2011 LEGO Kidsfest dates canceled?

According to www.LegoKidsFest.com, "our 2011 schedule no longer includes Atlanta, Philadelphia, and LA. Please check back for updated locations!" Those would've been February 11, April 8 and April 29, respectively (according to the back-cover ad on the October 2010 issue of BrickJournal). The site shows no 2011 dates at all. Anybody know what happened?

(So, if anybody wants to exhibit in Philadelphia, it'll have to be at Wizard World 2011. Which is the same weekend as Brickworld Chicago, June 17-19. So, probably not a top priority. But passerby at the Philcon-etc. table in 2010 did say they missed the layout, if you're looking for validation and egoboo.)

Word from Jim Foulds at Kidsfest Hartford in December was that the 2011 schedule was on hold while LEGO and Life Marketing and Events re examine how they want to proceed in the future. No future date or cities had been decided yet but any event would not be scheduled to take place before May.

It's interesting that the Kidsfest website now says "our 2011 schedule no longer includes Atlanta, Philadelphia, and LA. Please check back for updated locations!". From the sound of that it does seem like they drooped plans for a Philly event though I hope that's not the case.

Cale

I am not too impressed with the company running this show
I would hope that they would consider a pennsylvania show maybe in
a different venue such as the oaks convention center or somewhere more suburban
the market is definitely here for such a show
or even NJ for that matter

P_Thorne wrote:According to www.LegoKidsFest.com, "our 2011 schedule no longer includes Atlanta, Philadelphia, and LA. Please check back for updated locations!" Those would've been February 11, April 8 and April 29, respectively (according to the back-cover ad on the October 2010 issue of BrickJournal). The site shows no 2011 dates at all. Anybody know what happened?

(So, if anybody wants to exhibit in Philadelphia, it'll have to be at Wizard World 2011. Which is the same weekend as Brickworld Chicago, June 17-19. So, probably not a top priority. But passerby at the Philcon-etc. table in 2010 did say they missed the layout, if you're looking for validation and egoboo.)

I will do wizards world with you. Get some info and pass it on to me please.