An invitation to business owners who sell outdoor recreation equipment

In a previous blog I related mumfest’s annual Boat Show will be expanded to include vendors whose business is related to outdoor recreation or outdoor activities such as adventure racing, backpacking, bicycling, camping, canoeing, fishing, hiking, kayaking, running, sailing, stand-up paddle boarding, hunting etc. We met with several business owners in the downtown area, who sell outdoor recreation equipment/gear, for their input…did they think this would be something the public would be interested in seeing at the festival? Based on their favorable response and enthusiasm, we are moving forward with this venue.

The area where the Boat Show has been located will be expanded to include the entire northern section of Union Point Park…the area to the left of the road that you use to enter the Park. In addition to vendors, an area will be set up to feature on-going demonstrations of outdoor recreational products by the vendors who are interested in presenting a 10 -15 minute demonstration on their product.

We have numerous commercial vendors who use the festival as an opportunity to promote their business ... highly visible direct marketing to the 80,000+ festival-goers. We invite business owners who sell outdoor recreation equipment to consider participating as a vendor in the Outdoor Life venue during mumfest this year, October 13 -14, Saturday 9:30 am – 6:30 pm and Sunday 10:30 – 5 pm. If you aren’t a business owner but know of a business you would like to see or think would benefit from the visibility in the Outdoor Life venue, we would appreciate it very much if you would suggest they look into it.

The application for a space(s) is on our www.mumfest.com website. Click on the vendor button at the top, far right of the page, which has all the information on the entry fee ($190) plus the City service fee ($25), space size etc. If you require more than the standard space or have other questions, we are happy to talk with you. Call us at 252-638-5781.

Susan Moffat Thomas

Mumfest Boat Show/Outdoor Life

The Boat Show, an annual event at mumfest for the past 10 years, has been a well-attended venue, however there is so much interest in other outdoor recreational activities we decided to explore expanding the Boat Show to include vendors, exhibits and demonstrations that promote many other popular outdoor activities such as kayaking, stand up paddle boarding, biking, fishing etc. We had a meeting with some of the owners of businesses that sell recreational goods to get their input; would they be interested in participating, would they have demos, do they think this would be a hit with festival-goers and the answer was yes. We are delighted and are now moving forward planning for this venue. It will be located in the space north (left) of the road into Union Point Park which is large enough to accommodate exhibitors, have demonstrations and related activities.

We would appreciate getting feedback/input from readers. Would you visit this venue? If you are in the recreational business would you consider being a vendor? And, what do you think will enhance this attraction?

Susan Moffat Thomas