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Lamplighter · 12-20-2010, 02:24 PM

Sky, From Wikipedia:

Veneta has been the site of the annual Oregon Country Fair, originally called the Renaissance Faire, since 1970.[4]

On August 27, 1972, the Grateful Dead played a concert—the first "Field Trip"—at the Oregon Country Fair site.
The concert, a benefit for Springfield Creamery, has become legendary to Deadheads and is documented in the film Sunshine Daydream.
The city's name is used on Veneta, Oregon, a 2004 release by New Riders of the Purple Sage,
which is a live recording of the group's opening performance at the 1972 Field Trip

IIRC, the Rainbow Family was initially planning a gathering there some years back, but was thwarted by the Oregon Health Dept.
I think they ended up in one of the other National Forest areas.

12-20-2010, 02:24 PM	#6
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Sky, From Wikipedia: Veneta has been the site of the annual Oregon Country Fair, originally called the Renaissance Faire, since 1970.[4] On August 27, 1972, the Grateful Dead played a concert—the first "Field Trip"—at the Oregon Country Fair site. The concert, a benefit for Springfield Creamery, has become legendary to Deadheads and is documented in the film Sunshine Daydream. The city's name is used on Veneta, Oregon, a 2004 release by New Riders of the Purple Sage, which is a live recording of the group's opening performance at the 1972 Field Trip IIRC, the Rainbow Family was initially planning a gathering there some years back, but was thwarted by the Oregon Health Dept. I think they ended up in one of the other National Forest areas.