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Join us in our wooded setting, 13 miles west of Eugene, The Oregon Country Fair near Veneta, Oregon, for an unforgettable adventure. Three magical days from 11:00 to 7:00. Get Social: fli guide to entertainment Download as PDF: OregonCountryFair.org/PeachPit Peach Pit and the Country Fair site Join us in our wooded setting, 13 miles west of Eugene, The Oregon Country Fair near Veneta, Oregon, for an unforgettable adventure. Three magical days from 11:00 to 7:00. Get Social: fli guide to entertainment Download as PDF: OregonCountryFair.org/PeachPit Peach Pit and the Country Fair site Join us in our wooded setting, 13 miles west of Eugene, The Oregon Country Fair near Veneta, Oregon, for an unforgettable adventure. Three magical days from 11:00 to 7:00. Get Social: fli guide to entertainment Download as PDF: OregonCountryFair.org/PeachPit Peach Pit and the Country Fair site Happy Birthday Oregon Country Fair! Year-Round Craft Demonstrations Fair Roots Lane County History Museum will be featuring the Every day from 11:00 to 7:00 at Black Oak Pocket Park Leading the Way, a new display, gives a brief overview first 50 years of the Fair in a year-long exhibit. The (across from the Ritz Sauna) craft-making will be of the social and political issues of the 60s that the exhibit will be up through June 6, 2020—go check demonstrated. Creating space for artisans and chefs Fair grew out of and highlights areas of the Fair still out a slice of Oregon history. OCF Archives will also to sell their creations has always been a foundational reflects these ideals. Also, the first 50 years of the have a display in the Collins Gallery of the Portland tenet of the Fair. This year, we are highlighting the Fair’s history is illustrated in timeline form for a Central Library running through the months of July and processes by which some of these arts and crafts are better understanding of where we came from. These August, 2019. A special treat for our Portland friends! created. Have you ever wondered how they made that will be on display all weekend at the Elders’ Still wonderful thing? Don’t miss this opportunity to be Living Room. On November 1, 2019 we will celebrate the actual inspired and educate yourself about what it takes to day of the first Fair exactly 50 years later! KOCF is create some of the art you so admire. throwing a giant costume party at the WOW Hall at Peach on Parade 8th and Lincoln in Eugene. Follow KOCF on social Look for the whimsical humongous Peach Tree media for updates. Everyone is encouraged to don Birthday Cake as it joins in the daily parades and your best costume and party like it’s 1969! pops up on stages. Fifty years ago, a peach pit was planted and has been lovingly tended throughout the All Weekend years. It has blossomed into our Peach Tree Birthday Cake and is ready for us to celebrate it. It will be The Jill Heiman Vision Fund, one of the Fair’s key wandering through the Fair every day of the three- philanthropic programs, is endeavoring to reach day extravaganza! the goal of donating $50,000 to area non-profit groups helping people meet their basic needs in honor of the Fair’s 50th anniversary. Look Honoring Fair History for collection boxes where you can donate Colorful plaques around the Fair will honor at all the Info Booths throughout the Fair. our fabulous crafters and food purveyors who have been participating in our event for 40 years or more by telling their stories in words and pictures. Keeping it Green To demonstrate our commitment to making the Fair an event built on sustainability and care for our planet, for our 50th the Fair has identified reducing our carbon footprint as an important area where we can have an impact. Fair staff and volunteers are engaging in understanding our current carbon impacts to identify areas where we can make significant improvements. This year, Xavanadu hosts a demonstration of composting toilets so we can see if this is a technology that will help meet the Fair’s needs and goals. Reducing individual automobile trips to the Fair is one of the most obvious and clear ways to reducing carbon emissions. Thank you to everyone who bicycled, carpooled or took the bus to the Fair! © Tom Robinson (5) History Booth: OCF’s Heritage & Humble Roots Wander over and reminisce at the History Booth’s Poster Gallery on Wally’s Way! For 50 years talented artists have designed OCF poster artwork, each uniquely interpreting the Fair. Enjoy finding the poster from your first Fair! Featured in our exhibit this year are three