TO ALL OZARK HAM & TURKEY FESTIVAL VENDORS:
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AS CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE:
OUR OFFICE MUST RECEIVE ALL BOOTH SPACE APPLICATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED ACCORDING TO AVAILABILITY. THERE IS A POSSIBLILITY THAT YOUR BOOTH SITE COULD ALREADY BE ASSIGNED.
WE WILL NOT HOLD ANY BOOTH SPACES FOR ANY PERSON OR ORGANIZATION.
1. All fees must accompany your application. Make checks payable to Ozark Ham & Turkey Festival. THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS!!
2. We reserve the right to limit applications based on the type of merchandise or food items and the number of applications received for a certain product.
Available spaces will be assigned on a first requested basis. All deadlines and rules will be enforced when we assign spaces. We will not be able to
entertain all requests. If there is a question or problem about your request, you will be contacted. Decisions of the Board of Directors of the Chamber will
be final.
3. If you request additional spaces or additional electricity, you may not be able to retain your former booth spot depending on the type of request and our
ability to grant that request with our current facilities. Except for electricity, your booth must be self-sufficient.
4. Booths containing food items will be inspected by a county sanitation official at set-up time and MUST BE APPROVED. If not approved, you will be
required to either comply with the official’s request or leave the festival area.
5. We do not provide tables and do not furnish water.
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH OUR GUIDELINES WILL DISALLOW YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE FESTIVAL. OUR RULES ARE TO HELP US RUN
SMOOTHLY AND PROVIDE A SAFE AND SANITARY ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR FESTIVAL PATRONS.
1) Booth spaces will be available in 10x10 increments. If you have need of more that 10 feet from side to side, you must go to the next size. You need to have
sufficient room inside your booth space to hold all your products and supplies. All booth spaces will be marked and numbered.
2) You will be expected not to extend over and into another person’s space. ALL TRAILERS MUST INCLUDE THE LENGTH OF THE
TONGUE IN
THEIR OVERALL LENGHTS. NO TRAILER TONGUES WILL BE ALLOWED TO FALL OVER INTO A CROSSWALK OR OTHER PEOPLE’S
BOOTH SPACES. IF YOU HAVE OVER A 10 FT TRAILER, INCLUDING THE TONGUE, YOU NEED A 20 FT SPACE. THERE WILL BE NO
EXCEPTIONS. IF YOU EXCEED YOUR SPACE, YOU WILL BE MOVED. NO TONGUES WILL BE PARKED ON SIDEWALKS. THERE WILL
BE NO STORAGE OF VENDOR PRODUCTS IN THE CROSSWALKS.
3) NO VENDOR (FOOD OR CRAFT) WILL BE ALLOWED TO CHECK INTO THEIR SPACE UNTIL AFTER 6:00 AM, SATURDAY, THE DAY
OF THE FESTIVAL. All booths must be set up and ready to operate by 9:00 A.M. No booths are to be removed before 5:00 P.M. but may stay later if the
crowd is still around on the day of the Festival.
4) We provide NO special parking for the vendors!! It is first come, first served. There will be handicapped parking available off the Festival site. If you need
assistance, please contact a Ham & Turkey Festival Representative.
5) All exhibitors will need to display their vendor card as they enter the Festival site. Please have your copy of your booth confirmation letter
available for the Ham/Turkey Festival Representative to check. All booths need to be checked in by a representative before setting up.
6) Electrical service is limited. Requests for electrical hookups will be honored on a first request basis.
7) Vendors will break down all cardboard boxes for waste disposal. You are responsible for policing your area for trash. Receptacles are provided
throughout the Festival for this purpose. All vendors are responsible for disposing of trash at the end of the day. Failure to adhere to our guidelines will
disqualify you from returning to the festival again.
8) County and City Health regulations apply to all food concession booths. You will be provided with a copy of the regulations. Be ready to be inspected.
9) No type of self-propelled vehicles will be allowed within the Festival area between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. This included golf
carts, 4 wheelers, motorcycles, skateboards and etc. The only exception will be for official Festival personnel, emergency staff, police, or motorized
scooter or wheelchairs needed by handicapped Festival attendees.
10) NO PETS WILL BE ALLOWED INSIDE THE FESTIVAL AREA.
Big enough to serve you, small enough to know you!
