Mayfest 2010

[RecycleMichael]

Mayfest kicks off tomorrow at noon. Everybody should come down tomorrow for lunch and eat downtown. This year, there are lots of corn dogs and bratwurst starting at $4 and BBQ and other sandwiches starting at $5. Gyros are $8 and the most expensive food item was $9 for a 3 rib combo meal with a side or a $11 sample plate of egg rolls and skewered chicken for $11.

The most interesting thing I saw was a "Kaiserwurst". It is a chicken dog made with jalapenos and dried tomatoes. It is $5.

For dessert, I saw big cookies for $2, ice cream for $3, sopapillas for $4 and funnel cakes for $5. One booth had chocolate dipped cheesecake on a stick for $5.

Mayfest is a free festival that is funded mostly kind through sponsors and beer sales. Please try to buy a beer from an official festival booth. They are $4 for a pint.

[sgrizzle]

I'll be there. I'm after the strudel.

[enits]

We always go!  My husband and I stuff ourselves with grater tators (sp) everytime we go! LOL!!!  Was able to snag a beautiful painting back in 2003.  I sure hope we get good weather.  I feel bad for the artists whenever we have bad weather during Mayfest. 

[OurTulsa]

Marshalls anywhere down there?

[Gaspar]

80% chance of Stormgazum.  We'll go, but have to hop from bar to bar. Shucks!

[Cats Cats Cats]

http://gigapan.org/gigapans/fullscreen/49666/  Gigapan from 4th and main.  Lots of half people (due to them walking right in front of the camera)

[Cats Cats Cats]

Bartlett Square 360

http://gigapan.org/gigapans/fullscreen/49669/

[Cats Cats Cats]

1.13 gigapixel down main street from the top of the crowne plaza *pool deck*

http://gigapan.org/gigapans/fullscreen/49687/

[SXSW]

1.13 gigapixel down main street from the top of the crowne plaza *pool deck*

http://gigapan.org/gigapans/fullscreen/49687/

Great picture, wish we could have trees like that along all of our downtown streets.

[sgrizzle]

After spending a few dozen hours there and untold tickets, Mayfest is finally over. Over four days my family purchased 4 corndogs, 3 funnel cakes, 6 lumpias, two chicken-on-a-stick, chicken nachos, beef nachos, chicken quesadilla, cotton candy, 2 dippin dots, chocolate covered nuts, and a dipped cone.

I think I can skip the fair. I'm good until next May.

[Conan71]

After spending a few dozen hours there and untold tickets, Mayfest is finally over. Over four days my family purchased 4 corndogs, 3 funnel cakes, 6 lumpias, two chicken-on-a-stick, chicken nachos, beef nachos, chicken quesadilla, cotton candy, 2 dippin dots, chocolate covered nuts, and a dipped cone.

I think I can skip the fair. I'm good until next May.

Attendance numbers for this year?  Reports on Blue Dome, Brady?  I was out of town this weekend.

[sgrizzle]

Attendance numbers for this year?  Reports on Blue Dome, Brady?  I was out of town this weekend.

KRMG is reporting 300,000

I know attendance was pitiful Thursday and Friday but very high on saturday and sunday. Better on Sunday than I remember last year.

Never made it to Brady but twice to Blue Dome. They had move the 1st Street row over to 2nd which was great. Seemed like about the same size as last year despite all the issues. Attendance there on Friday was bad too and many vendors didn't even setup that day. Mayfest vendors are generally more well-travelled and tend to have the heavier tents with walls and can handle inclement weather better.

[RecycleMichael]

After spending a few dozen hours there and untold tickets, Mayfest is finally over. Over four days my family purchased 4 corndogs, 3 funnel cakes, 6 lumpias, two chicken-on-a-stick, chicken nachos, beef nachos, chicken quesadilla, cotton candy, 2 dippin dots, chocolate covered nuts, and a dipped cone.

I think I can skip the fair. I'm good until next May.

You didn't eat all of it. I sampled the funnel cake and a lumpia that you bought.

I ate at Grand Selections one day there at 3rd and Main. I try to support the local guys who are negatively impacted by the festival. His business is always way down at Mayfest and he refuses to open up a beer stand that would compete with the festival.

[OurTulsa]

Went to Brady for the Art Car parade (all 7 of them) and there was very little activity over there: few vendors and few people. 

We particularly enjoyed the childrens area setup by the park at 6th/Main.  The kids enjoyed all the activity as well as the park and bubbles and the fountain on the other end.  I felt particularly comfortable as a parent with the space and the unobstructed visibility provided by the park.

[TURobY]

Went to Brady for the Art Car parade (all 7 of them) and there was very little activity over there: few vendors and few people.

I think they suffered from three things: first year to participate, lack of promotion of festival, and distance from the other two festivals. I hope that the first two will correct themselves as the festival matures (I hadn't even heard of the Blue Dome festival until last year!). As for the third issue, Blue Dome and Mayfest are a fairly straight shot from each other. Brady is a little more difficult to access, as you have to go around the Williams superblock and across the Center of the Universe to get there from Mayfest, or you have to cross the Detroit bridge and then walk about 4 blocks from Blue Dome. Needless to say, while the other two festivals are visible from each other, there isn't much of a sightline to the Brady events to remind people of what is going on.