Does anyone have any insight on this show, It goes over two weekends, which weekend is best to do or should I consider all 10 days or forget about it completely?
Thanks for any info
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The short answer: best to forget about it completely.
Our Experience: Full 10 days in 2012.
Our conclusions: This is not really an art fair, in the sense that there was very little art and the customers did not expect to find art when they planned their visit. Instead, they either visited by accident while boating, strolling the waterfront, or waiting for one of the Water Festival events, or they visited looking for novelties and souvenirs. The booths that did best sold hair ribbons, painted children’s faces, sold leather purses and belts, sold alphabet photos of people’s names, or demonstrated glass making of small Christmas ornaments. Visitors were mostly families, many military, mostly middle-class. The evening entertainment was a significant draw, and was mostly pitched at younger people uninterested in buying arts and crafts. Many people were clearly there to see cheap/free entertainment with the family and/or drink beer. On the other hand, it was a very pleasant experience getting to know the Beaufort area, eating in their restaurants, visiting Hunting Island and the Port Royal bird sanctuary, and spending time on the Beaufort waterfront. It made little sense to be there during the week other than to be able to do both weekends without breaking down in between, but it is hard to say which weekend is the
better choice.