Become a Heron Partner!
We are looking to partner with local and regional businesses that align with our values and that will create fun experiences for our campers this season. We are particularly looking for local beer, wine and cider sponsors, but submit your idea and we’ll consider it!
Our partner vendors are a cherished part of our family. We love engaging in our local community and working with other small businesses.
Vendor questions: info@theheron.org
The Heron Bathhouse Project
A community dream, now a reality!
The new bathhouse is open!
After eight years of dreaming, planning, fundraising, and construction, the new bathhouse welcomed its first campers during the 33rd Annual Great Blue Heron Music Festival…
This project was made possible by hundreds of community members who purchased commemorative bricks, made donations, and believed in the vision.
Together, our community raised more than $110,000 toward this project, helping bring this long-awaited dream to life:
💙 $70,000 through our matching fund campaign
🧱 $40,000 through personalized bricks
While the bathhouse is complete, we’re still raising funds to help offset the cost of this $333,000 community investment.
Your contribution helps ensure The Heron can continue improving the campground, caring for the land, and creating welcoming spaces for generations to come.
Thank you for helping build the future of The Heron.
how can you contribute?
If The Heron has ever felt like home to you, we’d be grateful if you considered making a contribution to the Bathhouse Fund.
The new bathhouse is now open and already serving thousands of campers, festival-goers, retreat guests, and families. While construction is complete, we’re still raising funds to help offset the cost of this $333,000 community investment.
Every contribution helps strengthen The Heron and supports the spaces that bring people together for years to come.
HOW TO DONATE:
Add-on a donation at check out when buying your Great Blue Heron Music Festival Ticket
Make a contribution through Venmo
Call or Email Julie to contribute by Credit Card, Ph: 716-761-7190, Email: Julie.BlueHeron@gmail.com
Mail or drop off a check at the Farm Store, made out to: Great Blue Heron Music Festival, address: 2361 Waits Corners Road, Panama, NY, 14767
You can read more about the journey and specifics on the construction in our blogs: The Heron Bathhouse Project, Breaking Ground on the Bathhouse, The Final Push for the First Flush and The Heron Bathhouse is Open!
Thank you for helping make this dream a reality!
This is what community can build.
The spirit of The Heron has always been thousands of people showing up—with their time, generosity, encouragement, and belief in this place.
Together, those small acts became something extraordinary.
The new bathhouse is now open, serving campers, festival-goers, retreat guests, volunteers, and families for years to come. Every brick, every donation, every helping hand helped make this dream a reality.
Thank you for being part of the story.