Harvest Homecoming Booth Vendors

Vendors will not pay for their booth until they are notified that they’ve been placed.  Upon acceptance, an invoice will be emailed to the vendor with the amount due and instructions for submitting their payment.  Payment will be due within 14 days of receiving the invoice.  Payments not received within 14 days may result in forfeiture of the booth space(s).

No, Harvest Homecoming is not set up to accept electronic forms of payment including credit/debit cards, Venmo, Zelle, Paypal, etc.  If you are set up with bill pay through your online banking platform, you should be able to pay us via that method by providing our name and address.  Your bill pay provider will mail the check to us.

Yes.  If the office is not staffed, please use the mail slot on the front door.  Make sure your form and payment are in an envelope marked accordingly.  The next time we’re at the office, we will be sure to retrieve it and provide it to the Booths VP.

No.  The Booth Committee reviews every application for acceptance each year.  Applying does not mean you will participate in the festival.  Additionally, booth spaces are limited to the streets utilized for Booth Days; we only have so many spaces to fill.

1. Returning vendors/downtown businesses in good standing are placed first.  Any remaining spaces are then filled by:
2. New applicants – local vendors (small business, non-profits, charities, civic organizations) 
3. New applicants – non-local vendors (small business, non-profits, charities, civic organizations)
4. Commercial and large businesses/corporations and services industries  (i.e. home remodeling, cell phone sales, real estate, etc.)

All vendors agree to our Booth Days operating hours as part of their acknowledgement and acceptance of our booth rules.  You are required to be open during all advertised hours.  Failure to do so results in many complaints and questions from our patrons who expect the booths to be open on time and may result in the vendor being excluded from future events.

Booths are 10 feet by 10 feet (10′ x 10′) or 100 square feet.  Booths longer than 10 feet may rent additional spaces to accommodate their setup.  Booths cannot be wider than 10 feet.

Measure the length of your booth/trailer and divide by 10 feet (include the bumper and hitch if applicable) to determine how many spaces you need.  Example: If you have a 25 foot long booth, you will need to rent 3 booth spaces or 30 feet.  Booths cannot exceed their allotted space and impede on a neighboring vendor’s space.  Please measure carefully.

Note that most declinations are simply due to lack of space.  However, the more detailed you are with the description of what you offer is very helpful.  We are also looking for unique offerings as we do our utmost to ensure a wide variety of offerings for our patrons.

Photos are not required as part of the application process.  If the Booth Committee has any questions, they will reach out to the vendor.

Vendors will receive an invoice once they are accepted.  This will occur throughout the application period.  Final invoicing will be done as the final placements are made in early August. Vendors will be notified by mid-August whether they’ve been placed for the festival.  Some declination notices may go out sooner but we cannot guarantee all notifications will be made prior to mid-August.

If you sell pre-packaged food and drinks (i.e. bags of chips, cans of soda, etc.), you do not need a permit.  Any other food and beverage sales may require a permit.  All questions should be directed to the Floyd County Health Department as they issue the permits.  They may be reached at (812) 948-4726.

The health department will make their Harvest Homecoming food permit application available later in the year.  We will link it to our website when it is available.  We advise that vendors wait until they know whether they’ve been accepted before they apply as the fee is non-refundable.  Any questions need to be directed to the Floyd County Health Department at (812) 948-4726.  Harvest Homecoming does not govern or issue the food permits.