Application

2024 Artists Market

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Deadline: Aug 08, 2024 11:00 pm (GMT-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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Date: Oct 25, 2024 4:00 pm - Oct 26, 2024 9:00 pm (EDT)
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Jekyll Island, Georgia
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$280-600

About the event

Voted Best Festival in the southeast multiple times by the Southeast Festivals & Events Association. A coastal favorite, the Jekyll Island Shrimp & Grits Festival combines the classic southern dish with family-friendly entertainment, artists market, live music, food, and more. Mark your calendars for this award-winning two-day event held the last weekend in October in the Historic District of Jekyll Island, Georgia. 2024 Festival Schedule Friday, October 25: 4;00 - 9:00 p.m. Saturday, October 26: 10:00 a.m.- 9:00 p.m.
Jekyll Island Authority
Jekyll Island Authority
Jekyll Island Authority
Jekyll Island Authority

About the application

The Jekyll Island Shrimp & Grits Festival is a coastal favorite and a nationally award-winning event that combines the classic southern dish with family-friendly entertainment, art and craft vendors, live music, food, and more. Now in its seventeenth year, with more than 45,000 guests, the festival is held in Jekyll Island’s National Historic Landmark District.
 
Note: This is not a Georgia Grown Member Application and is not transferable if used by mistake. 
 
Artist Market Vendor Requirements:
Download and read all Requirements & Regulations.
Provide a non-refundable application fee: $40.00.
All vendors are required to use only white tents..
Only vendors displaying their own original artwork may participate.
Buy-Sell/Production items are prohibited.
Reproductions of other artists work is prohibited.
Applicant must submit five (5) images:
  • Three (3) of the artwork that will be sold at festival (catalog photos will NOT be accepted)
  • One (1) of the artist creating their art 
  • One (1)  of the entire outside and front of the artist's booth, in an outside setting as it is setup for sales.
The booth image must reflect what the booth will look like at the Festival. 
Most of the time a photo of the outside of the booth is the final deciding factor for acceptance.
An application will be rejected if all requirements are not followed.

Terms & Conditions

Vendors must review the entire application and agree to abide by the attached Requirements and Regulations and certify all work for sale is handmade by the onsite vendor and not mass-produced. Download and read the Requirements & Regulations to be able to fill out the application questions. 
 
Furthermore, by signing below you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Jekyll Island Authority from any claims whatsoever arising from your participation as a vendor and any theft, loss, or damage to the person or property of the undersigned while in possession or under the supervision of Jekyll Island Authority during the Shrimp & Grits Festival.
 
No refunds or credits will be issued for vendor cancellation, inclement weather cancellation, or an act of God.

Prices

Non-Refundable Application Fee $40 Non-refundable
Additional Festival Vendor Parking Hangtag for vendor parking lot $25 Non-refundable One (1) Festival vendor parking hangtag will be distributed at load-in. This does not provide free entry to Jekyll Island State Park. Extra hangtags can be purchased at the time of applying for the festival for $25 each. However, they cannot be purchased at load-in time and must be purchased in advance. This hangtags gives you entrance to onsite vendor parking at the festival.
10'x11' Red Zone Single Booth Space (See Vendor Zone Document for location) $280 Non-refundable All work, display easels & product must be contained within your booth space. The vendor’s display, including tent, canopy, or viewing bins, cannot extend over or into walkways and must be contained within vendor’s assigned space.
10' x 21' Red Zone Double Booth Space (See Vendor Zone Document for location) $560 Non-refundable All work, display easels & product must be contained within your booth space. The vendor’s display, including tent, canopy, or viewing bins, cannot extend over or into walkways and must be contained within vendor’s assigned space.
10' x 11' Blue Zone Single Booth Space (See Vendor Zone Document for location) $240 Non-refundable All work, display easels & product must be contained within your booth space. The vendor’s display, including tent, canopy, or viewing bins, cannot extend over or into walkways and must be contained within vendor’s assigned space.
10' x 21' Blue Zone Double Booth Space (See Vendor Zone Document for location) $480 Non-refundable All work, display easels & product must be contained within your booth space. The vendor’s display, including tent, canopy, or viewing bins, cannot extend over or into walkways and must be contained within vendor’s assigned space.

Questions on the application

Business information

  • Business name
  • Legal business name
  • Contact name
  • Address
  • Email
  • Phone
  • Website (Optional)
  • Logo (Optional)

Additional information

  • Choose your discipline
  • I have read and agree to follow the Festival's Legal Terms & Conditions
  • I have read and agree to follow the Festival's Requirements & Regulations
  • I have read and understand the 2024 Vendor Zone document showing the location of both the red and blue vendor spaces
  • Per the Requirements & Regulations, how will vendors be notified if they have been accepted or not for the Festival?
  • I have read and agree to the Festival's Vendor Guidelines for Waste Reduction
  • Per the Requirements & Regulations document, what is the eighth most popular fast-food chain in the world?
  • Per the Requirements & Regulations,when will load-in take place?
  • Per the Requirements & Regulations, when will accepted vendors receive their Vendor Packet?
  • I have large items for sale that cannot be carried throughout the festival.
  • Per the Requirements & Regulations document is water and electricity available and available to purchase?
  • Per the Requirements & Regulations, when will load-out officially begin on Saturday?
  • Per the Requirements & Regulations, when will vendors receive their Load-out Plan?
  • I acknowledge that I have received the 2024 Tax Form_All vendors_Misc Sales document
  • I am bringing a generator and understand it must pass inspection and be permitted by the Jekyll Island Authority Code Compliance Officer before it can be used on Festival grounds.
  • I understand that if I’m bringing a generator I must provide a description of it below or the unit will not be scheduled for inspection and permitted for use at the festival.
  • Sunshine Artist's 200 Best Ballot is Live. Vote for the Jekyll Island Shrimp & Grits Festival today!
  • I agree that if chosen to participate in the Festival and all spaces in my zone of choice are filled, the selection committee has my permission to move me to a different zone so I may participate in the Festival.

Picture requirements

  • Minimum pictures required: 5
  • In order for the artist application to be considered and reviewed by the festival committee, the applicant must submit five (5) images: *Three (3) of the artwork that will be sold at festival (catalog photos will NOT be accepted) *One (1) of the artist creating their art *One (1) of the entire outside and front of the artist's booth, in an outside setting as it is setup for sales. The booth image must reflect what the booth will look like at the Festival. Most of the time a photo of the outside of the booth is the final deciding factor for acceptance. An application will be rejected if all requirements are not followed.
2024  Artists Market
2024 Artists Market
2024 Jekyll Island Shrimp & Grits Festival