Harvest Festival Reviews

   TERRIBLE VENUE PARKING.

   They need to bring back vendors. More vendors are needed. In addition should not have to pay 20 for parking 10 should be max. we used to have over double the vendors. What happened to the vitamix peopl> Also better food choices are needed and umbrellas on the outside. We really to up the game to what the harvest festival used to be there. So few vendors.

   It started out by not being able to purchase parking online to save $5.00. It was not my fault. Tried to get the discount at the event, but was told no. They knew the site was down. Getting into the parking was a nightmare. Took at least 30-45 min. The fairgrounds were also hosting a jujitsu event. Next time, please host it when its not so terribly busy. Was a little disappointed at how small it was. Many usual vendors were not there.

  I Liked the new entrance location which eliminated walking so far. Less food trucks though, and disapointed in the fact that you had to be present if your name was picked for the drawing.

 Not a great experience. Not enough variety of vendors. Too many jewelry vendors!

   So few vendors we were done in an hour. Did not like having commercial vendors mixed in with the artists. It felt like I was at the fair. Just one food vendor and no umbrellas outside. Been attending for over 36 years and sadly this may have been my last. Not worth the drive to Del Mar and the $20 parking fee to walk thru half of O’Brien hall

    From a disabled persons perspective, the fairgrounds did a very poor job assisting me and others with disabilities. There was no shuttles taking people like me from the parking lot to the event and back. I overheard and spoke with many people who were in the same situation as myself and they all agreed. I will file a complaint with the Del Mar Fairgrounds.

   Can't believe I paid $20 for parking and $5 to get into only to see half the hall filled with venders. What's happening to the Harvest Festival. It was one of the best fall craft events.

     Quite small from previous years

   Those few vendors there were nice.

     We have been coming to this harvest festival for over 40 years as a couple. This year was an embarrassment to the harvest festival corporation or whatever you are my husband and I in the early years used to go through two halls in downtown San Diego and then we group and then split up and go and buy each other Christmas presents. OK so fast forward 30 years we don’t do that anymore but we go every single year and we wait for it it this year was pitiful!

   The festival has gotten so small! Very disappointing! The outrageous amt. to park for the little amt of time it took to go thru the whole place!

   MUCH smaller than usual, smaller amount of food vendors as well as crafters. Noticed more consumer vendors (fix stucco, bathroom etc.) which I don't expect to see at a craft show. Cheaper entrance fee was nice considering the reduction in vendors.

   Vendors from previous shows were not in attendance

   It is way smaller than in the past. It was nice, but many regulars were not there. I hope it comes back to its glory someday.

     Very disappointed how small the festival has become. It barely filled half the hall whereas it used to be in two buildings. I used to do a lot of my Christmas shopping at the festival but the vendors I bought from are no longer there. Don't know if I will attend next year since the price to park has gotten so high. If my favorite vendors are not there and I have to pay $20 to park, it's not worth attending.

   Boring, very small event having nothing to do with Harvest as advertised. Just a couple of vendors had items pertaining to HARVEST. This was a bait and switch. You advertised and sold the event as one thing but delivered something all together different.

   Too small of an event and parking is very expensive for such a short time to walk a few isles. Disappointing! Need more vendors.

   Advertised as the biggest

   An old time attendee here. Been going since the 1990s. It is a tradition for my sister and I. Wow it has really changed. Need more vendors, food and music performers ilike it used to be. You are killing it. Not in a good way. Shade would also be nice. Thanks for listening

 I saw a lot of the same themes: homemade crafts that I've seen everywhere else; lots of Christmas decorations etc...plus home companies that sold home improvement items. I seem to remember that only items made by the seller were allowed at your event. I find it very hard to believe that the items these sellers sold to be made by them. I could be wrong. But, this was a craft show, not a home and garden show.

   Well, we don't have to tell you how few vendors there were. It looked like half of O'Brien Hall was blocked off. With very few exceptions, the vendors we usually visited were absent. Some may have aged out, but we think rising costs plus high cost of space is keeping them away. It's hardly worth the time to drive from La Mesa.

   This event in Ventura has really gone down hill in the last 10 yrs. Hardly any vendors. This might be my last show I go to in Ventura.

   I was disappointed in that there weren’t as many vendors as in the past. Not as much variety. I used to spend a whole day shopping and going through the buildings maybe 2-3 time’s deciding on gifts for birthdays and Christmas plus a few things for myself. This year I only bought one item and that was from one of my favorite vendors.

    I’ve been attending for years. Vera disappointed for the first time that there were way less vendors. Why? Booth rent too high? Some items were quite pricey. My friends and I still bought a lot. Very few food trucks, no music, nothing for the kids. It wasn’t fun like it used to be. Less people attended on Friday. For the vendors sake, hope there’s a better show up Saturday and Sunday. Hope this event improves in the future!

   Very small. Should have done it at a park and charge nothing.

   With more vendors I would have had a better selection to choose from and been able to spend more time walking around. There was poor advertising of this years event.

   We did enjoy ourselves, but have started talking about finding another local festival with more choices of vendors & food. If not for the option of getting lunch on Main Street, we would have spent more time driving to & from the festival than actually being there

   The event was decent. I hope you get enough attendance, though. The only promotion I saw was in the Ventura County Star. I saw no other publicity (no social media—FaceBook, Instagram). I see many other area events via Facebook. No one under the age of 50 reads a newspaper anymore (I’m in my 60s). Other than limites publicity, the event seems well organized and the vendors were great. I hope there are enough visitors to make it worth it for the vendors.

   Although all the Vendors were really nice and had great items I was disappointed that more weren’t there …but I had a good time with my friends. Thank you for putting on this event every year. I attend as a Birthday present to myself.

   It was fun because of the friends I was with. The festival had a lot of empty booth spaces. And there was only 1 vendor outside which was sad. Over the years the number of vendors has really dropped off. This year the food court was really sad. We actually left the festival to go to downtown Ventura for food. Will really have to think hard before going next year.

   Wish there were more vendors.