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.
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.
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.
Far Side
Coordinates camping, parking, infrastructure, and services to Fair family at Far Side.
Fair Family News
Produces our year-round, in-house newsletter.
Fire Crew
Don’t make them work!!!!
Food Booth Committee
Selects new food booth participants. Works with Lane County Health Department to make sure all food booths comply with regulations.
General Store
Works with entertainers to sell their music during the Fair.
Green Thumb
Grows the flowers displayed during the Fair and the veggies that working crews eat pre-Fair.
History Booth
Preserving and displaying the Fair’s past.
Hospitality
Provides light meals and snacks to Fair volunteers during the event.
Ice
Provides ice to food booths.
Information
Operates several information booths during the Fair; helps Fairgoers find what they are looking for.
Inventory
Works with crew coordinators to distribute materials and problem solve crew pass issues.
Kitchen Crews
Feeds the hungry workers before and after the Fair.
Lot Crew
Provides security in the parking lots.
Main Camp
Coordinates the activities and provides the tools to put the Fair together before the big event.
Medical
White Bird provides medical and crisis intervention care during the Fair.
Neighborhood Response Team
Works with our neighbors to assure their comfort, security, and safety during our event.
Office
Maintains our year-round office in Eugene during most of the year and in Veneta during pre-Fair preparations.
Peach Pit
Produces our event newspaper.
Photo ID
Creates photo IDs to replace wristbands.
Recycling
This crew collects and disposes of our recycling before, during and after the event. Don’t make them work so hard. Pack it in, pack it out!
Registration
Works with booth participants with all administrative tasks.
Sanitation
Cleans up our facilities.
Security
Makes sure we are safe and comfortable 24 hours a day during our event.
Shower Crew
Provides showers for staff and performers at seven locations throughout the Site.
Site Crew
Prepares our site for the event by mowing grass, moving large objects.
Teen Crew
Folks 18 and younger can participate on our various crews. The Teen Crew coordinates the teens and the crews to work together.
Traffic
Directs traffic. Helps folks find the right place to park.
VegManEC
A year-round crew that helps keep the site green and forested.
Video
Takes videos of the Fair for OCF use and archives.
Water
Provides water to booths; maintains water fountains throughout the Fair site.