Oregon Country Fair announces 2019 Lineup
Oregon Country Fair 2019 Lineup: Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band The Polish Ambassador Jim James Solo ALO The Dandy Warhols Everyone Orchestra Zero … Continue reading
OCF Archive
The New York Times Reports from Fair
The Gray Lady's feelings are … mixed
If you attended the Oregon County Fair this past summer, there’s a chance you were in the vicinity of The New York Times reporter Lauren Angalis … Continue reading
Fair Time Again
OCF is back
It’s that time of year again: the smell of fresh cut grass in the breeze, children flying kites and playing in the park for summer … Continue reading
On Loan From Mother Nature
Prepping the Fair brings a community together
Imagine a ghost town. The skeletons of buildings, stripped of their roofs and siding, are overgrown with trees and vines. Light shining through the rafters … Continue reading
Alt-Fair
Staying in town during the Oregon Country Fair
Crowds, dust and scorching temperatures aren’t for everyone. So if you’re like me and want to avoid gaggles of people at the Oregon Country Fair, … Continue reading
The Circus is in Town
Circus acts from jugglers to acrobats come to the fair
Everyone loves a circus. Acrobats, contortionists, clowns — the whole shebang. And now that the folks at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus … Continue reading
Country Cross-over
Familiar face, fresh choices and missed musical opportunities at OCF
I’m going to take a sec and highjack this piece on 2017’s OCF music lineup to complain that Lane County — and Eugene specifically — … Continue reading
Ah Oregon Country Fair
It's that time again; OCF is back
It ain’t just for hippies and trippers no more. In fact, it hasn’t been an exclusively extended drug orgy for a long time (see “Notes of a Fair Virgin” for a hilarious meditation by a non-Fair goer), if it ever was. Continue reading
Notes of a Fair Virgin
A writer who’s never been to Fair wonders what the big deal could be
I really do not understand Oregon Country Fair. I’ve read the FAQ page, spoken with a handful of Fair-goers and have gotten the scoop on staying overnight. It’s been several years since I’ve moved to Eugene and yet the mystery of Fair remains: What’s the big deal? Continue reading
Oregon Country Fair in Photos
Photos from this year's OCF
The endless parade of the Oregon Country Fair An ambient performer To start a fire Continue reading