The Inaugural Sounds of the Blues Festival will take place April 6 th , 2024.
Vendor agrees to exhibit, and SouthernHare Creatives, LLC. agrees to allow Vendor to sell at the Sounds of the Blues Festival to be held Saturday, April 6th, 2024 from 12:00 pm to 12:00 am at The Sound Bar, 1105 W Tharpe Street, Tallahassee.
Registration should be received on or before March 15, 2024, to guarantee a space.
Vendor applications are accepted, and booths are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be advised that booth space is limited. Once we sell the allotted number of spaces, we will close booth sales. Therefore, vendors are encouraged to submit their completed application and payment as soon as possible.
No application will be processed without payment in full. One week prior to the festival, vendors will receive detailed information on vendor locations, loading zones, and parking.
Vendor Details/Information:
- Vendors may begin setup Saturday, April 6th, 2024 at 9:00 am, and must be ready to sell no later than 12:00 pm.
- Vendors may bring their car into the festival area to set up, but must be moved once unloaded.
- Vendors are responsible for providing their own 10’x10’ tent along with any tables and chairs they may need.
- The number of representatives in a vendor booth is limited to two. Any additional representatives (up to a total of 4) may purchase a ticket at a discounted rate of $10.00.
- All associated vendor representatives need to be inside the festival before 11:30 am.
- We will not have power available at the booths and do not permit generators.
Vendors may begin breaking down no earlier than 7:00 pm. but will have to remove their booth and items manually as vehicles will not be allowed into the festival area until the crowd is gone.
- Vendors will be responsible for their own trash cleanup during and after the festival. Before leaving the site, please place all trash in a park-designated trash container, leaving the area clean.
Rules/Regulations:
- Vendors may not sell or give away food or drinks unless it is an official food vendor that has applied, paid, and been accepted by The Sounds of the Blues Festival committee.
- No sale of alcoholic beverages or drug paraphernalia.
- There is to be no sharing of booths.
- No undesirable items may be sold. The committee considers undesirable items such as (but not limited to) stink bombs, swords, knives, silly string, potato guns, dart guns, marshmallow guns, or any other projectile objects.
- All vendors must maintain all materials within the confines of their rented space.
- No music may be played at vendor booths.
- Vendors are responsible for obtaining all necessary licenses and permissions to distribute material that is protected by copyright, trademark publicity or misappropriation laws, or any other intellectual property or other laws.
- Vendors are responsible for paying all sales or other taxes, fees, and assessments required by any applicable federal, state, or local law in connection with the vendors participation in the festival.
- Vendors are responsible for monitoring their booths at all times.
Payment Information
Vendors will pay $35 for each 10’x10’ space. Registration fees are non-refundable.
If you have any questions, please email thesoundbar.tlh@gmail.com
By signing below, I certify I am at least 18 years of age and agree to NOT hold SouthernHare Creatives, LLC, its members or Sounds of the Blues Festival sponsors responsible for ANY claims, liabilities, injury, loss or damage to property or persons (including death) as a result of Vendor activities in connection with the festival.