Tourism offices promote festivals, unless it’s a festival they don’t like. Check out your market area as a tourist would. Use Trip Advisor, chambers of commerce, county web sites, music promoters, or sites specific to your target demographic.

Problem Customer Charge time. It can de-stress the job to know you are making triple rate, prepaid cleared check or cash.

I have worked in a restaurant, eat a vegan diet, and try to grow zucchini and tomatoes every year.

Go work in a restaurant for a few years before you start. The management of people, food safety and hygiene, skill at making people feel welcome, is all a lot to learn.

There needs to be a buffer between the restaurant schedule and then farm schedule. Farms have wildly fluctuating labor needs depending on the calendar and weather. These do not match offering consistent service in a restaurant.