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| Oregon Country Fair | |
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| Begins | The Friday before the second full weekend in July |
| Ends | Sunday, 2 days later |
| Location(s) | Veneta, Oregon |
| Inaugurated | 1969 |
The Oregon Country Fair (OCF) is a nonprofit organization and an annual three-day art and music fair held outside the city limits of Veneta, Oregon, United States. Located in the Willamette Valley, the site is about 13 miles (21 km) west of Eugene along the Long Tom River near the unincorporated community of Elmira. Annual attendance is approximately 35,000,[1] and the fair has around 960 craft and food booths each year.[2] The event is known as an outgrowth of the counter-culture movement and for using environmentally-friendly practices during the fair.[2][3]
The Oregon Country Fair begins on the Friday of the second weekend in July every year (i.e. as early as July 7 and as late as July 13). The fair is a non-profit organization and as such has a board of directors. Additionally, the management structure of the Oregon Country Fair is typically composed of an Executive Director, an Operations Manager, a Site and Facilities Manager, and a team of volunteer Back Up Managers, otherwise known as BUMS, who serve as representation for the fair's paid management staff for the duration of the event.
- ^ "Oregon Country Fair FAQs". Oregon Country Fair. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
- ^ a b Morris, Mark (2007). Moon Oregon (7 ed.). Avalon Travel. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-56691-930-2.
- ^ Schultz, Patricia (2007). 1,000 Places to See in the U.S.A. & Canada Before You Die. Workman Publishing. p. 883. ISBN 978-0-7611-3691-0.