Product Details and Guidelines for Adult and Student Vendors
1. Food trucks must be reviewed by the committee prior to signing up. Email mainstreetwauchula@gmail.com to begin the process.
2. All approved vendors are to exclusively use Main Street Wauchula, Inc. flyers and graphics to promote their participation in the event in order to maintain accuracy of event details, required acknowledgments, and cohesive branding. *Specific marketing needs can be provided upon email requests.
3. Licensed/Authorized dealers of commercial products must provide proof of authorization.
4. Selling products for which you are not a licensed/authorized dealer will not be permitted.
5. Selling/giving out items that were not listed in your application is not permitted. We will ask you to remove those items from the event. This includes food products - MENU IS REQUIRED.
6. ARTS & CRAFT VENDORS - Products must be at least 50% handmade. (Pressed shirts and tumbler designs do not fall in this category)
7. Submit a photo of the products being sold along with the application.
8. Vendors are required to provide their own tent. No bigger than a 10x10, unless paying for two spaces.
9. Products sold must not contain displays or insinuate (but not limited to) drugs, alcohol, profanity, or sexual content. MSW reserves the right to determine the interpretation and inclusion of certain products.
10. ALL products, merchandise, literature, etc., given out must be taken by individuals who visit your booth! We ask that you do not walk through the crowd handing out items... it ends up on the ground and adds to the cleanup our volunteers are left with.
11. Vendors must be set up in their assigned spot by 5:30 pm. And must remain at the assigned spot until the event concludes.
12. Vendors can not begin to tear down until 9:00 pm unless authorized by Main Street Wauchula staff. Early teardown will result in forfeiture of participation in future events.
13. Student Vendors are held to the same standard as adult-run businesses. Please be sure to read through the above (relay to the student if you are the guardian).
14. Vendors preparing food on-site must provide the appropriate license(s).
15. Any vendor selling anything consumable must provide a Certificate of Insurance (listing Main Street Wauchula, Inc.). This includes Cottage Industry, vendors. These vendors' applications will be reviewed and approved based on the saturation of products from other vendors and downtown businesses. (Menu/Product list is required.)
16. We reserve the right not to accept previous no-show/Last minute cancels in future events. As well as vendors who do not communicate or respond in a timely manner to crucial emails, including details regarding the day of setup.
17. Vendors must be self-contained (water, electric, internet, etc.)
18. Main Street Wauchula, Inc. reserves the right to deny the use of any generator that is excessively loud, produces strong fumes, or interferes with the event experience