Event Details

** June 20th, 2025  | Midsummer Ball. 7-11 pm **
Tickets to this are sold separately and are not part of your vendor pricing listed below. This is part of the itenerary and will try to give vendors a discount if I can work my magic with the hotel!


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. 

Each vendor and author will recieve 2 chairs and (1) 8 foot table. NO TABLE CLOTH PROVIDED. If you need additional chairs or tables, you will need to put that on your application if you need 1,2,3 etc additional. You will also receive a cool badge, the design still in the works. As we continue to grow the itenerary, we will also update all vendors & authors alike. 

15x8 sq ft - $215  - 3 available
15x10 sq ft - $250 - 4 available
10x10 sq ft - $185 - 48 available
10x7 sq ft - $145 - 12 available
8x4 sq ft - $125 - 7 available
16x6 sq ft - $175 - 3 available

Once you have applied below, we will review the applications and send an email with the decision. Once approved, you will need to pay your deposit within 30 days, and the remaining balance will need to be paid by May 1st, 2025. Please see the next section before signing regarding payments.

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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, Blip Billboard ads, 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. 

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 whatever 1/3rd of your total price is and will be due within 30 days of receiving your invoice. 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