Being a concessionaire is a tough business. There is a lot of competition. Getting booked is hard work and there are always a lot of new concessions coming along. If you do NOT want to get booked follow these rules 1) send an email with just a link in it to a website or YouTube [...]
Have you ever had the idea that maybe it would be a good thing to try to be a food vendor at a festival or event? Its hard to get started and the rules are all but overwhelming. In this interview I talk to Kurt of the 4th Avenue Merchants Association in Tucson and Mia [...]
Some of the best times I remember from being a commercial vendor for many years have been while face painting. Kids love face painters. Maybe it has to do with the face you are actually drawing and marking on them and at home that of course is forbidden. Most parents really enjoy this also. In [...]
July 4, 1888, became the birthday of professional rodeo when a group of Prescott, Arizona, merchants and professional businessmen organized the first formalized “cowboy tournament” and offered cash prizes. A cowboy named Juan Leivas walked off with rodeo’s first professional title and was documented in the subsequent edition of the Arizona Journal-Miner. These “Cowboy Contests” [...]
Knott’s Celebrates Pink’s Grand Opening. February 22, 2010 — Knott’s Berry Farm will celebrate the grand opening of the world’s famous Pink’s Hot Dogs at Knott’s Berry Farm’s Marketplace on Sunday, February 28. For over 70 years the family-owned Pink’s has had crowds lined up around the corner just waiting for a taste of one [...]
Tis Time for the annual 4th Avenue Street Fair in Tucson, December 11-13th Show hours 10am to 6pm daily. The street fair celebrates 40 years this year. Interview pre event, with Kurt Tallis about this years event and what is going on.
Associated with the Wrangler National Rodeo Finals in Las Vegas, this is one of the biggest gift and Christmas Craft events in the country. Rodestars will be signing autographs. This show boasts an attendance of 130,000. No admission fees. Held at Las Vegas Convention Center.
The Arizona State Fair is coming up. This a pre-event interview with Kristi Walsh, Marketing and PR person for twelve years. What is old at the state fair in Phoenix, what is new. Bob Dillon will be on the grandstand. Great ticket prices, and chocolate covered scorpions, and grasshoppers. Lots of air conditioned exhibit space [...]
