I know a lot of vendors chooses one or two big shows to go to a year. They go where the biggest crowds are. Paducah and Houston are the shows of choice for most of them. It is a big expense to vend so unless a profit is made to make it worthwhile many of the smaller vendors cannot afford to go to smaller shows. Paducah is full of vendors from the Marshmallow, quilt show floor, to the empty store, to the mall and all in between. I have never been disappointed with the amount of vendors there.