Holy Crap!!! ABE Review

So, I usually don't post a review. Too busy, blah, blah, blah, but this one needed some props. Keep in mind that I've only been doing shows for a couple of years now, but this show was the first one that seemed to be like what I hear it used to be in the good old days. There were people lined up out the booth to buy and I can count on one hand the times that there actually wasn't someone in the booth. Friday was busy, but not much for sales. Saturday was better, but not by much. Sunday I spent the whole day trying to keep up with the stock to no avail. Monday wasn't as good as Sunday, but I'm convinced that that was because I just couldn't replace everything that I had sold. Even then, Sunday was still better than Friday & Saturday combined. There were a few minor problems as could be expected, but one of them was that they opened up the show early because the people wanted in! I just wasn't ready to be open an hour early with no notice, I just heard from another artist. So I'm sure I lost several sales since I had to close up the tent to keep people out. Good problem to have I guess. The bathrooms and food were pretty far from us at the end but the volunteers were also great and plentiful so I did have plenty of chances to take a break.

Thanks to Connie, Lisa, & Jon for making this a great show for me.
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  • ok, I'm gonna guess Michigan?
  • ABE was like Ann Arbor 25 years ago. Very large crowds, many interested buyers, great weather. Our average sale was close to $950 ($24,000) for show plus another 4 sales after the show. Thanks Lisa, Connie & Jon.
  • Oops also a huge thanks to Jon Witz organizer of the Arts Beats and Eats Festival. Moving the event from Pontiac to Royal Oak took vision, and he had the energy to bring all parties together for this great end of summer extravaganza!
  • Kudos! Connie and Lisa and crew! AB&E made a pretty smooth transition to Royal Oak. Yes there were a few bumps at set-up and tear-down for some, but nothing that can't or won't be fixed next year. The crowds were there and ready to party and some to even buy ART! As always some artist did very well and some not so well. Lower end work sold but I know some artist were selling high end work as well. My show worked out in the last half hour when I finally sold a higher end piece! There was a great artist breakfast and awards on Sunday morning and plenty of food tickets given to each artist to try the EATS part of the show. If you were to busy to get out of your booth for food very able volunteers went for you(the food lines were crazy) Again a heart felt thanks for keeping the artists and all their needs first in this huge event.
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