Spellbound Convention

Spellbound Convention

June 21st & 22nd, 2025
Event Details

Spellbound Dates & Times:

June 21st, 2025 | 10am - 6pm
June 22nd, 2025 | 10am - 5pm

Drury Plaza Conference Center
3551 Percy Drive
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

About the Event:

Welcome to Spellbound Convention, where all things magical, fantasy, and paranormal come to life. Join us for a weekend full of Authors & book-signings, Vendors to shop from, Panels, Contests, Games, Activities, & more. The event is hosted by the owner of SEMO Mystic Events, a local event planning organization that is most known for their 2-day semi-annual Fundraising event called Mystic Market of SEMO.

$50 deposit is required upon receiving your invoice. If you don't pay your deposit, you will lose your spot. The remaining balance needs to be paid before 9/15/2025. Each invoice is set up to take partial payments. There is no excuse for not paying when even a $5 payment here and there adds up!

10x20 ft in Main Room- $320
- 2 8ft tables provided
- 2 chairs provided

8x20 ft Alcove In Main Room - $300
- 2 8ft tables provided
- 2 chairs provided
- Access to wall plug ins

6x18 ft Alcove in Main Room - $170 (only 1)
- 1 8ft table provided
- 2 chairs provided
- Access to wall plug ins

8x15 ft Alcove in Main Room - $200
- 1 8ft table provided
- 2 chairs provided
- access to wall plug in

10x15 ft in Main Room - $240
- 8ft table provided
- 2 chairs provided

10x10 ft in Main Room - $160
- 8ft table provided
- 2 chairs provided

10x8 ft in Main Room - $140
- No table provided
- 2 chairs provided

10x6 ft in Main Room - $125
- no table provided
- 2 chairs provided

6x8 ft in Main Hallway - $100
- 8ft table provided
- 2 chairs provided
- Access to wall plug ins

6x15 ft in Main Hallway Alcove Spot - $120
- 8ft table provided
- 2 chairs provided
- Access to wall plug ins

6x16 ft in Main Hallway no Alcove - $130
- 2 8ft tables provided
- 2 chairs provided
- Access to wall plug ins

Additional table sizes that can be provided upon request and availability from the hotel: 8ft tables and 6ft skinny banquet tables, which will come with a table cloth due to the unusual size. Additional chairs upon request as well.

If you are in need of any backdropping, Drury does have some but they are I believe $50 ish per backdrop and is black cloth. If you need this, make sure to let me know somewhere when applying.

I often offer other sized shaped booths and willing to make various sizes work to fit someone into the show. Please inquire about availability.

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If you are a new vendor, you will be asked to join our facebook group to get all updates and information in regards to the event. If we are not friends on facebook, I will add you so that I am able to tag you in posts for you/your business across several platforms.

ALL VENDORS AND READERS ARE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME COMPACITY THE HOURLY GIVEAWAYS. I provide you a slip that write down what you're wanting to "give away". We typically ask to keep it at a $10-$15 value. You keep the item at your booth. You can choose to provide a gift certificate for them to use at the show or you can choose to gift an item if you're a vendor. If you're a reader or healer and don't have products, we ask that you provide a "mini" reading with a value up to $15. You do not have to go all out. If you want to do an additional give away at your booth, you can.

You must provide me a short paragraph about yourself/business for social media advertisement, and provide me pictures of some of your products or set ups from previous events. This is REQUIRED. If you do not provide this to me, I will not advertise for you as I don't have time to curate one. If you want to pay me to curate one for you along with a logo if you don't have one, let's discuss.

You are not allowed to leave/breakdown early. If you do, you will not be asked back unless there was an emergency. Repeat offenders for not paying invoices on time, you will also not be approved in the future to attend my shows unless you pay full booth space in advance. I take this very seriously as this is not only my business, but not getting paid jeapordizes advertising funds as well as hurts my funding to be able to pay the venue. The venue has to be paid for in advance and that is dependent on you paying your booth space. You are not allowed to be late and set up after 10am. Unfortunately, this is a disturbance to not only the vendors but also the customers.

I do not provide table cloths. Just tables/chairs from the venue depending on your booth space. Additional tables may be available depending on how many you would need. I have to clear this with the venue first.

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Event set up:
Saturday, June 21st, 2025 | 7am - 10am

Event break down:
Sunday, June 22nd, 2025 | 5pm - 8pm

If you are a new vendor, you will be asked to join our facebook group to get all updates and information in regards to the event. I will send out mass emails also just to be on the safe side.

SPOTLIGHTS:
Vendor and Author spotlights are important because we can show everyone what is being offered, which gives people something to look forward to to ensure that they show up and spend money with you and others. When you receive your email with approval, you will need to send me the photos you would like to use for promotions. We share across multiple social media platforms and on our website. If you have a website or a facebook/instagram page that we can follow and tag in the posts, please provide that information. We like everyone to get as much exposure as possible.

PAID ADVERTISING:
Although we do pay for advertising within a 2 hour radius of our location, digital Billboard ads, flyers, word of mouth, attending other shows to promote, social media advertising, event promotion, and more.. I do ask that you also promote yourself on your platforms. We can and will work together to get the word out about this event. I cannot stress how important it really is to promote endlessly until the day of our event. If you are not good with making your own graphics, I can and will do it for you by request.
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What booth size did you need?*
What business type are you? Vendor, Reader, Author, Services, Entertainment*
List the product(s) you will be selling so that I don't necessarily put you next to "competition" or near someone who sells something too similar.
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Spots are on a first come, first serve basis and SEMO Mystic Events reserves the right to deny any application for any reason. Please note that we like to have a variety of vendors/authors so if you are placed on a waitlist, we will communicate that with you so that if they do end up canceling, that we can reach out to see if you would be available for our date(s).

We appreciate you taking the time to apply to our events and hope that we have a lovely working relationship. Please note that I do have boundaries such as reading what I send you before replying, that I do have days off and am a wife/mom/boss outside of just these events and also work a full time job on top of event planning. I am human and make mistakes. I do hope that you find it is never on purpose to upset anyone. My policy is always to be communicative and let me know what's going on so I can either "fix" whatever the issue is, or try to atleast find a solution.

Payments need to be paid as soon as possible, but we understand that times are hard and are willing to work with anyone regarding payment plans. When you receive your invoice, it will allow you to make a partial payment. Your deposit is $25 and is due upon receiving your invoice. If not paid within two weeks, I reserve the right to cancel your invoice and move onto the next application. Any remaining balance will need to be paid by 5/1/2025. Failure to pay deposit or remaining balance without communication results in immediate termination of our contract to work together. At that point, we would need to move to the next person in line to keep things going. We don't want this to happen, so please communicate with me. I will reach out to everyone when the invoice from Square has not been opened or paid within the time frames. We will always reach out before ending our professional relationship.

If you have any questions at all, please reach out to us via phone call or text. This is the fastest way to communicate with me. Save it in your phone as Susan Abney - Spellbound Con or Mystic Events or something like that so you remember who I am. My number is 573-419-9989. Email is honestly the second worst way to communicate with me as I'm not on my phone majority of the time but can see things through my apple watch. You can email me at: mysticmarketsemo@gmail.com.

Thank you,

Susan Abney,
Owner
SEMO Mystic Events, LLC
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