Spring 2026 Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance

Welcome to the Spring '26 Shakori Hills Fall Grassroots Festival! Browse through and let us know if you have any questions.This is an electronic agreement and by selecting the booths, you are validating and approving this agreement electronically. Below is the set up information:

Our Spring Festival will take place May 7th-10th, 2026! Set up day will be Wednesday 5/6 and before 9am Thursday morning 5/7.On Wednesday you can drive your car up the entry road next to your booth location and unload, after 9am on Thursday you will have to park in the parking lot and walk your booth contents to your booth as cars will not allowed to drive up to Advocacy Row after Thursday morning at 9am. We ask that the booth is fully set up and ready to go by 4pm on Thursday.

Booth Hours:

Thursday: 4-6pm

Friday: 11am-6pm

Saturday:11am-6pm

Sunday: 11am-4pm

Please communicate how you need passes distributed. Each booth gets two passes per day. You can get those passes in two formats:1) 8 total passes- 2 passes per day- this is good for if you will have different people working the booth each day. 2) 2- 4day passes- this is good if you will be having the same two people working your booth all four days. Your passes will be under the name of the Non Profit Company you are registered with, not under the individual names and will be under WILL CALL at the ticket booth. 

Camping passes are extra and you can find them here: https://www.shakorihillsgrassroots.org/camping

PLEASE let me know your ticket preferences ASAP so we can get those set up early for you, as it gets hectic closer to the show. Thank you all for your help and your support, I look forward to seeing all of you!!--

Ira Planer

Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival Advocacy and Non Profit Booth Coordinator 

iplaner18@gmail.com  919-349-0942 www.shakorihillsgrassrootsfestival.org  

Thank you for applying to be a Wellness Vendor at the upcoming Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival, May 7th-10th, 2026!

 Wellness Way Information & Application Procedures

Eligibility: All applicants must be a business centered around physical, emotional or spiritual wellness. All applications received by the deadline are reviewed by a jury for acceptance/decline. Resale vendors will not be considered for booth spaces. For those applying to sell ingestible items the following Insurance Certificate is required: You must have General Liability of $1,000,000 per occurrence, $2,000,000 Aggregate with Shakori Hills Community Arts Center and Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival named as additional insured. Due 4/21/2026 

Jury Procedure: Our jury changes every year so please understand that if your work is not selected for one festival, it may be selected by another jury the next festival and vice versa. Originality, quality of execution and festival appeal will be reviewed. The Wellness Way area is limited to 6 vendors. Keep in mind that your application is the only information the jury has of you and your work so your presentation is very important. We urge you to take your time with your application to give the jury the best sense of your work. Spaces: Spaces will accommodate a 10 feet x 10 feet booth. If you have an unusual sized tent or booth please indicate its dimensions. Set up is outdoors on grassy and possibly muddy ground with a slight incline. Vehicles cannot be parked at your booth during the festival; however, if conditions allow you may drive up to your booth to load/unload. Bring all your own display materials ( chairs, tables, etc. ), tarps and canopies. Booths are the sole responsibility of the vendor. You must lock up your merchandise at night. Also, please indicate on your application if you have any special placement requests. We will do our best to accommodate those with special needs.