If I were to guess- more than 100 as a vendor. From goat roasts to music festivals, selling kids toys and glow in the dark products, I enjoyed doing them for more than 8 years.

As for swag, I wouldn't do pens. Too easy to loose and apt to malfunction in heat.

What's your expected gate, and budget?

What does your contract prohibit?

You might do better with a "lost leader" to sell, rather than give-way an item.

Staple gun cause it can repair most anything and can be used to secure a tarp, incase of bad weather. Mind you, when I vended I carried more than those few things, but those were the ones I cussed when ever they were forgotten.

  • Business Cards
  • Duct tape
  • tie downs
  • roap
  • table covers
  • change aprons - you hold main bank - helpers start with a 50$ bank - collect every hour- it never hurts to know the location of a branch of your bank, and arrange for a cash deposit bag.
  • chairs
  • cooler w/ water
  • fruit
  • change of cloths & shoes
  • Tool Kit
  • First Aid Kit
  • Side Kick/Wing Man


You are going to have a BLAST! Our last show was in Arcadia, Oklahoma, where it was 106 for 10 hours and I spent the day with an ice pack on my neck.

Sigh ..

It sucks to get old.