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This show was on the first weekend of August.

It is run by the local art museum group and is held in a beautiful treed park

on the south side of the town.

This is a very quaint small town located just south of I-94 about ten miles west of Michigan City Indiana.

All booths are on grass and the booth fee is $220.

This is not a Zapp Show.

Just Google “Chesterton Art Center” and the show info, application, will show up.

Actually, Connie lists this show on her venue of shows.

OK, let us get down to brass tacks.

This is a filler show. If you gross $2K plus, you are doing good.

Only about 95 booths.

Plenty of storage space.  

Before day setup, a very mellow teardown.

A very responsive committee with great volunteers.

They give you ample bottles of water daily.

Booth sitters galore.

They have a food truck that sells legendary hamburgers there.

Also local restaurants are there with reasonable priced foods.

Breakfest both days.

The patrons are very well dressed in spite of 90 plus temps both dYs.

The town has many monied neighborhoods.  This is not blue collar-Ville.

So here is the rub.

They come, they look, but they do not buy much art, maybe a little more craft.

Definitely, a Lowend Show.

I barely sold $1300.

Plenty others were in my range.

It was very hot. But it is always hot there, after all, it is August.

This Show has been going there for years.  I remember old timers like Denny who did it for years.

In old times, some artists could do $3K plus, but those days are gone.

Most years, I do Uptown, Minneapolis, on this weekend. A better grossing show.

I make home to Saugatuck in less than a hour and a half.

I find hotels in the $70 range and great local restaurants to eat and imbibe at.

Lucrezias in downtown serves fantastic eats at a deal. They are not to be missed.

Like I said,this is a filler show.

This weekend I will be in Lexington, Kentucky.

Later, gators.