The annual Oregon Country Fair is one of the longest-running arts and craft fairs in the United States, as well as one of 28 designated Oregon Heritage Traditions.
Each year, the fair attracts tens of thousands of visitors seeking eclectic art forms — as well as echoes of Lane County’s counterculture past.
The event started in the fall of 1969 as the Oregon Renaissance Faire in Eugene, not to be confused with the fair that happens in Canby, organized as a fundraiser for an alternative school focusing on creative expression…