I prefer a park setting… The summers tend to get quite hot and sitting in some of those parking lots makes for an even hotter day. If you can find trees, that’s a bonus. (Unless it’s Waterloo with the acorns in the fall)!

I will say though that I like it when shows are in the downtown district of the town (Edgerton, Spring Green). There isn’t much you can do to improve that, but the setting alone makes the show!

I like a park or grassy/field setting. Blacktop gets too hot on a sunny day and is very hard on the feet and legs if it’s a large show and there is a lot of walking to do. I went to a show and swap at Pomona once. It was all blacktop and my feet and legs were very sore after walking around there. People were walking around there with flashlights before the sun came up to avoid the heat of the day. Walking around Jefferson or Iola doesn’t bother me the way Pomona did.