2026 Georgia Grown Artists Market & Handmade Provisions
About the application
This Georgia Grown application in only for Georgia Grown Members that are Arts & Crafts & Handmade provisions vendors. All Georgia Grown Food Trucks must apply with the Festival's Georgia Grown Food Court application. You must be an active member of Georgia Grown to use this application. Georgia Grown will authenticate all membership numbers before the Festival's selection committee will review applications. To check your membership status or to join Georgia Grown contact: Happy Wyatt Georgia Grown Marketing Coordinator for Middle and West Georgia 478-365-2372 Happy.Wyatt@agr.georgia.gov
This year Georgia Grown Alley will return to its location along a shaded pathway, offering a more comfortable and higher foot traffic area. This area WILL NOT be on a parking lot.
*Cooking is NOT allowed on the original path of Georgia Grown Alley to include crockpots, grills, steamers or air fryers.
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 30,000 guests, the festival is held in Jekyll Island’s National Historic Landmark District. Georgia Grown Vendor Requirements: Download and read all Requirements & Regulations Non-refundable application fee: $40.00All vendors are required to use only branded or white tents. Applicant must submit five (5) images:
- Three (3) artwork/product that will be sold at festival
- One (1) of the artist/business creating their art/product
- One (1) authentic outside image of the entire front of the booth that will be on display at the festival
No inside shots of the merch or the booth at an inside show will NOT be excepted. The booth image must reflect what the booth will look like at the Festival. Most of the time a booth image is the final deciding factor for acceptance. An application will be rejected if all requirements are not followed.
About the event
Terms & Conditions
Prices
| Non-refundable Application Fee | $40.00 | Non-refundable | |
| Additional Festival vendor parking hangtag | $25.00 | 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' Single Booth Space | $190.00 | Non-refundable | All work & 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. If additional shelter, shade, or storage is set up in front or behind assigned booth the vendor will be charged an additional $400 per day/per additional space. If you need festival guests to access your tent from more than one entry point at the front of your tent or to walk around the sides of your tent you must purchase a double space. |
| 10' x 21' Side by Side | $380.00 | Non-refundable |
Questions on the application
Business information
- Business name
- Legal business name
- Contact name
- Address
- Phone
- Website (Optional)
- Logo (Optional)
Additional information
- My Georgia Grown Membership Number is:
- Choose your discipline
- I have read and agree to follow the festivals legal terms & conditions
- I have read and agree to the Festival's Requirements & Regulations
- 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, when will load-out officially begin on Saturday?
- Per the Requirements & Regulations, when is load-in?
- 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 to purchase?
- 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. Answer N/A if not bringing one.
- Will you be bringing a trailer for load in/out? If so what are its dimensions?
Picture requirements
- Minimum pictures required: 5
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