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A renewed Oregon Country Fair sees attendance hit its weekend cap

KLCC | By Brian Bull

Published July 11, 2022 at 1:48 PM PDT

The "hot tub" broadcast site for KLCC's booth at the Oregon Country Fair.

After some setbacks dealt by the pandemic, the Oregon Country Fair resumed operations this year at capped capacity.

Organizers say the 53^rd observance drew 30,000 people to the fairgrounds in Veneta. Typically, the Oregon Country Fair draws between 45,000 to 50,000 attendees, but ticket sales were limited to 30,000 for the weekend.

Altogether, there were 17 stages of live entertainment, 300 craft booths, and 80 food booths this year. The 2023 Oregon Country Fair is slated for July 7-9.

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Brian Bull

Brian Bull is a contributing freelance reporter with the KLCC News department, who first began working with the station in 2016. He's a senior reporter with the Native American media organization Buffalo's Fire, and was recently a journalism professor at the University of Oregon.

In his nearly 30 years working as a public media journalist, Bull has worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His reporting has netted dozens of accolades, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (22 regional), the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from the Native American Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.

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