MAVWA Festival Survey

Mountain & Valley Annual Festival Survey

As a valued Visitor and Supporter of The MAVWA Fiber Arts Festival, we welcome your thoughts on what you would like to see in a fiber arts festival in the future.
You can leave the survey at any point and come back to finish later: Jotform will send you an email link to your partial survey.

Questions requiring an answer are marked *

In order to help us plan the 2026 Festival, please submit your answers by September 30th 2025. We'll still accept input after that date, but will add it to future festival ideas.
1. Your Contact Information

(Optional. You can complete this survey anonymously, but it'll be more helpful to us if we can contact you if we have questions or would like more details.)
Your City blanks* and Stateblank* (2-letter abbrev.)
Your Name (Optional)

First NameLast Name
Your Email (Optional)
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Can we contact you to discuss your answers?

YesNo
2. The Focus of the MAVWA 'Fiber Arts Festival'

Would you like to see the focus of the Festival broaden from animals and their products?
2.1 Choose one or more of the following options that describe what you'd be interested in seeing:

Keep it limited to Animals and Animal Fiber productsExpand the Festival to other natural fiber (plant-based, etc)Expand the Festival to all kinds of fiber (plant, man-made, etc)Expand the Festival to non-fiber products (e.g. ceramics, glass, jewelry, paintings)Open the Festival to non-fiber products as long as they have a connection to fiber (e.g. jewelry featuring fiber animals, paper-making supplies)Other
2.2 What are your reasons for the above answers, and do you have further thoughts on this?

2.3 Please enter a number (1=high, 9=low) to prioritize what you would like future Festivals to focus on. USE EACH NUMBER ONLY ONCE:*

	Priority	Any thoughts?
Animals and their products & activities
Any Animal & other Natural Fibers and their products
Fiber supplies (yarn, tools, kits, etc)
Unique products (clothing, art, home accessories,etc)
Any handmade or value added arts, crafts that are fiber related
Any handmade or value added arts, crafts whether fiber related or not
Paid classes, workshops, etc
Free demonstrations, kids' activities, etc
Other

2.4 What are your reasons for your priorities, and do you have further thoughts on this?
3. The Festival Venue
3.1 Do you think the Santa Fe Fairgrounds is a good location for a Fiber Arts Festival?
Pros and Cons, plus your input
3.2 What KIND of venue would you expect for a re-vamped Festival?

Elegant, classyFolksy, casualFarm-like, animal-orientedConvention Center'ishPark settingStreet FairOther
4. Timing-Dates

Would a different time of the year improve the Festival's success?
4.1 Is the current Festival timing (1st weekend in October) a good time?

Yes, early October is a good time of yearEarly October conflicts with other events I'd like to visitLater in the year would be betterJan - March would be betterSpring would be betterSummer would be betterI have no opinionOther
4.2 Is one weekend (2 days) long enough?

Yes, keep it to one weekendOpen on the preceding Friday as wellExtend to more than 2/3 daysOther
5. Cost of Visiting the Festival.
5.1 Do you travel to visit the Festival, and does that involve at least one night's stay

YesNoSometimes
5.2 Would you travel elsewhere to visit the MAVWA Festival?*

Yes - up to 100 miles from homeYes - 100 to 200 miles from homeYes - 200 to 400 miles from homeYes - over 400 miles from homeMaybeNo - I'd only visit if it was local to my homeOther
5.3 If you said you are willing to travel away from home to visit the Festival, what would be your PRIMARY method of transport?

CarAirlineTrainOther

5.4 Entry to the Festival and parking are currently free. Would you be willing to pay a small fee in future if the venue required it?*

	Yes	No	Maybe
Festival Entry
Parking

5.5 Any other comments on costs?
6. Festival Facilities

As a Visitor, what do you expect ?

6.1 Please prioritize the following venue amenities that are important to you (1=high, 9=low). Use each number only ONCE:*

	Priority
Onsite restrooms
Parking onsite or nearby
Hotels, Restaurants nearby
Food Trucks
Meeting and Guild gathering areas
Attractive surroundings
Music
Indoor vendor spaces
Disabled access

6.2 Other Venue Amenities?
7. Marketing, Advertising, Promotion

Given your answers and thoughts so far, what is the best way to publicize the new Festival?
7.1 Where do you most often see advertising and announcements about Fiber Festivals?

Local area newspapers, print publicationsNationwide fiber magazinesLocal area RadioLocal TV announcementsSpecific fiber-related social media groupsPaid social media adsNationwide travel & airline magazinesMAVWA email campaignsPromotional articles in local/national publicationsPrinted rack cards, flyers, etc.Other

7.2 Where do you find information on Festivals to visit??

	Mainly	Which ones specifically....?
Online searches
Social Media (FaceBook, Instagram, etc.)
Fiber print magazines
Other people/Word of Mouth
Local stores (e.g LYS)
Guilds and Clubs
At Classes, Workshops
Other

8. Do you have any other suggestions not covered above? Anything else you'd like us to know?
Thank you for supporting MAVWA and telling us what you'd like to see in future Mountain and Valley Festivals - your feedback is invaluable!
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Mountain & Valley Annual Festival Survey

1. Your Contact Information

2. The Focus of the MAVWA 'Fiber Arts Festival'

3. The Festival Venue

4. Timing-Dates

5. Cost of Visiting the Festival.

6. Festival Facilities

7. Marketing, Advertising, Promotion