2026 CGD Crafter Application

All goods must be handmade or handcrafted. If you are unsure if your item(s) fall under the handmade/handcrafted category, please message us here on Eventeny.

We offer great facilities for craft vendors. The craft vendors are set up in vacant, clean horse stalls with overhead cover, lights, electricity, and running water. We have police security in the park day and night, and most vendors choose to leave their wares overnight in their booths. We assign spaces first come, first served. When all craft vendors are in place, the Arts and Craft Area resembles storefronts, each booth with an outside and inside the area. The Craft Vendor fee is $40 for all barns for all three days of the festival. Pease note that crafters are not required to attend all three days.

Once your application is accepted, you will recieve an email with further instruction of how barn stalls will be assigned. Returning vendors who are accepted back will have priority over their 2025 barn stalls.

Please - do not submit an application if you do not wish to attend our festival, once the application is accepted the fee will be automatically charged.  

1.All Arts & Crafts must be handcrafted! The exhibitor must be the originator of the items being sold, no “buy/sell”. Gourmet foods must be homemade items, not pre-purchased foods, with Health Department approval.

2.Exhibitors will be assigned a 12’ X 12’ outdoor horse stall covered space with an electrical outlet. Stalls will be cleaned by maintenance staff before your arrival and a walk through can be conducted on Thursday October 8, 2026. Stalls will be rented out AS IS. No additional cleaning or service will be performed by maintenance staff. Horse stalls are rustic, open outdoor shelter used primarily for housing horses during horse shows. The floor of the stall is made up of wood shavings.  Due to fire code, vendors may not block the walkway underneath the stalls with their merchandise. Festival goers must be able to walk from one stall to the next without having to walk out from under the covered walkway.

3.All assignments are made first come, first served; after the returning 2025 crafters.

4.Exhibitors will need to provide all materials/equipment for set-up (tables, chairs, backdrops, etc.).

5.The exhibitor display should in no way harm, destroy, or leave lasting evidence.

6.Each exhibitor must furnish his or her own sign to identify the booth.

7.The festival opens to patrons each day at 10 AM and closes at approximately 5 PM. You may set your own hours for your booth; however, you must be in park limits and parked in designated areas, no later than 9 AM on Saturday and Sunday. Once front gate is closed on Saturday, no vehicle is allowed to drive through festival.

8.A non-refundable fee of $40 will be charged to all spaces. The fee is the same regardless of whether you set up for one, two, or three days. Fee will be charged upon acceptance of application, your application and barn stall will not be secured until payment is received.

9.Cotton Ginning Days is held rain or shine. No refunds will be given and no rain delays.

10.Crafters are responsible for the behavior of the guest they have with them at their booths, this includes children. Please be considerate of the crafters and their merchandise.

11.Please be respectful of your fellow crafters and other festival vendor and exhibitors.

12.Dogs on a 6-foot, non-retractable leash, are allowed to accompany you to the festival. Per the Gaston County Park Ordinance, no other animals are allowed on park grounds.

13.No costumes, unless you have prior approval, specifically that cover the face or character heads.

14.Limit to three spaces per crafter.

Adherence to these guidelines is mandatory; non-compliance may result in removal from the current event and will be a factor in the approval of future participation.