I have been vending at festivals and events for two years now and I feel like the hardest part is finding events that are worth attending. Google search results are just not specific enough these days. Google shows everything from huge music festivals to small local farmers markets. My best luck has been word of mouth by asking other vendors at events that I attend if they know of any other big events in the area.
How do you find events/festivals that are worth attending? I’ve read suggestions to use festivalnet.com and fairsandfestivals.com but I haven’t tried them out yet.
Any suggestions are welcome, cheers!
Definitely networking, as you mentioned, but for me that also includes Instagram. I know so many other local vendors on there, and inevitably they’ll post events I hadn’t otherwise heard about. Start following those event and festival accounts as well, and the algorithm will soon inundate you with ads for more of the same (even though many will be outside of your locale, researching them can help with additional leads.) Your results may vary based on what size community you live in, but this largely works well for me.