stunningly beautiful 50th anniversary commemorative posters by artists Cory & Catska Ench, Shanna Trumbly and Tara Kemp. We’re open for extended hours—so swing by and see our brand new display! Also, visit our second location along the Left Bank. 2 Peach Pit • Downloadable at OregonCountryFair.org/PeachPit Peach de Resistance Unveiling Friday 1:00 at Xavanadu Just The Fair Essentials... In celebration of our 50th year as an intentional community and a festival, the Fair has commissioned a special piece of art from the Portland-based Portal Arts Collective. This special work, Peach de Resistance, will be unveiled Friday at 1:00 in Xavanadu. From a distance you can see that the Peach is made from recycled Volkswagen fenders, a nod to the past and to our sustainable future. But peek into the revolving inner chambers to see the heart of OCF through the ages. Birthday Party #1 Saturday 1:35 at Main Stage Fifty Mildred Hodittles bring zany birthday wishes and scrumptious birthday cake! Fifty Mildred Hodittles you say! Join the party! Sing the birthday song loud if you can’t sing on key. Dance like you mean it. If you would like to be a Mildred Hodittle, meet in the Chela Mela at the Gazebo at 1:00 for the 50 Mildred March to main stage. Turquoise dress a must. Hat and shoes required. All genders welcome. No one turned away as long as they understand the importance of turquoise and are © Rick Souther © Aaron Blake © Aaron Blake wearing lots of it. Silver cake serving trays provided. Birthday Party #2 Ticket Info Diaper Service Sunday 12:15 at Monkey Palace in Chela Mela Tickets are available at ticketswest.com, or call 1-800-992- Located on Wally’s Way, BRING Recycling will provide Meet Fair founders and celebrate our birthday! The 8499. Cost is $29/advance and $32/day-of for Friday, $32/ cloth diaper service for our newest generation. Oregon Country Fair is celebrating 50 years of this advance and $36/day-of for Saturday, and $25/advance Complimentary plastic storage bags and diaper pins extraordinary event. Meet some of the surviving and $28/day-of for Sunday. You can also purchase a are provided as needed. Using this service is a great founding leaders of the Fair. What motivated a three-day ticket for $70. NO tickets are available on the way to help move the Fair towards zero waste while radical group of visionaries and activists to start this Fair site. Admission for children under 10 is free, tickets protecting the health and safety of the Sanitation and amazing event? Marvel at the antics of the Radar for seniors (65 and over) and alter-abled are $5 off. Recycling Crews. Angels and music by the Neverever Band (formerly Hours: Friday through Sunday: 11:00-7:00 Mithrander). And, like Marie Antoinette never said, Shuttle Bus Service Cost: $10/dozen plus $25 refundable deposit “Let them eat cake!” Ride the bus! You don’t need a bus ticket; your Fair pass gets you on any LTD bus for free. That includes Alter Abled Access & Advocacy fast and frequent shuttle service from Valley River A Queerer Future Alter Abled Access and Advocacy (4A) promotes equal For the 50th anniversary of the Fair and the Stonewall Center and the downtown LTD station. The LAST access for all participants at OCF. 4A provides some Riots, it is time we honor the past, stay present, and move BUS LEAVES THE FAIR SITE AT 7:30! LTD schedules equipment loans, sign language interpreters and other forward into a queerer future with The Farce Family! are available at ltd.org or by calling (541) 687-5555. assistance as well as advocacy, education and advice. Join The Farce Family in their roaming “Snorkel Safari” 4A is located in the Dragon’s Head at the entrance and “Finding the Light.” You can also find them in Bag Check and also in Community Village. You can find the WOW Hall Bag Check in booth #299 the Community Village Green at 3:00 on Saturday in in the Main Stage Meadow. a collaboration with Rainbow Village—a LGBTQIA+ dedicated space—for a rally honoring the trans and queer women of color who bravely stood up to the Camping police in the Stonewall riots. If you are very good, you For neighborhood camping information and tickets just may catch them in spontaneous secret locations visit oregoncountryfair.org. There is NO PUBLIC at magical times. CAMPING ON THE FAIR SITE. Child Care Child Care is a friendly, secure and enriching Fair experience made just for kids! We welcome potty- trained children between the hours of 11:00 and 6:00 © Wood & Smith for $2.00 per hour, per child, with a maximum of two hours per visit. We’re also on call 24/7 for lost kids.