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Fair Fit Checklist

Evaluate whether a specific art fair fits your medium, price point, travel budget, booth setup, and goals — before you pay the application fee.

Because the same fair can be perfect for one artist and wrong for another. This tool does not predict success — it helps you ask better questions.

1 · Your Profile2 · Fair Research3 · Cost Calculator4 · Summary
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Your Artist Profile

Fill this in once. It helps you evaluate whether a fair matches your work, price point, and goals.

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About This Fair

Fill in what you know about the fair you're evaluating. Leave unknowns blank — they're useful information too.

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Cost Calculator

Enter your estimated costs. The totals update live as you type. Booth fee and jury fee are pre-filled from Section 2 if you entered them.

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Booth fee

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Jury / application fee

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Gas / transportation

Round trip from home

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Lodging

Hotel, Airbnb, camping · Search hotels

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Meals

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Inventory / materials

Cost to produce or replenish work

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Display / tent / equipment

Pro-rated if reused across shows · Shop banners & signage

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Helper / staff

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Other costs

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Your Break-Even Numbers

Total to Recover

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all estimated costs combined

Planning note: This is not a prediction. Use these numbers as a planning tool, not a guarantee of profitability.

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