entrance Fee's for GUILD shows!
#31
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I help organize our local annual show in "very rural" FL panhandle. We charge $3 admission to view and it is free to display even though we give prizes for the top 3 in Viewer's Choice. I get the prizes donated by our local shoppes as well as goodies for a "quilter's" raffle basket. It is held in the old gym at the Pioneer Settlement so all proceeds go back to them. We have a fabric vendor every year, as well as a few local crafter's with items for sale. We have people come from central Georgia, Mobile, AL and Tallahassee. I am kinda fussy about supporting Quilt Guilds, when not guilds a very generous in giving back to their community. To me, as a quilter and former guild president and member of several, it should be about giving back to our community. With the right members, it doesn't cost alot, if anything, to meet, so why do they think they need such big budgets? They shouldn't expect "me" to pay for their teachers and expenses throughout the year.....
#34
Our guild just did a show in Nov. 2011. We rented the hall in our Convention Center, the rent included the poles and drapes used in hanging the quilts, it also included a second room that was devoted to education and demonstrations and 2 bed turnings. The grand total rent....OVER $6,000.00! We had approximately 350 quilts, 17 vendors, an area for silent auction and a country store. We charged $6.00 admission and did not make any profits off the admission and were happy that admissions just about covered our expenses. It's expensive to do a large quilt show.
So, while you may think that $5, $6 or even $10 seems extreme it may be just covering expenses to give the quilting community an opportunity to see beautiful quilts and to be inspired. I hope that the next time you get to go to a quilt show you will enjoy it and keep in the back of your mind that that cost to put on a show can add up.
So, while you may think that $5, $6 or even $10 seems extreme it may be just covering expenses to give the quilting community an opportunity to see beautiful quilts and to be inspired. I hope that the next time you get to go to a quilt show you will enjoy it and keep in the back of your mind that that cost to put on a show can add up.
#35
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: California
Posts: 883
There is alot to consider with the admission of the quilt show; how much do you pay to go to the movies ? I consider it a movie day -- I don't go to movies. So I can indulge in a quilt show and when I'm there I usually buy a new pattern or book that is my splurge besides all the eye candy ! To each their own.
#36
Our Guild quilt show has free entry. We do have a big jug for donations. The show is in a church hall and they do charge for the space. We do not look at the quilt show as a money raiser. It is to share quilting with the community.
#37
with the economy in the dumps, $ is hard to hang on to! So I have been picking up the fliers advertising the upcoming quilt shows here in OK and I have a question...how much is TOO MUCH for an entrance fee to a small guild show?
I think $5.00 is too much..especially if it is in a rural area in the fair building...I mean SMALL town stuff....but the bigger guild shows are heading up $10! I think guilds need to find a away to offset the entrance fee's!
What do you think?
I think $5.00 is too much..especially if it is in a rural area in the fair building...I mean SMALL town stuff....but the bigger guild shows are heading up $10! I think guilds need to find a away to offset the entrance fee's!
What do you think?
#38
This is an on-going subject in our guild. Because of the layout of the area in which we hold our quilt show, it is practically impossible to charge admission. The show is inside and outside and people are able to access the entire area. We would literally have to put up barriers (another expense) and have the "quilt police" manning (or personing) them. There is another large quilt show in our area and they charge, I believe, $6 for admission. I think that is a fair amount for viewing the wares of approx. 25 vendors and viewing over 300 quilts. When it gets into the $10 category, I would think about it.....however, each of us generally knows that when we attend a quilt show the only money spent is not at the door for admission - we purchase a drink &/or food, buy raffle tickets and sometimes, even fabric! But as one previous poster said - what a great way to get out for a few hours, enjoy the company of others and not have to worry about day-to-day activities AND see wonderful quilts and some works of art.
#39
Our guild charged $5 we had over 200 quilts, plus a guild guest, they displayed some beautiful work by there guild members. 15 venders that I can remember. Classes off and on throughout the 2 days, a bed turning twice a day. Our guest artist was a local quilter who's work has been featured in several papers. Many of our members spent time sitting and doing diffrent types of hand work for people to stop and watch or ask questions about. Our income from the show was just enough to pay the rent of the hall and less than $1,000 left over. We use the show as a money maker. We give a scholership each year and donate quilts to several worthwhile organizations. All work is volenter. We sold over 600 tickets The Hall cost us over $2,000. this did include insurance, and power. It is not cheep to put one a good quilt show. and if you want to make a profit you have to charge a reasonable rate.
This sounds like a fantastic show, btw...
#40
Our guild show is free. We have over 100 members in our guild and over 200 quilts in our show. We rent a church gym for two days and they just doubled our rent this year to $1500. We do an opportunity quilt which we raffle to help offset some of our cost. Our mission is to inspire others.
That said, I have paid up to $3.00 for other quilt show around here that don't begin to compete with ours, but it is nice to see what others are doing. I don't mind the $3.00 if I can walk away with at least one or two new ideas or techniques. Ten dollars is a bit much.
That said, I have paid up to $3.00 for other quilt show around here that don't begin to compete with ours, but it is nice to see what others are doing. I don't mind the $3.00 if I can walk away with at least one or two new ideas or techniques. Ten dollars is a bit much.
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