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Food Vendor Application

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Deadline: Jun 05, 2023 11:59 pm (GMT-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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Date: Jun 10, 2023 10:00 am - Jun 11, 2023 5:00 pm (EDT)
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Midway, Kentucky
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$250-700

About the event

Join the Midway Business Association for the inaugural Bourbon & Blues Festival set in the heart of Francisco's Farm - downtown Midway. The MBA is well known for organizing some of the very best events in the state and this one is sure to top the list! Local distilleries will be set up offering tastings through a ticketed pass. Downtown will be filled with fine art and hand crafted vendors as well as a great selection of food. Apply today and join in on the fun!
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About the application

Welcome to the Midway Bourbon and Blues Festival at Francisco's Farm! Browse through our applications and let us know if you have any questions. This is an electronic agreement and by selecting the booths, you are validating and approving this agreement electronically. 
 
Midway is located 12 miles from Lexington and 45 minutes from Louisville, KY. We’re conveniently located 1.2 miles from I-64 off Exit 65.   Midway was created as Kentucky’s first railroad town in the mid 1800’s and was a stopping point for steam locomotives to refuel and take on water.  Midway remains as an active railroad community much the same as it did 150 years ago. The railroad tracks parallel the downtown businesses with both sides of the track lined with quaint shops and restaurants, including numerous antique stores, period and specialty shops that allow anyone a relaxed day of shopping.  Whether your taste buds prefer homemade Kentucky hot brown, or fresh homemade desserts, Midway’s restaurants have it all.
 

Terms & Conditions

Booth spaces are available throughout downtown Midway. The festival committee will do its best to accommodate all special requests for location. 
 
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Any application received later than May 1st, 2023 will be assessed a late fee of $50.00 per booth space.  Returning vendors and vendors with applications submitted on time will get their first choice of location to the best of our ability. The Midway Bourbon & Blues (MBB) Committee will do everything in its power to place on-time applicants in their first choice of locations.  
 
Vendor personnel must manage booths during the operating hours of the festival. 
 
NO LATE OPENINGS, NO EARLY CLOSINGS, NO EARLY BREAKDOWNS.  NO EXCEPTIONS.  Anyone not complying with this rule will not be allowed to return next year.
 
Festival hours are: Saturday 10:00 am – 6:00 p.m., Sunday from 10:00 am – 5:00 p.m.  All vendors are required to stay open for the full amount of time the festival is open.  Electricity is only available to those who purchase it and not all areas of the festival have access.  
 
Please note that this is a two-day event.  The festival will take place rain or shine.
 
No booth refunds after May 1st, 2023.
 
Vendors set up is Friday, June 9th, 2023, 9am-6pm.  Friday set up is required for all vendors.  We ask those with trucks to arrive promptly at 9am so those can be placed prior to tent set up beginning.  Those will tens will be asked to arrive no earlier than 10am.  
 
No exhibitor shall assign, sublet or apportion any part of their space without prior approval from the MBB Committee. 
 
Neither the MBB Committee nor the City of Midway is responsible for any loss or damage incurred to the exhibitors’ property. The exhibitor also agrees to hold harmless and indemnify the MBB Committee or the City of Midway, KY against any claims arising by virtue of their occupancy of the premises or use thereof. The MBB Committee suggests packing and/or securing any valuable products overnight.
 
Nighttime security will consist of off duty police officers and will be provided for Friday and Saturday nights.
 
Please decorate your booth appropriately.  Tables must be draped.
 
Please NO radios or sound systems allowed in booths. Music will be provided by the festival throughout the weekend. 
 
Vehicles belonging to craft or food vendors are not allowed into the festival during working festival hours. NO EXCEPTIONS. Vendors will be allowed to enter the festival area one hour before and one hour after festival hours to restock the booths. Vehicles must be removed prior to start of the festival.
 
No election campaigning from any booth.
 
No drilling or defacing the streets or sidewalks by anchors will be permitted.
 
A copy of your Certificate of Insurance must be submitted with the Midway Bourbon & Blues Application. The Certificate of Insurance must include: 
A minimum of $1,000,000 in coverage, each occurrence and aggregate.
The Midway Bourbon & Blues Festival l/Midway Business Association must be designated as the certificate holder.

The Certificate shall provide coverage for the dates of the Midway Bourbon & Blues.  The effective date as well as the expiration date must appear on the Certificate.
 
The Midway Bourbon & Blues Committee must pre-approve all food and beverages to be sold at the festival. The festival wants to eliminate the duplication of food items and ensure the maximum profit to those food vendors participating in the Midway Bourbon & Blues Festival.
 
Food vendors are required to complete the attached Menu Form listing all of the foods to be sold at the festival.  This will be the list that festival committee will monitor throughout the festival to avoid any duplication of food vendor sales.  Please list the order in which items will be sold.  The MBB committee may limit the number of items in order to reduce duplication of food vendor sales.  You will be notified of approved items shortly after receipt of your application.
 
The festival committee reserves the rights to have food vendors remove food items for sale that have not been previously approved by the MBB Committee.
 
The Woodford County Health Department requires Health Permits for each food vendor.  Enclosed are required blank permits that need to be mailed to the Health Department at least three (3) weeks prior to the festival.  Their phone number is 859-873-4541.  If there are specific questions about their regulations. Their address is:
Woodford County Health Department
229 N. Main Street
Versailles, KY 40383
Attn: Env. Department
 
The MBB will provide trash dumpsters.  The transportation of bulk trash to the proper location will be the responsibility of the individual food vendor. Food Vendors are responsible for disposing of their own grease. 
 
Officials with the City of Midway have recently spent over $200,000 replacing downtown streets and sidewalks and moving utilities underground.  A cleaner town equals more patrons next year.  Help us keep the streets and sidewalks clean.
 
The festival committee reserves the rights to have food vendors remove food items for sale that have not been previously approved by the MBB Committee.
 
If there are any questions about the MBB please contact us at elishaannholt@gmail.com or 859-202-0709.

Prices

Application fees $35 Non-refundable Application Processing Fee
10x10 Booth $250
10x20 Booth $475
10x30 Booth $700
Electrical Outlet $50

Questions on the application

Business information

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

Additional information

  • Insurance Certificate

Picture requirements

  • Minimum pictures required: 4
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