Friday Poll: Off-Site Shows

    • 1373 posts
    January 29, 2010 12:00 AM PST
    This week's poll question is:

    What off-site shows (bridal fairs, home & garden shows, etc.) will your station be coordinating this year?

    Please post your replies below.  Thank you!
    • 23 posts
    January 29, 2010 3:13 AM PST
    Mardi Gras event in Indiana where we block off downtown street. We also host a Moto Expo (Auto dealer event & sale) & Taste of Home Cooking School. We co-sponsor the Home Show with the local Home Builders Association. Planning an all day event finishing up with a free concert at the reservoir later this summer. Also very active with downtown committe with their Music Fest and Rib Fest events this summer.
    • 83 posts
    January 29, 2010 5:34 AM PST
    We will produce our 20th annual Clay County Home Health and Family Expo next month ( www.radioworksforme.com) In April we will produce our 12th annual Business Showcase (similar to the Clay County, but a different name.) In September we will produce our 2nd annual Bridal Showcase.
    • 112 posts
    January 29, 2010 6:37 AM PST
    We do an Ag Expo in January, a Sport and Rec Show in February, and a Taste of Home Cooking School in May.
    • 44 posts
    January 29, 2010 7:38 AM PST
    This year will be our 19th Spring Expo. It is held each year in April and is mostly home and garden but all kinds of businesses participate...mostly out of town money! We also do the Colgate Country Showdown.
    • 14 posts
    January 29, 2010 7:47 AM PST
    We do a "Spring Fair in April", A Kids Fishing Derby in August, a Kids Halloween Party October 31st!, plus we are always heavily involved in all the community events, we have a Harvey Fest in July - 2 day event, an Ag Show in March, we set up our fifth wheel and live on the Midway at the Wells County Fair.
    • 35 posts
    January 29, 2010 8:59 AM PST
    We produce a small Home and Lifestyle Show at the end of April each year. It's part of a city celebration and we've done it for years.
    • 993 posts
    January 29, 2010 10:04 AM PST

    Our stations have produced the largest commercial exhibition in our area, the annual Palouse EXPO, since 1999.  Click on the link if you're interested in reviewing our exhibitor packages and floor layout.

     

    • 993 posts
    January 29, 2010 10:14 AM PST
    Nicely done, Mike. Just went to your website to poke around a bit. It's clean, informative, user-friendly. The name HH&F suggests you attract a wide variety of exhibitors - pretty much anyone interested in the exposure - yes? Thanks for sharing the info!
    • 6 posts
    January 29, 2010 12:52 PM PST
    Each spring we usually do a show of some kind. Last year we did a farm and home show. In 2008 it was "Taste of Home." This year we've decided to take a different approach, putting together a "health" expo. We've booked a date in April at the school. We have 2 gyms to use--one for the expo and the other for special presentations. This will be our first run at this type of show.
    • 993 posts
    January 29, 2010 3:24 PM PST
    Wow, Kimberly, that's impressive! Is there a website connected with the show? Any chance you'd be willing to share details, sales materials, etc. here - fill in the back story, etc.? Love to learn more about what you did and how you did it!
    • 6 posts
    January 30, 2010 9:26 AM PST
    we do several off site shows each year are most popular ones are the big boy toys show that we do on mainstreet in Lake Havasu. we also have our "Havasu's got talent" that we spend five weeks of trials at five different locations every week. then the finals at our play house on main street. great promotion over 200 contestants.
    we have another event that we are the main sponsor for and thats desert storm. this is brought in by lake racer promtions and they bring over 100 power boats. these boats are 30 to 40 ft with one to three engines and speeds up to 200 mph. they have poker runs and time trials. they let us dsiplay them on main street. every one in town comes to see them. this event is huge the town will see a bout 2 million in revenue from this they are here for 5 to 7 days and these boats use up 1000 galons of gas.plus the boaters bring their own crew to help with everything that needs to be done. this event is scheduled april 24th this year.
    • 2 posts
    January 31, 2010 7:49 AM PST
    As always, we will be hosting our annual Home & Leisure Show in mid-March. This will be our 24th edition coming up. We start selling it right after Christmas and it's normally sold out by the end of January and this year is no different. Several years ago we went to a Friday night-Saturday format (instead of Saturday/Sunday) and the thing just exploded in attendance. We will also be hosting our Colgate Country Showdown in June as part of the community's annual festival. We've been proud of the fact that it brings a tremendous amount of people to the downtown area for the Friday night event.