Custom Banners & Signs for Fall Festivals & Events

Fall festival season in West Georgia is upon us — trunk-or-treats, fall bazaars, church harvest festivals, homecoming carnivals, craft fairs. And every one of them lives or dies on the same thing: do people know it's happening, and can they find it once they show up? That's a signage problem, and it's a cheap one to solve well.

Here's the signage kit that makes a festival look organized (even when the funnel cake line says otherwise).

What signage does a fall festival actually need?

Think of it in three layers, from far away to up close:

• Promotion around town — yard signs on high-traffic routes for the two weeks before, doing the quiet work of getting the date into everyone's head.
• The entrance — a big vinyl banner with the festival name that says "you're here, welcome." This is also the photo backdrop everybody stands in front of, so make it count.
• On-site wayfinding — directional yard signs for parking and entry, plus booth signs, a vendor map, and a sponsor banner if local businesses helped foot the bill.

A typical small festival covers all three with one banner and 10 to 25 yard signs. Bigger events add a second banner and a handful of directional arrows.

What sizes and materials hold up outdoors in October?

Both workhorses are built for exactly this. Banners print on 13oz scrim vinyl — weatherproof, hemmed, and grommeted — and yard signs on 4mm corrugated plastic with H-stakes that push into the ground in seconds. Georgia's October (sun one day, sideways rain the next) doesn't bother either one, and both are reusable: date-free designs like "Fall Festival →" come back out of the storage closet every year.

For sizes: a 3'x6' banner fits most entrances and stages, a 4'x8' reads from the road, and 18×24 is the standard yard sign, with 12×18 for directional arrows. (Full breakdowns in our Vinyl Banners 101 and yard signs guide.)

How much does festival signage cost?

Verified against our current pricing:

Item	Price	Festival Use
2'x4' banner	$42.99	Booth or stage backdrop
3'x6' banner	$94.99	Main entrance
4'x8' banner	$140.99	Roadside announcement
18×24 yard sign (single)	$21.99	One-off directional
18×24 yard signs (8-pack)	$119.92 ($14.99 each)	Around-town promotion

H-stakes add about $1.25 per sign, and larger sign packs bring the per-sign price down further — around $12.50 to $13 each at quantities of 24 or more. A complete small-festival kit (one 3'x6' entrance banner plus eight promo signs with stakes) lands right around $225.

When should you order and place everything?

Work backwards from festival day. Signs should be in yards two weeks before the event — long enough to build awareness, short enough that people don't tune them out. Add our standard 7 to 10 business day turnaround after proof approval, and the math says: order about four weeks out. October festival? Your order window is right now, which is not a coincidence — it's why we're publishing this in September.

Placement notes that save headaches: put promo signs at intersections with stop signs (captive audience), get permission on private property, and check right-of-way rules — Carroll County code enforcement has seen it all.

How do you design festival signage people actually read?

Same rules as all roadside design, applied ruthlessly: one message per sign (event name + date on promo signs, a single arrow on directionals), letters about 1 inch tall per 10 feet of viewing distance, and high contrast — which in October means leaning into those big warm fall colors against cream or navy rather than subtle earth-tone-on-earth-tone that disappears from the road. Skip the clutter: the full schedule belongs on your Facebook event, not the yard sign.

And if your festival committee needs matching volunteer tees to go with the signage, the Add Decoration tool on our apparel product pages prices those instantly while you're at it.

Frequently asked questions

What signs do you need for a fall festival?
Three layers: yard signs around town for the two weeks before, a vinyl banner at the entrance, and on-site directional signs for parking and booths. A small festival covers it with one banner and 10 to 25 yard signs.

How much does a festival banner cost?
A 2'x4' banner is $42.99, a 3'x6' entrance banner is $94.99, and a 4'x8' roadside banner is $140.99. All are printed on weatherproof 13oz vinyl with hems and grommets.

How much do festival yard signs cost?
A single 18×24 sign is $21.99, an 8-pack is $119.92 ($14.99 each), and larger packs drop to roughly $12.50 to $13 per sign at 24 or more. H-stakes add about $1.25 per sign.

When should you put out signs for an event?
About two weeks before the event. Combined with a 7 to 10 business day production turnaround, that means ordering roughly four weeks ahead of festival day.

Can festival banners and signs be reused every year?
Yes. Vinyl banners and coroplast yard signs are durable enough to reuse for years — design them without a specific date and they come back out every season.

What should go on a festival yard sign?
The event name, date, and location or an arrow — nothing more. Big high-contrast text readable at driving speed beats a full schedule that nobody slows down to read.