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  • The TCRA Market Place @ Schweizer Fest

    Calling all Arts, Craft, Antiques, Direct-Sale or Non-profit vendors! Join us for another year at the TCRA Market Place @ Tell City Schweizer Fest, City Hall Lawn on August 6-9th, 2025!

    * Under new management: Please direct any questions to Colleen Reed or Rose Johnson for 2025 Marketplace during Schweizer Fest. 

  • BOOTH INFORMATION


    CHECK-IN: CHECK-IN IS NOT NECESSARY. APPLICATIONS WILL NEED TO BE COMPLETED THE FRIDAY 
    BEFORE THE FESTIVAL AND APPROVED BEFORE SETUP. Deadline to submit application is Friday, July 25, 2025.

    Applicants will be reviewed and either called OR emailed with approval for the festival. Setup CANNOT begin before Tuesday @ 5p.m. the week of the festival.

    SET-UP: All booths must be anchored with screw-in anchors, per state law. Only one receptacle and 500 watts of electricity; Only grounded UL listed heavy-duty exterior/outdoor extension cords are permitted to be used. Any extension cords that extend across sidewalks or pavement must be secured with duct will be allowed. tape. Electricity will not be available to RV's with air conditioners. No generators. A No Smoking sign must be posted and a working fire extinguisher must be located in plain sight in every exhibitor booth. Smoking is prohibited in CityHallPark. All vehicles must be moved to a designated parking area, after set-up.

    CONFIRMATIONS: Approval of the MARKETPLACE Applications will be made when possible. If your application is denied, you will be notified within a satisfactory time frame. Please include a telephone number and email on your application where you can be reached. Your booth space is first come, first serve, and four day booth space has priority.

    TAX RATE: Exhibitors are responsible for collecting Indiana State Sales Tax on every sale that is made. Indiana Dept. of Revenue agents may be present at the festival. As a vendor of an event in Indiana, you must register with the Indiana Department of Revenue to be a registered retail merchant. A Registered Retail Merchant Certificate (RRMC) can be attained by completing a Business Tax Application here.

    GENERAL RULES: THESE ARE STRICTLY ENFORCED TCRA must approve all items to be sold and booth set-ups. If an exhibitor is found displaying items that are not listed on their submitted application, or items against Tell City Schweizer Fest, Inc. Exhibitor Market Place Rules, they will be asked to remove offending items and may also be dismissed from the festival immediately. A shirt, pants, and shoes must be worn at all times. No vehicles or trailers will be allowed on the non-street spaces.

    RESTRICTED ITEMS: No selling of inappropriate, offensive or dangerous items to children under the age of eighteen. No selling of items that shoot projectiles, if projectiles are provided. (Example: air guns, etc). No selling of items that emit foul or obscene odors. No selling of printed items with obscene words or pictures. No selling of all types of fireworks, pops, firecrackers, Tasers, lasers or silly string. No selling of knives to someone under the age of 18, unless parents are present at booth. 

  • RESTRICTED, Cont'd: No promotions, charities fund rasing, raffles or drawing without approval. Any other restrictions that are deemed necessary by the Schweizer Fest Committee/Market. All sales are limited to individual booths only. NO ROAMING with merchandise or promotions is allowed in the park, to be fair to all exhibitors. Vendors using space more than their rented booth space will be asked to leave. There will be no refunds. Exhibitors are not permitted to change booth space location without prior approval. Your booth must be kept neat, clean and safe for visitors of the festival.

    SECURITY/LOSS & TEARDOWN The Tell City Schweizer Fest Committee, nor other Agents/Representatives of the committee, are not to be held responsible for any injury, loss or damage to persons, exhibits, or materials, under any circumstances. The Tell City Schweizer Fest Committee is not responsible for accidents.

    TEARDOWN: All vendor booth exhibits and merchandise must be removed after closing of the festival on Saturday evening, August 9, 2025. All exhibitors are required to clean up their own booth area, including trash. Tell City Schweizer Fest, Inc. is not responsible for watching or storage of any exhibitor items left on the festival grounds.

    SOUVENIR ITEMS: Items that identify the Tell City Schweizer Fest, Inc. (such as hats, T-shirts, buttons, etc will not be allowed for sale by any exhibitor without written permission from Tell City Schweizer Fest, Inc.

     

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