Brigadoon of the Sixties: Revelry and Kerfuffles at the Oregon Country Fair takes a step back in time to tell the weirdly wild stories of visionaries who continued to create the Oregon Country Fair in the 1980s and 1990s. It picks up the history after the fair's first decade, which was documented in Fruit of the Sixties. Like its predecessor, Brigadoon of the Sixties portrays the genesis of many cherished Country Fair traditions. It also describes how fair organizers overcame opposition and obstacles to purchase the fair site and keep the event going. Chapters detail the lives and antics of wacky vaudevillians, talented cooks and crafters, marching musicians, and a variety pack of volunteers and fair leaders who pulled the fair together every year in consensus-driven community.
Brigadoon of the Sixties features legendary icons of the counterculture, including the Grateful Dead, Oregon author Ken Kesey, and such pioneers of the New Vaudeville movement as Tom Noddy the Bubble Guy and the Flying Karamazov Brothers.
The stories in Brigadoon show how the counterculture has emerged into a true force of change. The influence on mainstream society can be found everywhere, from music to fashion freedom, from organic foods to legalized marijuana, and from solar energy to environmental protection. The intertwined adventures in Brigadoon of the Sixties weave a larger tapestry showing the fair's substantial contribution to building a West Coast community that still nourishes a vibrant and thriving alternative culture.

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