Application deadline has passed
Application

35th Florida Manatee Festival Vendor Applications

av_timer
Deadline: Dec 30, 2021 8:30 am (GMT-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
date_range
Date: Jan 15, 2022 9:00 am - Jan 16, 2022 4:00 pm (EDT)
place
Crystal River, Florida
attach_money
$80-230

About the event

January 15th & 16th, 2022 | Downtown Crystal River Produced by the Citrus County Chamber of Commerce | The Florida Manatee Festival returns January 15th & 16th, 2022. Come join the celebration in downtown Crystal River as we honor our most famous resident! Now in our 35th year, the Florida Manatee Festival is presented by the Citrus County Chamber of Commerce. Celebrating with food, music, entertainment and frivolity for residents and visitors alike. The Florida Manatee Festival also serves as a showcase for non-profit organizations and local commercial businesses that serve as the foundation of our community. Over 20,000 people each year flock to Historic Downtown Crystal River, making The Florida Manatee Festival consistently chosen one of the Best of the Best Festivals by the readers of the Citrus County Chronicle. This year festival will include, but certainly not limited to: Manatee Boat Tours Live entertainment- 3 different stages Beer & wine gardens Food vendors throughout the festival. Heritage House Hippie Village Children's Activity Zones And MUCH MORE!!!!
Citrus County Chamber of Commerce
Citrus County Chamber of Commerce
Citrus County Chamber of Commerce
Citrus County Chamber of Commerce

About the application

Welcome to the 35th Florida Manatee Festival 2022!! Florida Manatee Festival is a two day festival, held annually over Martin Luther King Jr weekend. Join the Citrus County Chamber of Commerce, City of Crystal River, over 400 artists, crafters, food vendors, and live entertainment as we bring the 35th Florida Manatee Festival to Crystal River, Florida! Downtown Crystal River, Kings Bay Park January 15th & 16th, 2022. 9a.m. to 5 p.m. , Saturday & 9a.m. to 4p.m., Sunday Setup: Friday the 14th, 3p.m. to 6:30p.m. & Saturday, 7a.m. to 8:30a.m. Tear Down: Sunday 4p.m.

