PandaFest 2025 Twin Cities at the Mall of America (MOA) - Artist Booth

July 11th - 13th was PandaFest 2025 for the Twin Cities. To be open there have been varying reviews by attendees but we attended as vendors with our handmade miniatures and 3D pieces. There was one other 3D seller there and one other paper artists. The rest of the group was full of friendly and helpful small businesses that ranged from Asian pop culture items, jewelry, clothing, and local store pop ups. There were only about 30 of us representing the small businesses in the area. The rest of the tents contained every kind of Asian food you can dream about. There were different drinks with souvenir cups, meat skewers of all kinds, steamed bao, K corn dogs, KMAMA with soba, candied fruit, and much more. Yes, prices for food was on the speedier side but keep in mind that all the vendors have to pay for this spot, find refrigerations overnight, keep ice in refrigerated trucks overnight,and pay their employees a decent wage. I would say these were food truck prices with varied portions. Some of the popular items, like the squid, came in a $25 size or $15 size. Let’s just say we may have joined the vendor group to pay for our entry every day and our food. Did all our money go to food? It could have but it didn’t. We did manage to pay off our $1200 space fee ($200 deposit that is returned once approved at the end of the event for cleaning your space). Then, thanks to supporters and friends we made a better than decent profit. We cannot thank everyone who stopped by and continues to stop by enough! You make everything possible! So, thank you again for another successful event. We will be signing up again, should they return. Remember to like and subscribe for more to @thinkcutie!