Backyard Farm Fest Vendor Contract


Backyard Farm Fest 2012 Vendor Application
Due with booth rental check required by April 15, 2012

Name:
Address:
Phone:


 CRAFT BOOTH APPLICATION AND CONTRACT FOR SPACE, CONTINUED
Description of merchandise to be sold. LIST ALL ITEMS TO BE SOLD:

Craft listing______________________________________________________________________

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A vendor listing of all Backyard Farm Fest vendors will be available at the Festival. To help us prepare this listing, please describe your products(s), not business name, in the 35 spaces below. Only 35 characters please, include word spaces! PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY
-Office Use Only-
Arts and Crafts Booth Space ($120.00) ……..………………………………………………..______
q Double Booth ($200.00) ..………………………………………………………………..______

Total Due ……………………………………………………………………………………..______
APPENDIX A
Backyard Farm Fest
CRAFT BOOTH RULES AND REGULATIONS

GENERAL
The following general policies and guidelines for the Backyard Farm Fest have been made in an effort to maintain a standard of quality and continuity to the festival.

1) The purpose of the Backyard Farm Fest is to further enhance the quality of life in the Mason community.

2) The festival shall be held Mother’s Day Weekend each year, and shall be promoted as an arts and crafts festival. Games of chance, rides and all activities suggesting a carnival or circus atmosphere shall be prohibited. The entire festival shall be directed towards family-oriented activities.

3) All booth spaces in the show are 10 X 10 feet.  Double booth spaces are available and must be reserved as such upon application.

4) Vendors operating booths side by side with friends must operate them as independent booths and the appearance must be that they are separate. Merchandise must be displayed inside the booth and not to extend more than 18” beyond the booth perimeter.

5) Vendors will not create a carnival like atmosphere - flashing lights, music that can be heard outside the booth, yell to the crowd, and use of moving items to draw attention are not permitted.

6) ALL BOOTH STRUCTURES MUST BE ERECTED BY 8:00 A.M. on Saturday, and ALL motorized vehicles, etc., must be removed from the immediate festival area by 9:00 A.M. on Saturday and again on Sunday. Any booth space not occupied before 8:00 a.m. on Saturday will be considered vacant. The committee may rent this space to another vendor. No refund will be made for late arrivals that do not have access to their booth.

7) ALL Lessees shall conduct business during all published festival hours. Vendors may at their discretion open and make sales one hour prior to the published show hours. Vendors must stop all sales at the closing time published each day.

8) Vendors may not distribute any literature except:
a) An advertisement of their business.
b) A brochure that describes their product or the process to create the item.
c) Business cards that allow the customer to contact them in the future.
d) Advertisements for up-coming shows where the vendor will be displaying their merchandise.


9)All vendors MUST display their booth number card on the front right hand side of their booth. This is mandatory for many reasons including helping emergency services find you!

10) Each booth Lessee shall be responsible to clean up and restore the booth space to its original condition at the conclusion of the Festival. All trash is to be placed in trash container nearest your booth at close of Festival on Saturday and Sunday nights.
11) The Lessee shall not sublease said booth space to another vendor or have your products sold by others. Such violations will result in the closing of the booth by the festival Chairman. In addition, the space or spaces will not be rented to the original Lessee for the following year’s festival.

12) If the Lessee(s) cancels this agreement, the booth rental fee will be refunded as follows: in full if cancelled before April 1, 2012. Cancellations received between April 1, 2012 and April, 20, 2012 will receive a refund minus $50.00. Cancellations received after April 20, 2012 will not receive a refund.

13) The Backyard Farm Fest Committee specifically retains exclusive rights to use commercial, promotional or official logos in connection with the festival including exclusive rights to sell items containing such logos.

14) The Ohio Sauerkraut Festival Committee may refuse entry or cause the withdrawal of any vendor who annoys, endangers or interferes in any way with the harmony of the festival.

15)Vendors are responsible for payment of any local licenses, permits or taxes required by law. To obtain a Warren County Vendor’s license, call 513-695-1240. For more information regarding Ohio sales tax, call 513-695-1215.

16) The Backyard Farm Fest will not be held responsible for accident injury, theft or loss of property.

ITEMS FOR SALE
1) All products sold inside the leased area should be offered in the spirit of gardening, farming, organic wearables and decor.

2) All vendors will list every type of item to be sold on their application

3) All items must be handcrafted by the vendor.  The exception is tools, hardware, gardening implements, fasteners and fittings for garden use.  We encourage as many demonstrating arts and crafts booths as possible a. Embellishment of an item not handcraft is allowed with at least 50 % of the value of the item to represent work from the vendor.

4) No vendor will have any games of chance, raffle tickets, or advertising of games of chance.

SAFETY

1) Flame retardant tents are highly recommended.

2) All craft booths are required to be equipped with a fire extinguisher – minimum of a 2A-10-BC. ALL EXTINGUISHERS ARE REQUIRED TO BE INSPECTED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.

3) All pressurized cylinders MUST BE SECURED AND CHAINED ACCORDING TO THE REGULATIONS OF THE OHIO SAFETY STANDARD CODES.





4) No electric sources are available – no generators are permitted.

ELECTRICAL HOOKUP. Battery powered lights for your booth are suggested. (No combustible fuel source lights permitted).

5) Vendors are responsible for securing any sign, cabinet, shelf, display pieces, merchandise, or any other item in the booth that could fall, be knocked down, or blow down or otherwise fall and injure someone. Signs advertising your booth may not be made of metal or wood. Nothing can be displayed more than 12” above the front of your booth including signs.

6) The Lessor, Sponsor, its officers and committee members, shall not be responsible for and shall be held harmless from any claim of any loss, damage, or injury to any goods or property, or to any person or persons, for any reason whatsoever during the occupancy of space as provided in this agreement, or in any connection with the Ohio Sauerkraut Festival.

7) To further enhance the quality of the festival, the use of a motorized vehicle as a booth is prohibited.

9) The use of flag, signs, poles with merchandise above the tent are not allowed.

10)No electric used in the show may come from any source.
a.No use of plug on streetlight
b. No use of generators
c. No use of heat producing equipment
d. No use of any type of heater regardless of fuel type

11)No flammable or combustible fuels will be used in the show without a permit from the fire department. This type of permit will only be issued to craft vendors for very small amounts to show the use of their merchandise.

12) Every vendor will have a fire extinguisher Craft vendors will have a minimum 2A10BC extinguisher. Fire extinguisher must be new in the last year (have receipt) OR have been inspected by a qualified company and have a tag displayed on the extinguisher that shows the dates of inspection

For questions, contact Jenny@BackyardFarmFest.com or 513-476-5233 

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