A company tied to the Oregon Renaissance Faire has bought the Oak Knoll Golf Course property outside Independence, opening a new round of questions about whether one of the Mid-Valley’s larger seasonal events could eventually gain a foothold in Polk County.
Public property records available online list 6335 Highway 22 as sold April 1 to Wandering In Time Holdings LLC. The Oregon Renaissance Faire’s official site says the event is brought to the public by Wandering In Time Productions, the same event brand behind the fair and other themed festivals in the Pacific Northwest. The Oak Knoll site was also marketed earlier this year as a roughly 58-acre property with Public Amusement zoning and features that brokers said could support uses such as a fairground, music venue, RV park or other destination-style business.
The more important point, though, is what has not been confirmed. The Oregon Renaissance Faire has not publicly announced a move to Polk County. Its official 2026 site still lists the event at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds in Canby for all four weekends in June, and Canby’s tourism page is promoting that same schedule and location. So the solid story right now is not that the fair is relocating. It is that a company connected to the fair now appears to control a Polk County property that fits the event business unusually well.
That distinction matters because it is easy to overread a land purchase. Buying a property does not, by itself, mean an event is moving there next season. It can mean long-term venue control, future expansion options, RV revenue, storage, rehearsal space, or simply holding land until a fuller plan is ready. Without a public statement laying out intended use, anything stronger than that would be speculation.
The site itself helps explain why the purchase stands out. Sale materials described Oak Knoll as an 18-hole golf course with supporting buildings, lounge space and Oregon Department of Transportation approval for 89 RVs. That is not just a land buy. It is a property that was already being pitched for public-facing entertainment and tourism uses. In a region where entitled event-ready land is not easy to find, that makes Oak Knoll more strategically interesting than an ordinary rural parcel.
The broader business angle is straightforward. The Oregon Renaissance Faire began in 2016 and has grown into a four-weekend June run. In sponsor materials, the organization says the 2025 season drew more than 70,000 attendees. If even part of that traffic were ever redirected into Polk County, the spillover would not stop at ticket sales. It would likely touch lodging, restaurants, fuel, vendors, short-term rentals and nearby service businesses as well.
For now, Polk County has a real estate story, not a relocation story. The purchase appears to be real. The fair’s 2026 Canby location is still real. What happens next depends on whether Wandering In Time tur