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VENDOR INFO

Visit our Vendors or Set-up Shop at One of Ontario's Premier Fall Festival

Calvin Kuepfer has owned Country Style Meats for seven years, but the well-established butcher shop was in operation for 14 years before he took over. Fresh pork sausage continues to be Kuepfer’s specialty in the popular booth that offers a wide selection of cold cuts, meats, pepperettes, smoked pork products and cheeses. All of Country Style’s fresh beef and pork products are processed using locally raised livestock. Some of Country Style’s regular and returning customers have come as far afield as Alberta and Manitoba, and Kuepfer expects to see many of his regular Ontario customers when he returns to the Wellesley ABC Festival’s Arena Market for the sixth time this year.

The Wellesley Apple Butter and Cheese Festival may be known for its food, but it’s also a great place to shop for a variety of hand-made crafts and unique gifts. Among the dozens of vendors filling the Arena Market this year is the eclectic collection offered by Choices. Kathy Joslin has operated her home-based business for 14 years, offering a changing selection of one-of-a-kind jewelry, accessories, candles and Victorian home décor, “Whatever I see that I like, I buy,” Joslin says of the successful business that takes her to various festivals and market shows around the province each year. “I named it Choices, so I could sell anything.”

Click Here for the Vendor Application Form

Important Information for Vendors:

  1. The application Deadline for returning vendors is June 1, 2010
  2. Registering is necessary to receive your booth number and location. Please do not ask to change locations – every effort has been made to keep similar vendors apart. The registration desk is located at the back of the Arena just inside the large roll up door.
  3. Payment must accompany your application form. If you are sending your form in early, please post date your cheque for April 1, 2010. No other post dated cheques will be accepted.
  4. In the event that you must cancel your agreement to participate after your cheque has been cashed, no refund will be given in the six weeks prior to the festival.
  5. The space rented by the vendor shall not be sublet, transferred or leased but should you be unable to participate, notify the committee so they can accommodate the next vendor on the waiting list
  6. All vendor display components and products must stay within your assigned space. Nothing may protrude beyond the 8’ depth or behind the curtained division in the arena.
  7. At the end of the day it is each vendors responsibility to tabulate your sales and remit 10% to the registration/information desk
  8. You are responsible for your own insurance.
  9. Acceptance or rejections of applicants are the sole discretion of the committee. Cheques will be cashed only after a booth has been assigned. A receipt will be mailed to you at that time. Do not assume you have a booth until you have received your confirmation receipt.
  10. Ontario Sales Tax & the Goods & Services Tax are the responsibility of the vendor
  11. No Burning of Candles – by order of the fire chief
  12. Overnight Security will be provided!
  13. Vendors are responsible for cleaning up their booth spaces & removing all garbage
  14. Parking is available for vendors on Saturday in the fenced ball diamond directly beside the arena.
  15. A Vendor Washroom is available. You can obtain a key from the registration/information desk
  16. This is a quality craft show, handmade Canadian crafts are preferred, purchased components may be used to complete crafts
  17. For everyone’s benefit & customer’s convenience, an Instant Teller will be brought into the arena for the day. It will be located in the front entrance of the arena.
  18. There may be ice in the arena for the festival. If there is, it will be covered with plywood. We recommend you bring carpet or a rubber mat to stand on within your space

SET UP TIMES: Friday Sept. 24th Noon – 8:00pm and/or Saturday Sept. 25th 6:00am – 7:00am
SHOW HOURS: Saturday, Sept. 25th 7:00am – 4:00pm
TAKE DOWN: Saturday, Sept. 25th 4:00pm – 5:30pm

All vendors must be completely set up & open for business at 7:00am sharp on Saturday morning. Early take downs are not allowed and will mean exclusion from future shows.