MARKET VENDORS
Want to join us for a market? We love supporting locally made, hand-crafted goods!
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At the Polson Artisan Market we pride ourselves in creating unique events in the North Okanagan that include great experiences for visiting customers in addition to a wide and curated variety of vendors.
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To participate, you must make it, bake it, grow it, or upcycle (no resellers).
Wanna learn how to start a market business?
Here's some topics on getting started:
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How to display my goods
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Upcoming Events
Until March 8th, you can get 20% off when you book 8 or more nights, after that 10% off is available for 8 or more nights on one invoice. This includes Canada Day, and the Sundog Festival. Prices below reflect regular vendors, Food Trucks have their own fee structure. Please email for more details.
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3rd Annual Earth Day Market
April 20th, 11-3PM, Civic Plaza - Outside the Vernon Museum & Archives
Outdoors, 10x10 booths, $35+gst
It's official! Our 3rd annual Earth Day Market is happening again this year in Civic Plaza outside the Vernon Museum & Archives. We're giving away somewhere in the neighbourhood of 200 FREE baby trees courtesy of PRT!
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Polson Artisan Night Market - 2024 Season
Starting May 17 and running until Sept 13, Polson Park
Outdoors, 10x10 booths, $45+gst
It's our 4th season! Can you believe it! Time flies when you're having fun. Last year we did 13 Fridays with themes out of a possible 18, and we'll probably have a similar amount this year as well -- like the dog market, fashion show, pride, bike parade, renaissance market, and more.
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Canada Day
July 1, Polson Park, Hours TBD
Outdoors, 10x10 booths, $75
Always a great event, lots of folks come down to the park that we don't otherwise see on Fridays, so its a great opportunity to meet new customers and hang out listening to great local music. This year it's on a Monday.
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Sundog Festival
Sept 20/21, Polson Park, Hours TBD
Outdoors, 10x10 booths, $50-friday half day, $80-saturday all day
The third year of Culture Days festivities in Vernon, second year of the Sundog Festival. The Arts Council of the North Okanagan (ACNO) along with a board of volunteers hosts an amazing 2-day festival of music, culture, and events for all ages in Polson Park, and we get to come along! They haven't announced a headliner yet, but there's a healthy budget for one, so it should be a great show!
2nd Annual Sleigh All Day - Holiday Market
Nov 29th - Dec 1st, Kal Tire Arena, Hours TBD
Indoors, Booth Sizes - 6x8, 8x8 (3 sided), 10x7, 10x10, Pricing TBA
Now that this isn't our first rodeo with the giant Christmas market, we're ahead of schedule this year! We have slightly different dates this year, we've got Nov 29 to Dec 1. We think these dates will be even better even than last year, falling between all other major local events, but still right in the key time for local shoppers who value locally crafted artisan goods. We're super excited!
So we're going to go ahead and let everyone start booking so you can start getting an idea of what your schedule will look like come Christmas. We'll do a split payment option so you can put a deposit on your booth, and pay the final remaining amount in October most likely, but that way we know who's down and can plan accordingly.
So go ahead and login, and under reservations, hit Sleigh All Day! We'll be in touch after with next steps.
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Warning about 2024 Season: Work will commence on naturalization of the creek in Polson Park, and the flow of traffic in the park will change. The city is working with us to ensure as little disruption to events as possible, but please stay tuned for updates as we figure out what this construction will mean for our load in/out and customer parking options. Thanks!
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Make sure you're signed up in the portal for emails when new markets are available. The email list on this website is for customers to be notified of events we'll be featuring vendors at.
Portal access for payments, bookings, maps & more!
The button below is for our vendor guidelines, including general best practices for setup and takedown, and just a few rules we have in place. Its a short document, please make sure you read the parts related to your business.
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We are a make it, bake it, grow it, upcycle market.
We don't accept resellers at this time.
We love our vendors! We're so excited to promote local makers, businesses and farmers. Here's a couple tips for helping us get to know you:
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1. Doing this application may take you 5 minutes, please include full addresses to social media links, and/or photos of your booth and products.
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2. Please write a short description of your business, this also helps. Please include products and any noteworthy business history.
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3. The way you type your name is how it's going to show up for everything I do, forever, I don't want to get them wrong, so I copy exactly what you've written. Please make sure there are no spelling mistakes, and that you've capitalized when needed. ie. Joe's Handmade Goods instead of joes handmade goods.
What to expect as a vendor....
Apply
Hit the button above, and fill out the application. If possible please include a photo of your booth set up.
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Select dates you'd like to attend.
Acceptance email
You'll get an email that says "You're In".
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Please follow the instructions in the email.
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Login and pay
Please login and pay for your booth by the monday before the market.
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If you can't make it, or need to change a date please let us know, or remove your requested date so others can have the space.
Market Day
Thanks so much for joining us!
Follow the instructions on the setup email (usually sent out 1-2 weeks before an event) for setup details!
Refund Policy
We try to give out refunds and credits as much as possible, but we will reserve the right to make our own judgement on refunds when we get into the last 48 hours before a market. A small amount of special events will have their own unique rules, keep an eye out on emails.
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Please give us as much notice as you can if you don't think you'll be attending so we can try to find someone to take your spot. We still incur costs weekly for running the market, and we'd like to keep this going and keep it afloat by making sure we have the best possible chance at covering those costs.
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Thanks for understanding!