11/23/2025
Here are our bottom shows of 2025 when calculating profit per hour (in no particular order):
Highlands Oktoberfest (probably due to weather)
Curiosity Con (high booth fees and very little traffic, organizers allowed the burning of incense indoors)
Jackalope (little traffic and repeat vendor categories has increasingly been an issue here with vendors who sell secondary non handmade products)
Unicorn Festival (multiple day event, high booth fee, parents generally choose only one thing for their kids to buy, some vendors left after the first day due to a lack of sales)
Broomfield Days (many repeat vendors, bad service for card payments, organizers don't enforce vendors moving vehicles during load and unload so it takes hours)
Englewood Hop and Shop (used to be a nice money maker but it has moved to a new location. Easier for vendors but now harder for shoppers to get to)
Mind Body Spirit Expo and Buffalo Bill Days (three long days, only Saturday was worth it for these events, other days were a waste of time)
Thornton HarvestFest (attendance has significantly dropped recently, it was a smaller show and saw less traffic this year, we wish they would move this event to a larger park)
Cherokee Trail High School (lots of people came through but not a lot of buying)
Sheridan Celebrates (not sure what happened the last 2 years, this used to be a good event, now very few attendees even watched the parade)
What were your worst shows of 2025?
