Cape Coral Non-Profit Application

**2022 Non-Profit Application** The Cape Coral Arts & Music Festival invites you to apply to be one of 300 exhibitors at the 2022 event, rated 5th best in the nation by Sunshine Artists. The festival enjoys an attendance of over 100,000 visitors to the South Cape area in Cape Coral, Florida. The two-day event gives patrons the opportunity to meet and purchase art from exhibiting artists and craftspeople. Our goal is to provide the public and our selected exhibitors an experience of unparalleled quality. Proceeds from the Festival help the Rotary Club of Cape Coral to fulfill its mission of “Service above Self”. View our programs at www.capecoralrotary.com This January, we will be hosting our 37th annual two-day public outdoor event and a month long virtual or online selling opportunity. Our virtual event will be online January 3rd to January 28th at www.capecoralfestival.com. Our public outdoor event on January 8th and 9th, 2022, will give patrons the opportunity to meet and purchase from artists and businesses. We will feature scheduled live events at our outdoor festival and virtual platform to provide our artists and businesses exposure to the world. The event is free to the public as is parking. Things to know about our Eventeny Virtual event: Inclusion in the virtual event is free to live exhibitors. 1. There are no risks when creating a business shop page. You can add videos, pictures, products, etc. or you can go as simple as your logo and a link to your website. 2. Convenience for buyers. Buyers can purchase from multiple vendors with one transaction which has been shown to increase the likelihood visitors will purchase. 78% of shoppers on Eventeny purchase from multiple vendors and artists. 3. Promotion through the event and ranking shops on Google via SEO meta-tagging. 4. You will have a personal booth page for your work. 5. If you’re connected to multiple virtual events on Eventeny, you only have to do the bulk of the work once and tailor as needed for other shows. You won’t need to create separate booth pages per event. See the helpful tutorials at www.capecoralfestival.com and at Eventeny. We also have this information listed on our Selling on Eventeny page: https://www.eventeny.com/files/virtual-event-business-profile-faq-20201012.pdf?v=202010121743

The Cape Coral Arts Festival & Marketplace is Lee County’s largest Special Event according to the Lee County Tourist Development Council and the Lee County Visitors and Convention Bureau bringing over 120,000 attendees to enjoy the arts in January 2020. In 2020 we were Voted the best Outdoor Event by the readers of Gulfshore Life Magazine and the 5th best Art Festival in the nation by Sunshine Artists. For 36 years the Rotary Club of Cape Coral has been proud to bring this event to the community. NEW THIS YEAR! Any Artist or Crafter accepted to the Street Festival will be given an online booth at our virtual Festival. The Virtual Festival will give patrons the opportunity to preview the work and to shop until till the end of January.

Non-Profit booths are available to a limited number of qualified Non-Profits. You may solicit donations and offer services but not sell merchandise of any kind without our express consent