A Celebration of Solidarity for the Future of Food

PESCADERO, CA | SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Join us at Joy Jam 2023 from 3-8pm PT for a family-friendly festival and celebration of community featuring pop-up food and culinary experiences, live music, storytelling, local artist activations, immersive installations for collective visioning, poetry, and guided walks around Pie Ranch, and (of course) some pie.

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What brings you joy?

What to
Expect at
Joy Jam

Get ready for a joyful afternoon of dancing, delicious food, creativity, and electric conversations about what it means to care for the lands, waters, and peoples who nourish us. Connect with new or old friends—laughter, stories, music, art , and communing with the land are all on the menu in celebration and solidarity for the future of food.

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MEADOW STAGE

3:30 La Familia de la Calle

4:30 Stories from our Community

5:15 LoCura

6:15 Stories from our Community

7:00 Samba Dá

Music Schedule

FARMSTAND STAGE

3:00 Teacher Barb

4:00 Annie Rye and the WildFlour String Band

5:00 Aviva le Fey

6:00 Karamo Susso

Around the Farm

On Pie Ranch festival grounds

3:00-6:45 Silent Auction in the meadow (winners announced at 7pm!)

3:00-6:00 Flower Crown Crafting at the Farmstand

3:00-8:00 Farmstand open for shopping

3:00-7:00 Face Painting at the Kids Area

3:00-7:00 Chicken Bomb Bingo open in the meadow

3:00-8:00 Community Art “Potluck” with Christine Wong Yap in the meadow

3:00-8:00 Arte Motu presents “Corazones” art painting activity in the garden space

3:00-8:00 Pendant making demonstration with the Amah Mutsun Land Trust in the garden space

3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30 StoryDish: a game of story, food, and gathering under the walnut tree, every hour on the hour

3:30-5:30 Pie Ranch Community Earth Altar in the Upper Meadow

4:00, 6:00: Walking tour of Pie Ranch with the Amah Mutsun Land Trust that begins at the Native Garden

4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 Food Futures Imagination Lab at the animal barn, every hour on the hour

4:00-8:00 Little Lightning Photo Booth Trailer open in the meadow

Food Vendors

Auntie Manna’s — Vietnamese Comfort Food from Santa Cruz

Peaches Patties — Jamaican catering company based in San Francisco that prides itself on baking a variation of fresh homemade Jamaican patties and other popular Jamaican dishes

Clandestina Cocina — Cuban Food for the Soul from a born and raised Cuban chef based in Berkeley

La Guerrera’s Kitchen — family owned and operated restaurant located in Old Oakland’s Swan’s Market specializing in traditional tamales, pozole, barbacoa, and more

Plus beer, wine, coffee, ice cream and (of course) pie!

Visual Artists

Pie Ranch Community Earth Altar by Terry Hwang

Celebrate the beauty and bounty of the land at the Pie Ranch Community Earth Altar, an interactive activity where we will co-create a mandala installation with flowers, grains, and other botanicals found on Pie Ranch and the surrounding Pescadero area. This collective earth altar making will be a celebratory ritual that connects us to community, gratitude, nature, and the abundance of the land.

Community Art “Potluck” by Christine Wong Yap

How do joy and care show up in your food community? Draw, collage, and/or write your responses, and contribute them to a communal art “potluck.” We will collectively set a communal table to express ourselves and honor the foods, dishes, people, and relationships that inspire joy and care in our diverse food communities.

Corazones by Arte Motu

Participants will be invited to discuss/discover what is food justice and who are the people cultivating a healthy and just food system. Participants will then be invited to think about a message and/or a picture to paint on a wooden heart shape that might reflect the result of the discussion/discovery. After the paint dries, participants will be invited to hang the painted heart somewhere around the farm.

We also have over 30 local and visiting artists contributing work to be viewed and sold at the event! Be prepared to peruse some incredible work by artists from our community, including:

Plan your trip to
Joy Jam

Date/Time:
Saturday, September 23, 2023
3-8pm PT.

Location:
Pie Ranch
2080 Green Oaks Way 2080 Green Oaks Way Pescadero, CA 94060
Tickets are available on a sliding scale from $0-$60. They are available at the Joy Jam Eventbrite page.
- $0 (Free) Kids + Elders: Children ages 10 and under as well as self-identified elders are welcome to attend the event for free.
- $5 Youth: Youth and adolescents, ages 11-18
- $10 Receiving Reparations: I identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or a first-generation immigrant from the Global South (historically colonized peoples).
- $15 Limited Income: For folks on a limited income or tight budget.
- $30 Standard Ticket: Our standard ticket for full event access.
- $60 In Solidarity: I am able to contribute more than minimal costs.
Interested in supporting this event as a volunteer? Let us know your info and we’ll reach out to you!
- General Volunteer Interest Form
- Story Circle & Visioning Station Host Volunteer Interest Form
Parking will be available onsite.
Please let us know any specific accessibility requests by September 6, 2023 and we will do our best to accommodate your needs. Please reach out to nina@pieranch.org with any questions.

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Help support this community festival celebrating our local food community.

General Volunteer Interest Form

Story Circle + Visioning Station Volunteer Interest Form

Joy Jam 2023 Sponsors

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JOY + HEALING

CULTURE CREATOR

Anonymous

FOOD SOVEREIGNTY SOWER

COASTAL STEWARD

Henri Loh

CORN, BEANS & SQUASH

Claudia Newbold
Anonymous

BUNCHGRASS SUPPORTER

Jamis and Margaret MacNiven
Cheryl and Joe Pruss
Rue Mapp
Yun Family Foundation

ACORN SPROUT

Gallagher: Insurance, Risk Management, Consulting

John & Lolita Casazza, JLC Consulting
Peg and Paul Danielson
Eric Gorovitz on behalf of Alder & Colvin
The Schreiber/Hudson Family
Jan Schreiber
Anonymous