Thank you to all of our past vendors, artists, supporters, exhibitors and attendees!!!
2018 Artist & Vendor Signups!!
Artists Registration Form (Original Artwork Only) Vendor Registration Forms
General Inquiries: Please fill out form below Original Star Wars Days banner
Each year, we continue to grow thanks to the hundreds of attendees, talented artists and numerous, great vendors.
We also had Cosplay areas, food, a prize raffles, Children's Area, Scout classes, a Jedi Training Academy and Costume contests, more panels and demonstrations and a STEM area
In the past, we've had some great sponsors including Marvel, Toys R Us, Artway Alliance, Clone Army Customs, Lost In Time Toy Store, ThinkGeek, Diamond Comic Distributors, and more!!
WON'T YOU WANT TO BE PART OF OUR FOURTH SHOW THIS YEAR???
Our location is near the Potomac Mills shopping district during peak Christmas shopping time.
This combined with our increased advertising, increased word of mouth and successful previous shows should bring us even more attendance than last year!!
This year's price increases reflect the increase in facility costs and the increase in advertising investment on the Troop's part.
Below is some additional info on our event.
Show Basic Information
Dates:
Set up on Friday, November 30th, 9pm to midnight & Saturday morning, December 1st open at 6am
Show Hours: Saturday: 10am to 7pm and Sunday: 10am to 6pm.
Location:
o Freedom High School, 15201 Neabsco Mills Rd, Woodbridge, VA 22191 (WHERE WE ALL BEGAN!)
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Show Layout:
o We are going back to where we started. This is a different layout than the past two years.
The main floor is a large three court gymnasium with an auxiliary gym.
o There is a large entrance hall and large common area outside the gym entrance.
This will serve as show area as well as the main entrance to the show.
o The large commons area will serve as both our food cantina and children’s area.
o We will also have access to classrooms for holding panels, Boy Scout classes and Cub Scout classes.
o The show will be a similar format to our previous shows and other successful Boy Scout shows in area with additional reach out to
the DC Awesome-Con, Richmond Comic Con, Baltimore Comic Con and Star Wars fan communities
o Please refer to initial floor plan below to showing planning layout.
Vendor Set Ups and Tear Down Times
o Access will be provided during the following times to check in, bring in your merchandise and set up your booths:
Friday, November 30th:
The main gym and entrance will be occupied with a basketball game until 9pm.
Loading entrance and rear hallways will be available.
Second floor areas and classrooms will most likely be available.
Once the basketball game is over, the Troop will start putting up table spaces as
quickly as possible.
Saturday, December 1st: 6am to 10am
Everything will be ready to receive vendors.
Boy Scout and adults will be ready to help move in vendors.
o Exterior entrances and interior entrances to show's areas will be locked and secured Friday and Saturday nights
o We ask that all vendors to have their booths packed up between 6pm to 8pm on Sunday with 8 to 9pm being final clean-up by the Troop
Why Everyone Should Come To Troop 501’s Star Wars Days?
Timing
o Star Wars is everywhere! Everywhere you look, there is Star Wars merchandise.
o Geek culture is the norm and it is awesome! This is our fourth year and we just keep adding more each year!
o Christmas shopping is at its peak.
Show attendees will be looking to not only enjoy themselves, but also for potential Christmas gifts.
o Great first year!
First year we learned a lot. We had 500 to 600 attendees.
Word of mouth was that it was a great show and we have had lots of requests early in the
year by attendees and vendors/artists when we would be having our show this year.
Return vendors/artists are already signing up (and asking for larger space!)
Location, location, location
o Located in eastern Prince William County, 30 minutes south of Washington, DC,
40 minutes north of Richmond and about 1 hour from Baltimore, MD.
We are/will be advertising in all of these areas.
o It is near the major Potomac Mills shopping centers which will be overloaded with Christmas shoppers and near the Stonebridge Shopping Center (Wegman’s, REI, etc.)
o It has a large amount of free parking with easy access in and out of the school facility
o We'll have significant frontage signage off of 4 exits on I-95.
Scouting Community Attendance
o In addition to the general public fan base, this event will draw in scouts from the Northern Virginia, DC and southern Maryland.
o Planned scout events will include tours of the artist area in order to meet scout requirements.
Help Boy Scouts
o The proceeds from this event will go towards helping Boy Scout Troop 501.
o This is a young Troop trying to grow in an area with very few Scouting opportunities. (This is our third year!)
o Our name (501) was named after Darth Vader’s Legion due to our love of Star Wars.
o We have scouts within our Troop from all over eastern Prince William County.
o It takes a lot of resources to start and grow and Boy Scout Troop and it is our goal to bring this program and its values to as many of the youth of the area as possible. You can learn more about the Troop on their website (www.NCACTroop501.com) and their facebook page.
Sign Up Specifics
Our vendor and artist forms can be downloaded by clicking on the buttons at the top of this page.
The cost of our booths is very low as we are only trying to cover costs for set-up. Our goal is to have a fabulous show that tons of people will want to attend. This is a both a win for us and for our vendors/artists.
Please sign up as soon as possible so that we can optimize floor space and advertise, advertise, advertise!!
If you have an idea for the show or are interested in running an activity or panel, we want to hear from you!!
If you really want to help support, SPONSORS can also use the vendor form to sign up for added benefits.
Our Troop is very excited about this event and all of the responses that we have received so far. We hope to hear from you soon about joining us for this great event!
Yours In Scouting and May the Force Be With You!