DuneFest 2011 set for Western Douglas County.

You could call it “Brigadunes”… instead of the mystical village that appears every 100 years on the Scottish Highlands, a small city of several thousand off-road enthusiasts will appear on the Oregon Dunes near Winchester Bay beginning this Thursday. For five days there’ll be a campground with several hundred spaces, moto-cross and sand drag racing for all manner of off road vehicles, a car show, live music and even a drive-in movie night. DuneFest 2011 organizer Joe Mirvis with the Reedsport-Winchester Bay Chamber of Commerce says the event is aimed at families… and can prove to be an economic boon to the area.

Mirvis:“They say that the tourist brings in over a hundred dollars a day when they, when they’re visiting an area. If we get 8,000 people that’s probably close to 800-thousand to a million dollars maybe? That it helps bring into the economy.”

Mirvis says volunteers staff nearly all of the venues. He also stresses that it’s a “family friendly” environment with a special “kid’s safe ATV riding area”. The festival is operated under special use permits from the Siuslaw National Forest and Douglas County Parks.

For additional information go to www.dunefest.com or call the Reedsport/Winchester Bay Chamber of Commerce (541) 271-3495 or (800) 247-2155.