Season of Celebration Food Vendor Application

Season of Celebration kicks off the holiday season in Alpharetta. Held in Downtown Alpharetta this FREE event is Friday, December 6th from 6pm to 9pm. Food Vendors will be supplied 1 10x10 tent, 1 6’ tables, and 2 chairs. No tent, table, and chairs will be supplied for food trucks or trailers. Vendors are responsible for all décor and supplies, including lighting. Food Vendors must furnish completed application, full payment, menu and prices to reserve their participation in the 2019 event. PE reserves the right to refuse exhibit space if the Food Vendors product or service or the booth area is not consistent with the character of the event. Food vendors will be provided a tent and basic power of (2) 20-amp circuits. If additional power is required, there may be additional costs.

To kick-off the holiday season, the City of Alpharetta will be hosting its annual tree lighting festival! Celebration fills the downtown streets in with musical performances, Santa, falling snow, food vendors, roasting marshmallows, a pop-up holiday market with gift wrapping stations and our 2nd annual North Fulton Community Charities canned food donation and more!

VENDING HOURS Vendors must be set up and open from 5:30pm-9pm. Food Vendors must be set up and remain open during all exhibit hours. EXHIBIT AREA / CHARACTER OF EXHIBITS Carnival tactics, the use of public address systems or other similar activities by the Food Vendor shall not be allowed. The event does not guarantee exclusivity of products sold. Food Vendors may not sublease any part of their space or participate in any third-party advertising or third-party promotions or display third party signage at their booths. Grease spills will be the responsibility of the Food Vendor to clean. We recommend vendors install non-porous flooring (plastic tarp covered with roofing paper) to cover booth area if you are cooking with grease. Nothing can be poured onto the grass or down storm drains including grease or gray water. Any violation of this could result in immediate expulsion from the festival, and collection of clean up fees after the event. Food Vendors must furnish in-tent trash cans and must bag all trash and breakdown boxes for pickup by the festival employees. Decorations may not be nailed, taped, tacked or otherwise fastened to infrastructure, trees, or fixtures. The use or distribution of any of the following items is prohibited: adhesive backed decals, stickers, helium balloons, glitter, and confetti. Motorized vehicles of any type (forklifts, gas or electric carts, bicycles, scooters or similar equipment) may not be used inside the event venue. Distribution of flyers, brochures or any advertising marketing materials must be confined to the vendor booth space. Promotional materials or signage may not be affixed to any structure inside or outside of the event venue. GREENWARE POLICY We will not allow Polystyrene containers or cups (Styrofoam) for the festival. FOOD VENDOR SALES Food Vendors will conduct sales of products or goods direct with the event consumers and shall be entitled to retain 100% of the proceeds from these transactions. Food Vendors must furnish their own cash bank and credit card processing if they wish to take credit cards. TRUCK Trucks will need to apply for an Alpharetta License. If you do not have already have a license please email jbaptie@alpharetta.ga.us with the city. ELECTRICITY The festival will provide power for your booth space in the form of 2(20amp) circuits. Please indicate additional power requirements on the application. EVENT MAPS/VENDOR LOCATIONS PE will make Food Vendor location assignments approximately two (2) weeks prior to the event. Space assignment priority will be given based upon date of receipt of completed application and payment as well as type food being offered. If you have a special request for your booth location, please list it on this form and we will make best efforts to accommodate your request. PE reserves the right to make modifications to the layout of the exhibit area if circumstances warrant, at its sole discretion. Food Vendor area must be confined to the space contracted and provided. Food Vendor space must not obstruct other exhibits or walk paths. LOAN IN / LOAD OUT Exhibit load in and set up will take place based on the times listed on page one. Load out will occur immediately after each event. Exhibitors will receive information regarding load in and set up 1 week prior to the festival. Exhibitors that fail to abide by load in schedule and deadline may risk forfeiture of event space. In the event of late shows, PE will not be obligated to refund event space fee. LIABILITY The Food Vendor assumes entire responsibility and hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, defend and save PE against any and all claims, losses and damages to persons or property and attorney’s fees arising out of or caused by Food Vendor’s installation, removal, maintenance, occupancy or use of exhibit space. In addition, the Exhibitor acknowledges that PE, the City of Alpharetta, and Season of Celebration do not maintain insurance coverage covering Food Vendor’s property and it is sole responsibility of the Food Vendor to obtain such insurance, including, if desired business interruption and property damage covering losses by the Food Vendor. Responsibility of the security of a Food Vendor’s area, products and property rests solely with the Food Vendor. WEATHER Season of Celebration is a rain or shine event. The Food Vendor agrees that in the event of acts of God, storms, floods, high winds, gales or hurricanes that neither PE nor any of its employees or agents shall be responsible for loss, damage, third party damages, claims or loss to property, persons or vessels. It is the Event Management’s sole and absolute discretion to order an evacuation of the Event, or to take necessary steps to protect public health and property in the event of an act of God, hurricane, or the issuance of a severe weather warning for Atlanta or its environs by the National Weather Service. ACTS OF GOD PE shall have no liability whatsoever for damage, of any nature, to any person, matter, or thing resulting from storm wind or water, or other acts of God, or imminent threat thereof, nor from fire, strikes or lockouts.