2025 Food Concession Application

This application is for those wishing to be a food vendor at the 2025 Nez Perce County Fair.

Thank you for your interest in being a Concessionaire at the 2025 Nez Perce County Fair.  Please review the information below and completely fill out the online application.  Please note that when you sign your application, you are certifying that you have read this information.  The application is neither an offer nor a guarantee of space.  If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us at either (208) 743-3302 x201 or countyfair@npcfair.org.   The Concessionaire Handbook is attached to this application and also available on our website.  Please review the rules contained within that document prior to submitting an application.

We are always looking for concessionaires with new or different cuisines, a variety of offerings, popular markets, and the willingness to join us as partners in making a professional and financially successful fair.  Our four day fair brings in an attendance of approximately 22,000 people. 

APPLICATIONS AND SELECTION:  We will begin accepting applications on or about March 3, 2025.  All applications should be completed online.  A limited number of paper applications will be available in our office.

Fair management will review and select concessionaires based on, but not limited to, the following criteria: Cuisine (Variety/Specialty), similarity of cuisine, previous experience/references, infrastructure needs (space, power, water), space availability and local vs non-local.  All concessionaires are required to submit an application for consideration.

Applications are due by April 15, 2025  If you are offered a space, it is anticipated that contracts will be issued the first part of May. If a contract is awarded, a signed contract and a $300 deposit will be due by June 1, 2025.

For the best interest of the fair, management reserves the right to assign booth locations at their discretion.  Efforts are made to give previous fair exhibitors/vendors their first choice of location but it is not guaranteed.  All applications must include a picture (preferred) or sketch of the proposed booth or trailer set up. 

A deposit of $300 will be due at the time the application is approved.  This deposit will be applied to your total amount due at the conclusion of fair.  All food vendors will be charged 20% of their after-tax sales (total sales – sales tax = commissionable amount).  We will not charge additional fees for power, etc., the 20% commission will cover all of those fees.

PRODUCTS TO BE SOLD:  The application must list a complete menu that includes:  name of item, description, quantity given and price.  Any products not listed on or attached to your application will not be sold.  Fair Management reserves the right to prohibit the selling of any item that infringes on the menu items of another vendor.  Variety of menu and type of cuisine will also be taken into account when assigning vendor booth space locations.

RV SPACES can be requested with the online application.