Four to six weeks is comfortable for most San Francisco events, and two weeks is usually workable. The gear drives up from La Habra the day before, so the real deadline is final art about a week out.
A simple timeline
- Six weeks or more: the right window for a Moscone booth or a big developer conference, when the show has its own exhibitor deadlines and hotel rooms fill up across the city.
- Four to six weeks: comfortable for most launches, offsites and parties. Send the date, venue and headcount and we lock the plan.
- Two to four weeks: usually workable, especially with simple art and standard blanks.
- Under two weeks: ask. It comes down to crew and blanks, and we'll answer fast.
What speeds things up
Have the logo ready, a rough headcount, the venue and date, and an idea of which stations you want. The more we have up front, the sooner we can proof art and hold the truck.
Close date? Don’t assume it's too late. Fleet Week and festival season crowd the calendar, but a short-notice San Francisco job can still work when the art is simple.
The lead-time answer has the short version, pricing has the ranges, and the quote form is where to start.
Planning notes
Before the truck leaves La Habra
A Moscone booth, a Chase Center suite night and a pop-up by the Ferry Building each run on a different clock: the show's deadlines, the arena's event rules, or just your date.
San Francisco is a long day up the I-5 from our shop, so the kit goes up by truck the day before: presses, heat presses, flash dryers, blanks, tables and signage, with the printers who run them. Plan on about 10x10 ft and two 120V/20A circuits per station. A two-press station does 100+ shirts an hour with a short design menu.