12/03/2025
We shared that over the last 5 days we had several board members attending the IAFE convention that was in Denver, CO this year.
We are so thankful for these board members (and their spouses!) who took time off of work to attend this week. Board members really do volunteer all year round to make the week of the fair happen!
The IAFE convention is the International Association of Fairs and Expositions (IAFE) annual convention, it is the world's largest gathering for the fair industry.
• Purpose: To provide education, networking, and business opportunities for fair professionals.
• Attendees: People from fairs of all sizes, including management, staff, entertainment buyers, and vendors, as well as music booking agencies and other service providers.
• Activities: Includes educational sessions, workshops, upper-level management programming, a trade show, and opportunities for business development and client meetings.
Events like these are important for our board as it helps us provide our community with a fun, safe and educational fair each year. Some workshops attended this year were about sponsorships, running an efficient board meeting, the fairs economic impact, legal issues we face, insurance/liability and much more! They were able to meet with entertainment representatives and commercial vendors as well.
We are excited for them to come back and share with the rest of the board what they learned.
Here are some pictures for the last several days!
