Post by davejs on Jul 6, 2009 21:53:45 GMT -5
Here's a major event that was cancelled. www.sacbee.com/breaking/story/1896168.html
This year the Chamber of Commerce, which hosts the festival, had problems finding vendors for the event, Pope said. He said the event costs about $100,000 upfront to put on.
please read the article above. Problems finding vendors? Hmmmm. You know, this is a rowdy festival and has a lot of drinking, etc. and I would suppose that the vendors were taking a beating (in another way). There will probably be more festivals biting the dust. I just posted this because this pertains to them not being able to get vendors, which is of interest to all of us and I am sure all of us love hearing that. I wish some of these promoters would lower their fees. If their shows are filling up quickly, then they always raise booth fees.
I know a lot of us are holding onto our cash and waiting as long as possible to submit. I've run across shows that advertised late fees, but I didn't pay the extra money. I think that we. as vendors, could withold our payments for shows as long as possible and maybe, somehow can make a promoter or two sweat. But then again, some of the worst promoters get full houses for their lousy shows. Go figure.
This year the Chamber of Commerce, which hosts the festival, had problems finding vendors for the event, Pope said. He said the event costs about $100,000 upfront to put on.
please read the article above. Problems finding vendors? Hmmmm. You know, this is a rowdy festival and has a lot of drinking, etc. and I would suppose that the vendors were taking a beating (in another way). There will probably be more festivals biting the dust. I just posted this because this pertains to them not being able to get vendors, which is of interest to all of us and I am sure all of us love hearing that. I wish some of these promoters would lower their fees. If their shows are filling up quickly, then they always raise booth fees.
I know a lot of us are holding onto our cash and waiting as long as possible to submit. I've run across shows that advertised late fees, but I didn't pay the extra money. I think that we. as vendors, could withold our payments for shows as long as possible and maybe, somehow can make a promoter or two sweat. But then again, some of the worst promoters get full houses for their lousy shows. Go figure.