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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, and the fair has around 960 craft and food booths each year. The event is known as an outgrowth of the counter-culture movement and for using environmentally-friendly practices during the fair.

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  • 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, and the fair has around 960 craft and food booths each year. The event is known as an outgrowth of the counter-culture movement and for using environmentally-friendly practices during the fair. 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. (en)
  • L'Oregon Country Fair est un festival estival annuel en Oregon aux États-Unis. Situé le long de la rivière Long Tom, dans la vallée de la Willamette à 24 km à l'ouest d'Eugene, le festival attire tous les deuxièmes vendredis du mois du juillet environ 45 000 personnes qui viennent visiter quelque 350 stands, 18 scènes et autres animations. Le festival est organisé par l'association à but non lucratif (loi 501c3) éponyme gérée par un conseil d'administration de sept membres élus. Le festival est interdit aux chiens, à l'alcool et fumer n'est permis que dans les zones prévues à cet effet. La nudité intégrale est interdite quoique les seins nus soient admis. La foire a son propre réseau d'eau courante, de systèmes de communications, de méthodes de recyclage, de service de premier secours et d'équipe de sécurité. La première édition du festival a eu lieu le 1er et 2 novembre 1969 à Eugene sous le nom de Oregon Renaissance Faire. avec l'accroche « venez costumé ». Elle était à l'origine prévu comme une rencontre pour le troc et l'artisanat en vue de gagner de l'argent pour créer une école alternative, la Children's Community School. (fr)
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  • The Friday before the second full weekend in July (en)
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  • at the 2007 fair (en)
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  • 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, and the fair has around 960 craft and food booths each year. The event is known as an outgrowth of the counter-culture movement and for using environmentally-friendly practices during the fair. (en)
  • L'Oregon Country Fair est un festival estival annuel en Oregon aux États-Unis. Situé le long de la rivière Long Tom, dans la vallée de la Willamette à 24 km à l'ouest d'Eugene, le festival attire tous les deuxièmes vendredis du mois du juillet environ 45 000 personnes qui viennent visiter quelque 350 stands, 18 scènes et autres animations. (fr)
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  • Oregon Country Fair (fr)
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