As a craft vendor, you are invited to apply to set up an open-air booth and sell hand-crafted art works and fair trade items at the Mill Race Folk Festival.
A limited number of spaces are available - last year about 15 craft vendors participated in the event.
The festival is expected to attract more than 10,000 visitors during three days of activities, from Friday, July 30 through Sunday, August 1.
CONDITIONS
1. What can be sold: only hand-crafted good and services, such as musical instruments, original art works and henna, as well as fair trade items are to be sold by craft vendors.
2. Registration fee:
- Your $60 registration fee entitles you to maintain your sales booth on Friday evening through Sunday evening. The fee is to be submitted with your registration form and becomes nonrefundable when your registration is approved.
- You will receive confirmation of your registration by mail, email or phone.
3. Electricity:
- This year we are hoping to offer electricity for lighting, running a computer etc. In order to receive this service you are required to inform Millrace personnel by May 1 and to pay a fee of $10.
4. Deadline for registration:
- If you want your vendor's information listed in the programme for the festival, the deadline is May 1. The programme is on sale during the festival - about 1,400 copies were sold last year. The information in the programme normally includes your vendor's name, products sold, address, phone number and email address.
- Applications received after May 1 will still be accepted, as long as space is available.
5. Restrictions:
- Tables, chairs and tents are not provided
- The booth size is limited to 10 feet by 10 feet
- Exhibitors are responsible for their own sales
6. Check-in and check out:
- Check-in time is Friday, July 30 between 5 and 7 p.m. Please report to the Cambridge Centre for the Arts, 60 Dickson St, Cambridge (it's close to City Hall)
- The setup of displays must be completed by Friday, 7 p.m.
- Exhibitors can dismantle their displays any time after Sunday (August 1), 5 p.m. and no later than 11 p.m.
For further information, please phone 519-621-7135 or email dave.webster2@sympatico.ca
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REGISTRATION FORM, CRAFT VENDORS,
MILL RACE FOLK FESTIVAL
Please print this page. Complete the form and mail it, with a $60 cheque payable to the "Mill Race Folk Society" to:
Mill Race Folk Festival
P.O. Box 22148,
Cambridge, ON, N1R 8E3
If you are a first-time vendor, please enclose photographs of the products you are selling.
VENDOR'S NAME: ______________________________________
ADDRESS: ___________________________________
CITY: __________________________ POSTAL CODE: _________
PHONE NO: (residential) ____________ (business) ______________
E-MAIL ADDRESS: ________________________________________
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE TYPE OF YOUR WORK:
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE TYPE & SIZE OF DISPLAY YOU WILL BE BRINGING: (i.e. tent, tables, etc.):
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DO YOU WANT ELECTRICITY FOR LIGHTING, RUNNING A COMPUTER ETC? ______ (If yes, you are required to inform the Millrace Board by May 1.)
WAIVER: I, as a participant of the Mill Race Folk Festival, do hereby release from all liability, The Mill Race Festival of Traditional Folk Music Committee, including any volunteers, and the Corporation of the City of Cambridge, and their employees and representatives, for any injuries, illnesses or other claims for damages that may be incurred by or be caused by breach of contract of negligence. I also agree to abide by the above Conditions of Registration.
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Signature
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For further information, please email dave.webster2@sympatico.ca