Terms & Conditions

Please pay close attention while completing the application to the spacing/price and category section of the application. This year, ONE application for all crafters, artists, Commercial/General Vendors. Category/pricing is listed below. Terms/Conditions apply for ALL applicants. 1. Arts and Crafts: Defined as works made by hand or with the use of simple tools, showing imagination and the mark of the crafts person’s individuality; your skill or craft applied to the product and must contain at least 50% original work that defines it as unique. All arts/crafts displayed/sold at artists/crafters booth must be substantively produced by the hands. Cottage foods and/or farm fresh, farm to table items are approved for the art/craft category. (For example, Candied jalepenos or home made beef jerky are acceptable). Two-dimensional art such as paintings, prints, or photographs Mixed media work that uses paint and canvas as its primary medium Books, written and/or illustrated by the artist/crafter 2. Commercial, General Vendor, Business: Mold-made, work which has been made with commercial kits, purchased molds, patterns, plans or prefabricated pieces. Commercially manufactured art Work assembled (wholly or in part) from commercially available kits Screen-printed material Dried or silk flower arrangements Apparel (not handmade) including but not limited to retail hats, retail clothing, Direct Marketing Clothing and/or accessories; Embellished commercially-made objects (such as T-shirts, hats, sunglasses, note cards, etc.) 3. Direct Marketing/Direct Sales: PLEASE NOTE, if you are a vendor representing a direct marketing and/or direct sales company (i.e. Color Street Nails, Paparazzi, Pampered Chef, etc.) it is your responsibility to notify in the application that you are a representative of said Direct Marketing/Sales. The Chamber Staff can not be responsible to know the rules/regulations of the Direct Sales/Marketing company for which you represent. If the company states no more than one on site, please be sure you note this information in your application. Please place under Special Requests. If a vendor does not provide such information, and there were to be an oversight weekend of the event, the Chamber staff will not be held responsible. Please be sure to provide as much information as possible regarding your direct sales/marketing product. 4. Non-Profit: Vendor space available to 501C3 organizations. One of the following required to submit with application: Letter of 501C3 certification; IRS Letter of Determination; Florida Sales Tax Exemption Letter 5. Hippie Village in Heritage Village/N Citrus: As always, Hippie Village will have a myriad of our vendors, food vendors, artists and crafters. Pricing will remain the same in the Hippie Village. However, there will not be a specific price/category for Hippie Village. PLEASE REQUEST, in the application below (question #8) if you wish to be in Hippie Village/N Citrus Avenue. Special Requests are not a guarantee but the Chamber of Commerce does try to be fair and equitable to all registrants. Terms and Conditions: The Citrus County Chamber of Commerce thanks you for your interest in the 35th Florida Manatee Festival 2022. Please carefully read the following rules necessary for vendors to participate in the event. Submitting this application does not guarantee booth space (at) the Florida Manatee Festival. ALL applications will be reviewed for approval. You will be notified by email as quickly as possible upon approval of you application. Please remember, credit card charged upon approval of the application. Selection/approval is at the sole discretion of the Citrus County Chamber of Commerce. The Citrus County Chamber of Commerce retains the right to reject any vendor application. All applications must be submitted by December 30th, 2021. 1. Booth space is sold as 10' L x 10' W . No discount on multiple and/or additional booth spaces. 2. Electricity is not available for purchase at this event. If you require electricity you must use a quiet generator. 3. Space assignments are made based on the best interest of the event. Vendors may request same location as 2021, there are no guarantee /promises given to vendors as to assigned locations. This application neither implies nor grants any preferential consideration or treatment. 4. Vendors MAY NOT sublet, bring in representation of a secondary commercial or charity to jointly work a vendor booth, switch product line of what's been approved or change the name of what's been approved to be posted to identify the vendor. 5. Event will be held rain or shine. This is an outdoor event with possible uneven terrain, inclement weather and wind gusts. Please provide proper weights to the corners of your tent. NO STAKES permitted. Proper weights, include but not limited to: water buckets, cinderblocks, sandbags. 6. Vehicles (cars, trucks, trailers, golf carts) are not part of a vendor space. Vehicles must enter at check-in, receive assigned space/vendor map, drop-off/load-in as quickly as possible. No vehicle will be permitted to remained park at their assigned space while load-in/set up. Please remember, there will be other vendors needing to load-in as well, please be courteous, and move quickly and safely. 7. Vendors MUST set-up and ready to open business by 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning. No vendor will be permitted to load-in on Saturday, January 15th after 8:30am. If you are not at check-in by 8:15am, you will be turned away,. 8. All vendors are required to be set-up, and operating Saturday & Sunday. This is a two day event, rain or shine. There will be no exceptions, must be set up by 8:30am on Saturday, January 15th. Break-down/load out will begin 4pm Sunday the 16th. 9. All vendor tents must(be) solid non-flammable free standing tent in good condition, without tears or stains, and securely weighted down. Tents must have the ability to withstand strong winds. Tents larger than 10x10 must provide a fire inspection, fire retardant (stamp, letter). 10. All vendors are responsible for providing their own supplies needed to operate including, but not limited to, tents, tables, chairs, trash receptacles, trash bags, lighting, weights, etc. 11. No smoking / vaping in the vendor. Please move away from your vendor space and/or food truck to a smoking area. 12. Booth space must remain clean throughout the weekend. Keep extra inventory, boxes, trash, etc. out of the display area. Vendors must dispose of all trash in one of the event dumpsters. Booth space must be left clean daily; no trash, trash bags, empty boxes or debris may be left behind. Non-compliant vendors are subject to additional clean-up fees, and not permitted to participate in future Chamber festivals, parades and/or special events. 13. Vendor identification signs are restricted to 18" high and shall be no longer than the width of the tent. 14. Absolutely no materials that link to, show or infer sexual content, conduct or encourage illegal or unethical activity. No lewd, lascivious, and/or slanderous materials against any one race, religion, ethnicity and/or political views. NON-COMPLIANT vendors will be asked to immediately shut down their location, and removed from the event (safely at the end of the evening). NON-COMPLIANT vendors will not be invited to return to any Citrus County Chamber of Commerce festivals, parades and/or special events. 15. Vendor booth/ products will resemble the photo depictions submitted with the application both in quality and appearance. 16. Vendors will receive detailed vendor information, including a placement map, check-in time/location of check-in by Thursday, January 14th, 2022., via EventEny email portal. 17. Vendors will be responsible to fully comply with the Florida State Sales Tax Regulations in effect during the period of the event. 18. Event vendor withdraw requests must be submitted in writing/email no later than 30 days prior to the event. Refunds will not be given unless notification is submitted no later than 30 days prior. Refunds will be at the Chamber's discretion. There are no refunds for vendors who do no show/set-up for the festival. 19. The Citrus County Chamber of Commerce reserves the right to cancel the event in total/ in part. All aspects of the event are subject to modification. We reserve the right to alter the layout and/or move vendors as needed.

Questions on the application

Business information

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

Additional information

  • BRIEF DESCRIPTION of your work. Please keep it short answer.
  • I certify that my art/craft is not a "Buy-Sell"/ Production work. All art/craft work is made by me, not commercial product.
  • By signing your name, you agree to our terms and conditions, below, signature required
  • Are you a Citrus County Chamber of Commerce member?
  • How many years have you been a vendor (at) Florida Manatee Festival?
  • Please provide a link to your website and/or FB page
  • I have read the general vendor rules, and my signature constitutes acceptance of said rules
  • I have read the Florida Manatee Disclaimer (below) my signature constitutes acceptance of said disclaimer
  • Please provide the dimensions of your booth (length x width)
  • Please provide an on-site cell number, name, day of event
  • Please provide an emergency contact phone number and name
  • Upload Photo of materials/crafts/art display 1/3
  • Display photo 2/3
  • Displaly photo upload 3/3

Picture requirements

  • Minimum pictures required: 3
  • Please upload photos of your booth. Please provide a minimum of 3 photos.
35th Florida Manatee Festival  Vendor Applications
35th Florida Manatee Festival Vendor Applications
35th Annual Florida Manatee Festival
Application deadline has passed