfoot Scenic Byway and the State of Jefferson Scenic Byway meet. The Happy Camp River Park is just off Hwy. 96 in downtown Happy Camp. Turn onto Park Way (between the Napa Auto Parts store and the US Forest Service building), drive slowly 1/4 mile, and stay to the right where the road forks—or simply follow the signs downtown. Important: yield to fire personnel, pedestrians, and festival staff.

From Oregon, Ashland OR, and Medford OR - Take Interstate 5 south to Exit #786 in CA. Proceed west on CA Hwy. 96 (the Klamath River Highway) about 64 miles to Happy Camp. [Map]

From Klamath Lake - Klamath Falls, Chiloquin, OR - Take US-97 S (The Dalles-California Hwy/US-97) - drive 57.9 mi. Right at A-12 (99-97 Cut-Off/CR-A12) - drive 18.4 mi. Right onto I-5 N (after passing through Grenada/Gazelle) - drive 9.2 mi. Exit 776 toward Montague/Yreka - drive 0.2 mi. Left at CA-3/Montague Rd - drive 0.3 mi. Right at CA-263 - drive 8.1 mi. Continue north 8.1 miles through the canyon until you cross the Klamath River, the make a sharp left turn onto Hwy. 96 (the Klamath River Highway). Proceed west on 96 aboutt 61.5 miles to Happy Camp.

From Yreka, Mount Shasta, Central and Southern CA - Take Interstate 5 north to the Yreka/Montague exit #776. Make a left onto Montague Rd. (CA 3) at the offramp. Happy Camp is another 70 miles with few services along the way, so check if you need fuel in Yreka. Go 0.3 miles to the first stop sign, and turn right onto CA 263. Continue north 8.1 miles through the canyon until you cross the Klamath River, the make a sharp left turn onto Hwy. 96 (the Klamath River Highway). Proceed west on 96 to Happy Camp. [Map]

From the Redwood Highway US 199 (Coastal Oregon, Grants Pass, Cave Junction, and Crescent City CA) - Take Waldo Road east from 199, just north of O'Brien OR, or south of Cave Junction OR. Continue east on Waldo Road about 5 miles, straight through the stop sign, where it becomes Happy Camp Road. Continue on Happy Camp Road over Page Mt. about 32 miles (in CA it is called Indian Creek Road). Bear left onto Davis Road as you approach downtown Happy Camp, and make a right turn at the stop sign onto Hwy. 96 at the Bigfoot sculpture.

From Arcata, Eureka, US Hwy. 101 and the N. California Coast - Take US Hwy. 101 to exit #716A onto CA 299. Follow Hwy. 299 east towards Weaverville and Redding about 37.9 miles, then turn north onto Hwy. 96 in Willow Creek. Drive carefully and enjoy the scenery about 82 miles to Happy Camp. [Map]

Weather Update - Saturday, July 19 - 9:30 AM The air is clean and clear today! Winds will b from the north-northwest, Siskiyou forest fires away from Happy Camp. Looking forward to a second beautiful day of music and fun.

Friday's weather was also clear and clan, with no smoke from the forest fires in Happy Camp.

July temperatures vary from the mid-80's to the mid-90's, with night time lows in the mid 50's.

Latest weather forecast
Klamath National Forest web site

Craft Booth fee is $60.00 plus a donation to the raffle gets 2 people in.

Food Booth fee is $60.00 plus a donation to the raffle gets 2 people in.

Information tables for event sponsors - FREE for 2 people.

Information tables for organizations not sponsoring this event - $20.00 for 2 people.

Note: All vendor fees include 1 nearby parking space. Vendor parking is separate from general admissions: vendors should stay to the left when entering the River Park, 1/4 mile down Park Way from Hwy. 96.