Description
Food Truck Vendor Fees are non-refundable, and there is no rain date.
Food Truck Vendor Fees must be paid no later than March 27. Any trucks that have not paid by this time will forfeit their deposit and their space may be sold to another vendor.
Operating Friday 6pm-9pm and Saturday 9am-9pm
RESTRICTIONS:
- No cotton candy, popcorn, caramel apples, funnel cakes, or corn dogs may be sold or given away. No food may be given away. Any weapons, such as knives or guns, will not be allowed. Pressurized cans that spray “strings” are not allowed. Fireworks of any kind and items of “adult only” nature will not be permitted. No animals allowed, unless service dogs. No generators allowed. No trailers. No rides or games of skill.
- Food Truck spaces are 12ft x 25ft. If your set up exceeds 12ft x 25ft you will be charged for additional space.
- Food Truck spaces have limited water sources. NO drainage of any kind can be disposed of into the sewer drains.
- There will be no refunds and no rain date.
FESTIVAL AGREEMENT AND GUIDELINES:
- The non-refundable space fee must be received before a space will be assigned. You may pay the space fee by check or online through our website. Spaces may not be sold or transferred. In the case of circumstances beyond our control, if Strawberry Fest is cancelled you will receive your money back within 60 business days.
- Food truck spaces will be assigned at the discretion of Junior Auxiliary of Cabot. A space number will be assigned to you and you will be e-mailed the your space number the week of the event. In most cases, returning vendors will have first option at a space. However, this is not guaranteed. Acceptance to the festival and space assignments are at the desecration of the Junior Auxiliary of Cabot.
- The festival operating hours are Friday 6pm – 9pm and Saturday from 9am – 9pm.
- Set up for Food Trucks will be from 12pm-4pm on Friday. You will receive a specific time to arrive within this window. You will receive detailed instructions on how to enter the lot; please check in with the festival workers upon arrival. The workers will assist the vendor in assuring proper set-up. All items in the space are the responsibility of the vendor.
- No vendors may be set up so as to obstruct view of or access to another space or so as to impede traffic flow.
- All vendors must remain in place during the Strawberry Fest operating hours. The food truck is to be open and staffed the entire day. Vendors leaving early will not be invited back to Strawberry Festival in the future. Please Note: we have had food vendors run out of food in the past; have a plan for restocking if needed.
- Strawberry Fest is an exclusively outdoor event (rain or shine) and no alternate rain date or site is planned. Exhibitors should come prepared for the weather.
- Vendors are responsible for keeping their area clean, including clean-up and trash removal at the end of Strawberry Fest. Booth spaces will be inspected at the end of the event. Vendors that do not clean their area will not be invited back in the future
- Food cannot be given away during the event. The following food items are excluded from being sold: corn dogs, cotton candy, popcorn, camel apples, candy apples, and funnel cakes.
- No rides or games of skill allowed.
- Animals, whether on a leash or not, are not allowed in the Strawberry Fest area or vendor booths, unless medically necessary.
- Overnight parking of vehicles or campers inside the Strawberry Fest area is prohibited.
- A professional standard of conduct and dress is expected at all times.
- The City of Cabot and Junior Auxiliary of Cabot assume no responsibility or liability for loss or damaged items or equipment.
- This is only an application. Notice of acceptance will be sent to you after the completed application has been reviewed and space is available.
- Failure to abide by any of the rules governing Strawberry Fest will prevent the vendor from being accepted into future Strawberry Festivals and may result in expulsion from Strawberry Fest.
- Vendors are solely responsible for complying with Strawberry Fest regulations, Health Department regulations, and City and State Tax regulations.
- We are scheduling entertainment on an outdoor stage including but not limited to dance teams, musicians/bands, etc. If noise is an issue please indicate that on your application and we will attempt to place you as far away from the stage as possible.
