Starts Friday, May 1st, and ends Sunday, May 3rd, 2026.
Registration will open on 12/26/25 and will remain open until 4/24/26.
If registration is full, please join the waitlist. Every year we have cancellations that we fill from the waitlist.
Advanced registration only, no registrations at the gate.
Get yourselves ready for CCBR’s premier event of the year, Spring Fling 2026.
The 2026 Spring Fling will again be hosted at Camp Lotus. Camp Lotus is in Lotus, CA situated near Highway 49 between Auburn and Placerville. It’s a 5-minute ride from Coloma, located at an elevation of 791 feet, and has everything you want in an historic gold-mining town.
This year’s Friday night dinner will be Lockford Bavarian Sausage, generously sponsored by MedJet. Saturday morning continental breakfast will be bagels and cream cheese provided by CCBR as well as the famously strong coffee. Lunch will be on you; members can eat at one of several eateries in the area. Saturday dinner will be catered BBQ style by our favorite caterer, Teal Triolo of Sierra Rizing Bakery. Teal will also provide a hot and cold Sunday morning breakfast.
On January 24, 1848, an event occurred in Coloma that would radically impact the history of California and the Nation. James W. Marshall was building a sawmill for Captain John Sutter, using water from the South Fork of the American River. He noticed several flakes of metal in the tailrace water and recognized them to be gold. Though he tried to keep it a secret, the word spread quickly and triggered the California Gold Rush of 1849.
Things to see and do:
Olde-time melodramas are performed Friday and Saturday nights from April to December. Come boo, hiss, and cheer! Great for all ages. 380 Monument Road 530-626-5282.
Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park is the site of California largest hydraulic mine. Visitors can see huge cliffs carved by mighty streams of water, the results of the gold mining technique of washing away entire mountains to find the precious metal. Legal battles between mine owners and downstream farmers ended this method. The park also contains a 7,847-foot bedrock tunnel that served as a drain. The visitor center offers a short video on hydraulic mining and exhibits on life in the old mining town of North Bloomfield.
RV’s and cabin campers please make your own reservation.
Camp Lotus, 5461 Bassi Rd, Lotus, CA 95651 (530) 622-8672