The Oregon Country Fair depends on the efforts of its many volunteers who offer their skills and services through several working crews. Each crew hires its own volunteers.
Folks interested in volunteering with the Fair are encouraged to submit an application. Current volunteers do not need to apply. The applications are collected by the OCF office staff. The information collected will be sent to coordinators. The coordinators can choose to use the application information to find new crew volunteers as needed.
We are no longer accepting applications for 2024. The application for 2025 will be available April, 2025.
Here is a list of our crews and a short description of how they contribute to the Fair.
- Admissions
- Welcomes visitors to the Fair during the three days of our event.
- Advertising
- Handles all advertising and media contacts.
- Alter-Abled
- Offers services such as wheelchair loans and sign language interpretation to folks who are alter-abled.
- Archaeology
- Works to preserve and protect the archaeological integrity of our property, one of the oldest archaeology sites in the United States.
- Banners And Signs
- Designs, creates and maintains a variety of signs and banners displayed at the Fair.
- Buses
- Works with the local bus company to assure Fairgoers safe and fun rides to and from the Fair.
- Camping
- Coordinates on-site camping for Fair volunteers and booth participants.
- Cart Central
- Loans carts for hauling to volunteers and booth members.
- Cartography
- Makes the maps that are displayed around the Fair site.
- Childcare
- Offers childcare services to Fair participants and guests during our three-day event.
- Commemorative Sales
- Sells commemorative items such as t-shirts and posters.
- Community Village
- Area of the Fair comprised of representatives of non-profit organizations.
- Communications
- Operates Fair Central which coordinates communication among Fair participants.
- Construction
- Builds and deconstructs booths and structures for our three-day event.
- Craft Demo
- Create spaces for the public to learn various crafts from a wide variety of teachers, artists and fair family booth participants.
- Craft Inventory
- Conducts our booth participant selection process; works during the Fair with crafters to maintain the integrity of that process.
- Cream Puff Sparkles – Crew Services
- Hydrate, Transportate, Illuminate, and Caffeinate
Provides water and coffee for the working crews and also provides Fair Area Rapid Transit Service from outta sight to the entrance gate in trolley style buses, and sets up LED lights for all of the evening wristband posts and traffic lot crews.
- Deconstruction
- Taking down and putting away non-permanent structures after the Fair.
- Dog Control
- Provides services to ADA-compliant service animals and their humans; enforces the Fair’s “No Dog” policy
- Energy Park
- Promotes the education of the Oregon Country Fair participants in the field of energy and innovatively applied technologies.
- Entertainment Crews
- Books the stages and provides services to entertainers.
- Event Carts
- Provides carts for use onsite.