Our President, Eric von Starck, has been responsible, while a theater producer and director based in Britain for 17 years, for managing festivals with five tented stages filled with 370 performers from 8 countries working in dance, opera, theater, satire, comedy, clowning and - fortune telling. All with a 10,000 Sq. Ft cafe tent serving more beer than any public house in Scotland. This was the Edinburgh Festival - for 5 years.

So, for us - at Shackamaxon, we do not blanch at the impossible : such as getting a festival up and running on a public bridge with five hours to put up all the tenting, seating, electrics, stage, amplification, food vending, art show, 38 exhibitors, sponsor banners - and park 9 wooden canoes. All with a baby budget. And what a fine day that was!

Sample Events

Philadelphia Vintage Car Grand Prix 1994, 1995: corporate tents, club, public vending, gourmet foodservices, dinner dance, square dance

Schuylkill River Festival, 1995, 1996: tent design, access, logistics, facilities, public vending, music festival programming

Victorian Atmosphere and Entertainment- murder mystery

British Village for All Creatures Great and Small, Entertainment, Animals, SPCA

Philadelphia City environment for 1000 for Philly Food - all day at the Army & Navy game

Lilly Pulitzer wild wacky Palm Beach -esque fantasy

Peter Pan

Emerald City of Oz

Teddy Bear Picnic

1930s Trans-Atlantic Liner and Entertainment

Caribbean Evening

Bahamian Evening and Show

May Dances