Public Guided Tour – 10/19 @ 12pm
2025-10-19 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Animal Place, 17314 McCourtney Road, Grass Valley, CA, 95949, United States
Join us for a public guided tour to visit with some of the 200+ rescued farmed animal residents who call Animal Place home and hear their stories! You will get to meet birds, goats, sheep, and rabbits! Cows and pigs may come up to the fence for treats!
Public guided tour tickets are $20. Your tour will last 1.5 hours and entail about 1/2 mile of walking on flat pavement, gravel, and entering pastures. Our facility is wheelchair accessible, but there are some rocky/uneven portions of the property.
To visit with the animals, pants and shin-high boots are mandatory (boots are available to borrow at the sanctuary, but in limited quantities and sizes). Boots provide added protection when interacting directly with the large animals. Socks are not provided, so please remember to bring your own. We share the property with lots of wildlife, including rattlesnakes.

Pigs & Pumpkins Event - 11/8/25 11-2 PM
2025-11-08 11:00 - 14:00
Wondering what to do with those leftover Halloween pumpkins?
Join us Saturday, November 8th for an Open Barn, where you can meet some of our sanctuary residents, and stay to feed our pigs!
This is a free event, but please register here. Space is limited!
Schedule:

11:00 AM-1:00 PM: Open Barn

Get up close with some of our rescued friends!
Long pants and closed-toed shoes are required to visit with the animals.

1:30-2:00 PM: Pig Feeding

BYOP (bring your own pumpkin) or just watch the fun!
Pumpkins must be uncarved and unpainted.

Food for Humans:

Food Vendor: Vegan Circus will be serving up plant-based, non-GMO versions of your favorite fair foods!
Food Drive: Want to give back to the community? We’re accepting plant-based, shelf-stable, and unexpired goods to be donated to Nevada County Food Bank.

Details:

Our liability waiver must be signed before admittance.
This is a rain-or-shine event. Please be prepared for weather.

Public Guided Tour – 11/29 @ 12:00 PM
2025-11-29 12:00 - 13:30
Join us for our last public tour of the year, where you will visit with some of the 200+ rescued farmed animal residents who call Animal Place home and hear their stories! You will get to meet goats, sheep, and rabbits! Cows and pigs may come up to the fence for treats!
Public guided tour tickets are $20. Your tour will last 1.5 hours and entails about a half-mile of walking on flat pavement, gravel, and entering pastures. Our facility is wheelchair accessible, but there are some rocky/uneven portions of the property.
To visit with the animals, pants and shin-high boots are mandatory (boots are available to borrow at the sanctuary, but in limited quantities and sizes). Boots provide added protection when interacting directly with the large animals. Socks are not provided, so please remember to bring your own. We share the property with lots of wildlife, including rattlesnakes.

MeatOut 2026
2026-03-21 12:00 - 15:00
Animal Place’s MeatOut Event
Join us for a fun-filled day rooted in compassion. Experience delicious plant-based food and drinks from some of the most popular eateries and companies, participate in our raffle with amazing prizes, enjoy a live cooking demo by Chef Lisa while your kids play in our Kids’ Corner, speak with leaders from a variety of incredible animal and local organizations, and hang out with our adorable, rescued farmed animals!
What is MeatOut?
MeatOut Day is a plant-based holiday that aims to encourage people to question their consumption of animal products. It was started in 1985 by the Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM). March 20, the first day of spring, was selected as symbolic of renewal and turning over a new leaf.
Details:

Date: Saturday, March 21st 12:00-3:00 PM
Location: Animal Place 17314 McCourtney Rd. Grass Valley CA 95949
Ticket Details:

Tickets are $20 and include a plant-based buffet, animal visits within designated barns and pastures, access to the cooking demo and children’s play area, and a goody bag full of plant-based & cruelty-free products.
Children ages 2 and under are free.
Get your tickets here before they sell out: https://donate.animalplace.org/event/meatout-2026/e760680

Want to get in free? Sign up to volunteer on our Vomo Hub!

Public Guided Tour – April 18th @ 11 AM
2026-04-18 11:00 - 12:30
Join us for our first public guided tour of 2026! Visit with some of the 200+ rescued farmed animal residents who call Animal Place home and hear their stories! You will get to meet goats, sheep, and rabbits! Cows and pigs may come up to the fence for treats! Note that the Bird Barn will likely be closed to visitors due to Avian Influenza.
Public guided tour tickets are $20 and can be purchased HERE. Children ages 2 and under are free. Your tour will last 1.5 hours and entail about 1/2 mile of walking on flat pavement and gravel, and entering pastures. Our facility is wheelchair accessible, but there are some rocky/uneven portions of the property.
To visit with the animals, pants and shin-high boots are mandatory (boots are available to borrow at the sanctuary, but in limited quantities and sizes). Boots provide added protection when interacting directly with the large animals. Socks are not provided, so please remember to bring your own. We share the property with lots of wildlife, including rattlesnakes.

