University District StreetFair Reviews.

I still do the show, this will be our 10th year. We have buyers that collect our jewelry and they come to the show and buy. I live in another state now and still trek to this show. I still do not like the same day load in or the drugs being dealt behind my booth during show hours with the police 30 feet away ignoring them.

Posted by: Robbie Curnow | 02/25/2018 at 01:48 PM

Show Name: UNIVERSITY DISTRICT STREETFAIR ARTS
City and State: Seattle WA
Your Medium: Jewelry
Year you most recently exhibited at this Show: 2011
Your Estimated Sales at this Show: $501-$2000
Number of Years You have Exhibited in this Show: 2-3 times
Attendance: (1 is poor, 5 is great) 3
Location: 3
Facilities: 3
Ease of Participating: 2
Sales: 2
Overall: 3
Booth Fee vs. Your Sales Ratio: Okay
Estimated Attendance: 50,001+ people

Good Things about this Art Fair: Two day show, hours are good. Lots of shoppers and lookers.

Bad Things about this Art Fair: Same day early load-in. You might arrive and get right to your booth or you might sit in line for 30-60 minutes. You only have 3-4 hours to set up.

Advice to Other Artists Considering this Show: They added electricity this year at high price $125-150, I can't remember the exact cost. We remove all our inventory at night.

Additional Commentary on this Show (or about this form): We are local so this is a low expense show for us.

Posted by: Robbie Curnow | 10/22/2011 at 12:17 AM

Some what agree with your take on the U District show but I for one, have only had 2 poor sales shows in the 10 years I've done this show. I do wish we could set up the night before because it takes me nearly 5 hours to build my booth. That means I'm on the street at 4:00 AM.

Every artist must research the show in order to dicide if their art works with the attending crowd. Mine does. as foe thief, I've never had a problem but the potential for booth vandalism always worries me. So far, so good.
Dennis Brady
Www.dennisbradystudios.com

Posted by: Dennis Brady | 06/26/2011 at 04:52 PM

Show Name: University District Street Fair
City and State: Seattle, WA
Your Medium: Jewelry
Year you most recently exhibited at this Show: 2011
Your Estimated Sales at this Show: $501-$2000
Number of Years You have Exhibited in this Show: 5-10 times
Attendance: (1 is poor, 5 is great) 4
Location: 4
Facilities: 2
Ease of Participating: 2
Sales: 1 (poor)
Overall: 2
Booth Fee vs. Your Sales Ratio: Poor
Estimated Attendance: 10,001-50,000 people

Good Things about this Art Fair:
Close to home.

Bad Things about this Art Fair:
Forced early morning set up, bad reputation as being a show with lots of theft, vandalism and student pranks overnight, security is not good.

Advice to Other Artists Considering this Show:
I would only consider this if you are local and have products that sell well to students. This is not a high end art show. They've tried to eliminate the buy/sell but it still sneaks in. This is also a show where weather can vary greatly from year to year.

Additional Commentary on this Show:
We won't be doing this show again, most likely, just not worth the time and effort.

Posted by: Ruth Finkenbiner | 06/25/2011 at 05:00 PM

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