Shriners vs Chantilly shows Same Weekend June 27th

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by Belfast1933

I just took a call yesterday from the Lucky group telling me that the June Shriners show was cancelled, FYI.

Odd, did they say why? I thought that show was always successful.

[scooter729]

This was their message:

To our amazing hobby family:
After a lot of careful consideration, we've made the tough call to cancel our June 27–29 Boston Show at Shriners Auditorium.
This wasn’t an easy decision, but we’re committed to quality—for attendees and dealers. But with venue conflicts, shifting show dates, and factors out of our control, this event just wouldn’t have met the standards we, and our attendees, have come to expect from our shows.
We appreciate your understanding and continued support—and we’ll see you at the next one!

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by scooter729

This was their message:

To our amazing hobby family:
After a lot of careful consideration, we've made the tough call to cancel our June 27–29 Boston Show at Shriners Auditorium.
This wasn’t an easy decision, but we’re committed to quality—for attendees and dealers. But with venue conflicts, shifting show dates, and factors out of our control, this event just wouldn’t have met the standards we, and our attendees, have come to expect from our shows.
We appreciate your understanding and continued support—and we’ll see you at the next one!

I always worry about when I see that... if there will be a next one.

[scooter729]

Keep in mind, this is NOT the major Shriners show in November, which has tons of great vintage dealers.

This would've been a new show to the rotation in June, without the heavy vintage focus, and it sounds like it was tough to get off the ground. Probably a tough time of year to try and do it, with vacations and travel around the 4th of July, etc. to get it off the ground.

This shouldn't have any impact on the November Shriners show, which will remain very popular I'm sure...

[Kutcher55]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

I always worry about when I see that... if there will be a next one.

There should be a next one. The "Shriners show" has been a twice/year event since I got back into the hobby 6 years ago. There's one in April and one in November. Yes, I understand the one in November is the real Shriners show and the one in April has been historically the Rich Altman show, now taken over by Lucky's promotions. Both are really good shows although I think it's generally accepted that a few more national-level vintage guys set up at the November show as compared to the April show. The April promoters tried to slide in a third "Shriners" show and I suspect there wasn't enough dealer interest. Perhaps it was too close to the national, who knows.

Either way, the other two shows are likely to carry on. Also, there's a Northeast Expo show in Marlboro, MA this coming weekend. Last year's show was pretty dang nice, arguably on the level of the April Shriners auditorium event. Because it is west of Boston you get some more cross pollination with the Connecticut and NY dealers who don't have to take their rigs through the trafficky greater boston area. Definitely one worth checking out.