High Tea: Celebrating All Mother Figures
2026-05-03 11:00 - 14:00
Join us on Sunday, May 3rd 2026 from 11:00 AM-2:00 PM at Animal Place for our High Tea: Celebration of All Mother Figures event!
We’re celebrating all mother figures with tea from Numi and Chico Chai, delicious plant-based pastries from Sugar Plum Vegan, and tea sandwiches by Drea Mason of Vegan Circus. We will also have fun crafts like bouquet- and wreath-making, and you will get to spend quality time with our rescued farmed animals.
Tickets are $50 for adults, and include various selections of tea, pastries, sandwiches, craft supplies, and visiting time with the animals. Kids ages 3-15 are $25 and ages 0-2 are free!
Get your tickets HERE!
All proceeds directly benefit Animal Place and help us continue our life-saving mission.

Meditation & MOOvement
2026-05-30 10:00 - 14:30
Join meditation and qigong instructor Charity Kahn for a morning of peaceful practice at Animal Place on Saturday, May 30 2026 at 10 AM. We’ll experience lovingkindness meditation, walking meditation, and the gentle moving meditation of qigong, all with kind awareness of the cherished animal residents of the sanctuary. We’ll connect with the Earth, our animal relatives, each other, and our own compassionate hearts. The retreat will be held mostly in silence.
The meditation will be in the sheep pasture from 10-12:30, with a 10-minute bio break midway. Animal Place will provide a vegan continental brunch and a tour of the sanctuary, where you can meet some of our animal residents.
Schedule:

10-12:30 – Meditation:

Lovingkindness meditation
Walking meditation
Gentle moving meditation of qigong

12:30-1:15 – Vegan continental brunch
1:15-2:15 – Sanctuary tour
2:15-2:30 – Closing

Tickets are $75 and include the meditation, continental brunch and sanctuary tour. Guests must be 14 and older to attend. This event is limited to 20 guests, so please get your tickets early!
Purchase here: https://donate.animalplace.org/Meditation-and-MOOvement

Public Guided Tour – June 21st @ 10 AM
2026-06-21 10:00 - 11:30
Join us for our next public guided tour on Father’s Day! Visit with some of the 200+ rescued farmed animal residents who call Animal Place home and hear their stories! You will get to meet goats, sheep, and rabbits. Cows and pigs may come up to the fence for treats. Note that the Bird Barn may be closed to visitors due to Avian Influenza.
Public guided tour tickets are $20 and can be purchased HERE. Children ages 2 and under are free. Your tour will last 1.5 hours and entail about 1/2 mile of walking on flat pavement and gravel and entering pastures. Our facility is wheelchair accessible, but there are some rocky/uneven portions of the property.
To visit with the animals, pants and shin-high boots are mandatory (boots are available to borrow at the sanctuary, but in limited quantities and sizes). Boots provide added protection when interacting directly with the large animals. Socks are not provided, so please remember to bring your own. We share the property with lots of wildlife, including rattlesnakes.

LEAP Summer Day Camp 2026
2026-07-27 10:00 - 2026-07-31 15:00
Animal Place is participating in LEAP!
The Animal Place Kids’ Summer Camp for incoming 6th-8th graders will run from July 27-31. Curriculum and interactive workshops are hosted every day from 10:00 am-3:00 pm, starting Monday, July 27th. Students will have the opportunity to work hands-on with farmed animals and learn how to provide them with care. They’ll tackle challenges in climate change, animal welfare, and the food system through interactive workshops, and they’ll learn skills and tasks to thrive as leaders.
What is LEAP?
LEAP (Leaders for Ethics, Animals, and the Planet) is a revolutionary humane education program providing students across the nation with a compassionate alternative to traditional agriculture programs like 4H and FFA. Taught by participating farmed animal sanctuaries, LEAP combines interactive curriculum modules with hands-on learning activities, leadership training, and real-world skill development. LEAP aims to prepare the next generation of changemakers to tackle the challenges of animal cruelty, climate change, food deserts, and habitat loss, and encourages them to devise solutions for a more compassionate, sustainable food system.
Dates: July 27-31
Time: 10 AM to 3 PM
Application deadline: Friday, June 26th, 2026.
Students will be notified of acceptance via email by July 17th, 2026.

Learn more and apply here!
