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2019 50th Annual Oregon Country Fair held in Veneta, Oregon
The Oregon Country Fair creates events and experiences that nourish the spirit, explore living artfully and authentically on earth, and transform culture in magical, joyous and healthy ways. [from the event website]
Art Booths Food Happy 50th Birthday Music Signs The Fair Generally
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Art, In The 2019 50th Annual, Oregon Country Fair held in Veneta, Oregon

Fine art refers to a skill used to express the artist's creativity, or to engage the audience's aesthetic sensibilities, or to draw the audience towards consideration of more refined or finer work of art.[from the wikipedia]

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Booths, In The 2019 50th Annual, Oregon Country Fair held in Veneta, Oregon

A market stall is a typically immobile, temporary structure erected by merchants to display and shelter their merchandise in a street market or other setting. Stalls are easily erected, taken down or simply moved on wheels. The same type of stall is also used as a display area at fairs and conventions.[from wikipedia]

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Food, At The 2019 5th Annual Oregon Country Fair, Veneta, Oregon

Animals, specifically humans, have five different types of tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami. As animals have evolved, the tastes that provide the most energy (sugar and fats) are the most pleasant to eat while others, such as bitter, are not enjoyable.[from wikipedia]

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Happy 50th Birthday, 2019 Oregon Country Fair, Veneta, Oregon

A birthday is the anniversary of the birth of a person, or figuratively of an institution. Birthdays of people are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with birthday gifts, birthday cards, a birthday party, or a rite of passage.[from the wikipedia]

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Music, At The 2019 50th Annual, Oregon Country Fair held in Veneta, Oregon

Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time. General definitions of music include common elements such as pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics (loudness and softness), and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture (which are sometimes termed the "color" of a musical sound).[from wikipedia]

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Signs, At The 2019 5th Annual Oregon Country Fair, Veneta, Oregon

Signs are any kind of visual graphics created to display information to a particular audience. This is typically manifested in the form of wayfinding information in places such as streets or on the inside and outside buildings. Signs vary in form and size based on location and intent, from more expansive banners, billboards, and murals, to smaller street signs, street name signs, sandwich boards and lawn signs.[from wikipedia]

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The Fair Generally, 2019 50th Annual Oregon Country Fair, Veneta, Oregon

A fair (archaic: faire or fayre), also known as a funfair, is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities. It is normally of the essence of a fair that it is temporary with scheduled times lasting from an afternoon to several weeks.[from wikipedia]


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