We were looking forward to going back to Darien, GA. It is a quaint little community with a really nice (good food) restaurant/bar right on the river where the shrimp boats dock. The Art in the Park is just outside the gates of the Blessing of the Fleet festival. The Art in the Park had about 25 real artists, enjoyable music and set up is around a fountain under a canopy of live oaks. Delightful. We arrived and as soon as we opened the doors our car was inundated with no-see-ums. They attacked as if they had not eaten all year and were making a feast of us from head to toe. We quickly grabbed the hats and insect spray but the nasty bugs were insatiable and highly resistant to our repeated sprayings. Being the ever-determined artists we set up and made ready to sell our little hearts out. There were no crowds. There was a steady flow of browsers. It appeared they were mostly on their way to the Blessing of the Fleet for the marshmallow guns and many varieties of bead stringers and BS. Sunday was about the same but add the pleasure of rain starting about 1 hour before break-down. We got home about midnight and unloaded everything and hung tent to dry. In the final analysis we did sell a couple of the larger canvas prints and a number of 8x10 prints. We came out just barely covering expenses. I love Darien but I think I will go as a vacationer.
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This looks like a lovely place, Maryllis. Sometimes this kind of thing can work, but not often. It might make a difference if the art event existed first, or it was a "themed" event. I attended the Tulip Festival in Holland, MI, this past weekend, to see the tulips as I am a gardener and we are so excited when Spring finally arrives here in Michigan. There was a big park in the middle of town ringed with booths as well as the diagonal walks through the middle. I attended with 3 friends and they are always fearful when there is an art fair near that I will get "lost" in it, but I promised only one row. It was large, maybe 200 booths, but oh, the loving hands, repetitive work, it was depressing. I'd rather have been near the shrimp boats!
Looks like a lovely place Maryllis, but yes I've found being an add-on to another adjacent festival can be disappointing.
I went to your photos and saw them. You captured them to perfection, Ralph. Yikes!