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Let me say first, this festival was well organized, easy in and out, and a lot of fun.  It is located in downtown Hampton, about a block from the waterfront and the marina.  The Pirate ship set off a lot of noise with it's canon.  There was a separate children's activity area across the street near the marina, which meant a lot of active kids were not near the vendors.  There were 2 blocks of vendors every 12' apart. 

We learned a lot about the people who attend the festival (who are all ages from college grads to retired).  They came from the Southeast region especially Baltimore.  We even met a retired couple from our small town of Bumpass, Va.  The people who attend this event dress up and even their children dress up.  A lot of them said they also do Renaissance festivals, Civil War re-enactments, and other dress-up events.

Unfortunately, we did not do well and made slightly more than our booth fee.  We  could not cover the other expenses.  Everyone there knew about chainmaill.  We make chainmaille jewelry.  But they said  they had it already or they made it themselves.  The people who did buy had no problems with our prices.   We would not do this event again.  There were no fine art vendors there.  The ones who did well there were those who made and sold costumes.  Like I said it was a lot of fun, but, unfortunately, not for us.