Winter Festival 2026

About this event

ALL ADMISSION & MEAL TIX PRESALE - READ INSTRUCTIONS BELOW!

This is different from past years: we're trying something new to accommodate venue capacity.

When : Saturday, December 5th 2026 from 3:30-10 PM

Where: Withywindle Valley Farm, 600 Hartman Rd SE, Olympia, WA 98513

Admission: $45 (or more- name your donation amount) per vehicle - admits as many as fit in your car! Parking is limited; once vehicle passes are sold out, on site parking is full.

Scroll down for more info.*

Dinner tickets: $20-35 per plate suggested donation - if you plan to eat dinner, you must buy a meal ticket in advance , whether or not you purchased a vehicle pass . Read on for meal options and description.

*To help with attendance access, a chat group on the Signal app is available for rideshare coordination. If you buy a vehicle ticket and have room in your car, or you are looking for a ride, join the chat and link up. The Hawks Prairie Park & Ride is also 12 minute taxi/Uber/Lyft ride away from the farm.

About the farm : Withywindle Valley Farm, a woman-owned family farm and traditional tannery in Nisqually territory. The farmer, Carissa Miller, offers high quality, ethically raised and harvested lamb and pork shares at sliding scale rates. Carissa also teaches courses on shepherding, butchering, bark tanning and more. Withywindle is a working farm so please respect all livestock areas, keep kids away from electric fences, and leave dogs and other animal friends at home. Parking areas will be visually marked and reserved for parking pass holders . Bring 4WD vehicles if possible, it may be muddy.

Schedule of the evening:

3:30-5:30 PM: seasonal crafts with Olympia Community Apothecary (wreath making! custom tea blends! and more!); open Irish session with members of Stray Sod; kid-friendly games

5:30 PM: dinner service

7 PM: Seasonal music with Future Ancestors Folk Choir

8 PM: final raffle tix sales

8:15 PM: raffle drawing

8:30-10 PM: Old-time music and square dance

Meal offerings: A friend of the farm is preparing fresh, delicious meals for us in the tradition of her home country, Guatemala. There will be two options- a meat based pozole, a vegetarian soup, and vegetarian tamales on the side for all meals. Yum!

Accessibility info: The large barn where we will gather is very well ventilated/open air, there is accessible parking available, and a continuous flat concrete surface all around and inside the barn with a few cracks and grass clumps. There is one restroom on site, located about 30-40 steps across uneven ground from the barn. Available seating is folding chairs, some lightly upholstered chairs, and benches.

Please bring:

• All-weather footwear

• 4WD vehicles if possible (if you're driving)- it may be muddy

• Layers- the barn is mostly unheated, though it warms up with lots of friends inside

• Head lamp or flashlight

• Cash and/or a Venmo account for dessert, bevs, raffle, OCA table, and general donations

• Your dreams for a more just and loving world

Our fundraising recipients

Vecinos Unidos is a group within the Thurston Immigrant Solidarity League , an immigrant solidarity organization engaged in rapid response, accompaniment, family support, and community outreach work. Vecinos Unidos offers direct support to families impacted by immigration enforcement. From their website: "The THISL Family Support Team (“Vecinos Unidos”/United Neighbors) meet with families of those who have been detained or deported, or with those fearing that outcome who have material or financial needs. Building real bonds with the impacted community and letting those in need explain what would help, as opposed to deciding what they should need, is a hallmark of THISL’s approach. Sometimes needs will be financial, or food-related, sometimes it will be making a lot of phone calls to line up resources or get answers or paperwork/documentation and other times the need might simply be for someone to listen."

The Olympia Community Apothecary is a coalition of herbalists based in Olympia and the surrounding area who working together to grow, prepare, and distribute no-cost and at-cost herbal medicines. They partner with existing mutual aid organizations and projects to supply requested herbal preparations such as salves for pain relief and respiratory tonics for flu season. The Olympia Community Apothecary works to remove the barriers which prevent people impacted by systemic oppression from accessing herbal medicines, working from a place of respect for healthy ecosystems, not commodifying or extracting vulnerable species. They work to bring people together to study and celebrate plants and what they have to teach us.