I heard about the Oregon Country Fair from so many people and was excited to attend. It combined two of my favorite things, festivals and hippies. How could I NOT go? I just missed it by a week last year.
The price of admission seemed a little steep to me, but I paid the $20. I knew it was going to be interesting. Eugene is known as the Hippy town here in Eugene. It’s sort of like a Yellow Springs, but the size of Dayton. The Oregon Country Fair is in Veneta, OR, which is about 13 miles West of Eugene. I wore my favorite broomstick skirt and caught a free shuttle in Eugene to take me to the Festival. Very helpful. I didn’t have to navigate my way to the festival nor did I have to search and pay for parking.
There were tons of VW Buses in the parking lot. I was beyond excited to see the psychedelic paintjobs and knew I was in for a treat. The bus dropped off the passengers and we all entered the fair.
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| This made me giggle..... |
I admit, at first I was a bit overwhelmed. It was a very large crowd and from what I heard, the Sunday crowd was not as busy as Saturday’s. I was glad I chose to attend on Sunday. I didn’t know what to do first or where to go, so I just followed the crowd and weaved my way through.
There was loads of yummy food and beautiful art. I only brought a limited amount of cash so I wouldn’t spend all my money on food and prints. That’s what I would do at the Street Fair.
Good eats:
- Falafel
- Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cooke (x2)
- Phoenix Lemonade (I don’t remember what was in it…but it was good. Peyote maybe.)
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| Most yummy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie EVER! I had 2. |
Good Art
- Monster8all
- Mark Henson (I bought a small print of "Sharing the Wealth")
- R Honey Pots (I love trees and squids. Squids are totally Ink!)
Performers
I was delighted to meet a very special artist. Emek did the poster for the Country Fair and is also the same man who does artwork for Erykah Badu’s albums. I believe she and I are connected. She was in Yellow Springs the first weekend I lived there and now I've met the artist that designs her album artwork. We are destined to be BFFs.
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