i have been on the east coast all my life.
i was just wondering are all the shows on the west coast huge shows that play big spots ?
CA. has a lot of big cities ,seems like a 40 milers would be able make a good living just playing still dates around any of the larger cities.
thanks

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RCS, Butler, Davis, Shamrock, Funtastic, and Midway of Fun are the big West Coast shows.

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Originally posted by Erik9976

RCS, Butler, Davis, Shamrock, Funtastic, and Midway of Fun are the big West Coast shows.

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i am not talking about big shows.are there any small 40 milers that stay in the inner cities ?

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Im not sure. Theres a ton of small parks in Socal too. So there might not be local show playing still dates. Ive been out there alot and never seen any.

Helms & Sons, Christiansen (sp) are very good mid size shows. I see both of them a lot around Los Angeles. There maybe a few more. However there are a lot of fly by night outfits out this way, which I personally wouldn't want to work for.

RCS, Butler, Midway of Fun, Shamrock, and Davis are pretty much the dominating shows in the state.

Smaller carnivals covering shopping centers, local festivals, schools inlcude:

California Carnival Company (Sam Johnston)
Carnival of Fun (Ken Johnston)
American Traveling Shows (Rick Larson)
Pacific Coast Shows (Lopez Bros.)
Paul Maurer Shows

Butler Amusements can occationally be found in a shopping center or at a school carnival.

Davis Enterprises, whila a large show, does a lot of church fairs and school fairs in the LA area.

Mike