The 5 Best Things About Eugene
According to YouTube star JP Sears
This weekend, comedian, YouTube star and professional redhead JP Sears comes to the Hult Center. In case you weren’t aware, YouTube is a place where … Continue reading
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50 years of Fair
The raucous three-day arts and cultural extravaganza known today as the Oregon Country Fair began 50 years ago as a small crafts fair organized by … Continue reading
Party with a Purpose
Philanthropy at the Oregon Country Fair
The Oregon Country Fair has incubated a sense of community ever since the first Fair in 1969 raised funds for a children’s school. Those early … Continue reading
Oregon Country Fair Timeline
Compiled from OCF documents, newspaper articles and years of research Nov. 1 & 2, 1969 — First Faire: Two-day Renaissance Pleasure Faire held in a … Continue reading
Future Fair
At 50, the fair is looking to grow up — but wants to do it right
Imagine the Oregon Country Fair’s 100th anniversary in 2069. Fairgoers will arrive at the grounds near Veneta by solar-powered drones that depart every 20 minutes … Continue reading
Zak Schwartz
A half century of training BUMS in security
He heard of Eugene in 1973 through the informational app of the time (person-to-person conversation) and decided on a hitchhiking adventure from Santa Cruz, California, … Continue reading
A Love Letter to Eugene
A ‘thank you’ to the Farmers Market and its shoppers
My partner and I both arrived in Oregon at the beginning of the 1970s. For the past 13 years or so, we’ve poured our hearts, … Continue reading
Dana and Colleen Bauman
The Fair’s first 24-hour booth
Dana’s Cheesecake debuted at the Eugene Saturday Market in December 1979, selling slices of delectable cheesecake along with cookies, cakes, and coffee. In 1982, Dana … Continue reading
Terry Baxter
Letting the Fair speak for itself
Terry Baxter was a jock when he was younger. He wasn’t interested in a hippie happening like the Oregon Country Fair. But when he got … Continue reading
Magic Wand
LA indie rockers kick out the jams
Cory Hanson has never grown a vegetable garden, but he imagines it’s a little bit like jamming with his band. All the songwriting on Hanson’s … Continue reading