Paulding Festival of the Arts

This is a two-day show is west of Atlanta near Douglasville, GA. I have a friend that I stay with near there and asked him about the show. He could remember going years ago and said it drew a crowd. Booth fee was reasonable and everything I could find about the show suggested 30,000 in attendance. So I went. I'd estimate that the show drew about 10,000 - maybe.

Show Set Up and Lay Out
The folks who manage the show were well organized at check-in and very pleasant to deal with. The show is in a wooded area with several paved roads. It's easy to drive right to your booth and unload, and if you have a trailer, you can park it right behind your booth. Two big pluses so far.

The Show
Saturday morning people started arriving and I started to sell some of my teaser $40-50 items. It started slowing down in the early afternoon but I had an OK day. I walked around the show to get a feel and it was mostly hand-made with little buy-and-sell. Most everything was related to traditional or mountain-type craft of good-to-excellent quality.

Sunday was pretty much a duplicate of Saturday. It wasn't a barn burner, but considering the booth fee ($100), the ease of set up, and how pleasant the show staff was, I took in about $1,800. OK considering I had a place to stay. However, I will be looking for something else for my line. This is the same weekend as the Yellow Daisy Festival, but I didn't know about it until after the deadline.

Teardown
Organized and a piece of cake. I was drove in and hooked to my trailer and was out about 40 minutes after the show's close.



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  • I will consider the drive with Roxie next year. I too may be looking for another show this weekend.
  • I heard bad reviews on the Yellow Daisy from artists this year, very unhappy with cost and set up. Paulding sounds great for the fee.
  • Thanks for the review. It helps all of us.
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