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Does anyone know approximately how many people attend the DS Fests each year? Are attendance numbers in NY larger than those in Los Angeles or are they about the same? What was attendance like at some of the early Fests?
Thanks!
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I'm terrible remembering numbers but I do know that back when DS was first on SciFi the fest numbers were in the low thousands. In the very early days it was several hundred and then in the mid 1980s around 800 to thousand attendees. The New York fests always had the largest number of attendees.
Nancy
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Thanks Nancy! A friend of mine is putting on an unrelated con and he is trying to figure out what the numbers might be for it.
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Here are the attendance numbers according to Dark Shadows Festival Memory Book 1983-1993 or ShadowGram (if available)(unfortunately, there are a lot of gaps):
Newark, NJ - September 30-October 2, 1983 - about 100
Newark, NJ - November 9-11, 1984 - 650
Newark, NJ - October 4-6, 1985 - (attendance not referenced.)
Dallas, TX - July 25-27, 1986 - (attendance not referenced.)
Newark, Nj - October 24-26, 1986 - 1100
Newark, NJ - August 28-30, 1987 - (attendance not referenced.)
Los Angeles, CA - October 30-November 1, 1987 - (attendance not referenced.)
New York, NY - August 19-21, 1988 - 1600 (largest to that point.)
Los Angeles, CA - March 3-4, 1989 - 800+
New York, NY - September 2-3, 1989 - 1000+ (I was one - it was my first ;))
New York, NY - July 6-8, 1990 - 1200+
Los Angeles, CA - June 28-30, 1991 - 1500 (approx. - the '91 Series had a big impact that year.)
New York, NY - November 30-December 1, 1991 - 800 (approx.)
Los Angeles, CA - October 31-November 1, 1992 - 600+
New York, NY - August 20-22, 1993 - 1700+ (largest to that point - first where the Sci-Fi Channel really had an impact.)
Los Angeles, CA - July 29-31, 1994 - 1000 (approx.)
New York, NY - August 18-20, 1995 - 2000 (approx. - largest to that point.)
Los Angeles - June 28-30, 1996 - 1500 (approx.)
New York, NY - August 22-24, 1997 - 3000+ (largest to that point.)
And unfortunately that's the point up to which I can get my hands on old SGs easily. If someone else has easy access to theirs, perhaps they'll continue the list. However, Fest attendance numbers from 1998-2010 are also probably available online - particularly in old SG Online Updates. Though, of course, they'd have to be tracked down. But the good thing in that respect is that the full texts for many of them from the last several years are right here on the forum. ;)
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Thanks MB!
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I found attendance numbers for Newark '84 & '86, so I've added them...
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With the new movie being made, expect numbers for 2011 and 2012 to go up.
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ShadowGram's totals for the past 5 years:
2006 (Brooklyn)-- over 1200
2007 (Tarrytown)-- nearly 1500
2008 (Burbank)-- over 1200
2009 (Newark)-- over 1200
2010 (Burbank)-- over 1000
Didn't Fest attendance reach its peak at that '97 NYC Fest?
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Splendid! Thanks Midnite!
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With the new movie being made, expect numbers for 2011 and 2012 to go up.
Heck, maybe Johnny will make an appearance at a fest in the years to come!!