A hearty huzzah for joining us at Joplin’s inaugural Renaissance Festival!
The skies may have showered us with rain for three days straight, but with merry companions, delicious feasts, toe-tapping tunes, and lively dances, we soldiered on like true festival warriors!
Whether you were a noble patron, a bustling vendor, or a dazzling performer, your involvement helped us sow the seeds for future festivities. We’re on a mission to make this event grander each year, and your support is the secret sauce that makes it all possible.
Our rallying cry, “without you - there can be no us,” rings truer than ever. Thank you, one and all!
- Over the three day weekend roughly 3600 people attended the festival.
- KOAM and KSN were on site to do interviews
- Four photographers attended:
- Mark Neuenschwander from VisitJoplin, Jennifer Turners, Dominik Rodriguez, and Chelea Cogbill
- 14 performing groups
- 60 vendors with several nearly selling out by the end of the weekend
DESPITE rain all three days!
Surplus budget directly into marketing! Thank you all for helping us build the event!
Building to be BIGGER and BETTER!
- Zimmer Marketing will creating a new logo and we want you to have a voice in the final product!
- Zimmer will also be assisting us with Radio advertising, SEO, and digital marketing!
- American Media Inc will once again assist us with ticket swaps and radio advertising!
15 % of budget, We plan to expand our reach and recruit from Kansas City to St. Louis to Oklahoma City and Springdale.
45 % Percent of the budget is being directed to infrastructure.
- We are building a front gate for easy identification. Wait until you all see this work of art! Thank you Jessica and Taylor for not only designing it, planning the budget, but also building it!
- Two side gates for assistance with handicapped parking (by tennis courts)
- More signage
- Improvements to stage / possibility build second stage!
- Paid ticketing staff
- Increased security!
Yes, two themed Weekends!
May 30 and 31st Renaissance and Viking
June 6 and 7 Steampunk and Pirates.
Performers and vendors will be specific to the themed weekends.
Different weekends, different shows, different vendors!