Attendance for this year’s Oregon Country Fair has once again surpassed the 45,000 mark, according to a memo released Monday afternoon.
The bohemian festival, a convention of the unconventional since 1969, tabulated a total of 45,215 people over its three days. Day one on Friday saw 15,685 flock to the Veneta thickets, and attendance crested on Saturday with 17,700 festival goers. Sunday showed a marked drop but still counted 11,830 people for a 45,215 total, around the same figure as last year.
“Those wandering the fairgrounds in the woods near Veneta had no shortage of entertainment this year,” said the memo, written by Pat Walsh of Vox PRPA and Charles Ruff of the Country Fair. “Around every turn, circus acts, wandering musicians and various parades greeted attendees and helped create a fun time for all.”
However, the festival was not without misfortunes. On Sunday, a 54-year-old woman died of an apparent drug overdose, according to the Lane County Sheriff’s office and first reported by the Register-Guard.
Known for its tie-dyed roots in counterculture, the Country Fair has been thrown every summer on a 446-acre plot for 45 years. The 46th annual Oregon Country Fair is slated for July 10-12, 2015.