We had a lot less vendors at the San Diego Quilt Show too. it was held the weekend after Labor Day. Once I was asking a vendor at the Road to CA why she never came to San Diego - they are 8 months apart and separated by 100 miles. She said it was because she didn't travel after Labor Day. They have school aged children. She only came to The Road show was due to the size. (That show is crowded from the time it opens tip it shuts down.)