MARKET VENDORS
Want to join us for a market? We love supporting locally made, hand-crafted goods!
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.
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
Upcoming Events
Polson Summer Season - Starts May 15, till Sept 11
Outdoors, 10x10 booths, $45/week for artisans, 4-8pm (4-7:30 late season)
It's year 6! Join us for another fun packed summer of themed events and hanging out on the grass in the park. We've been told that all construction is complete, and we'll be set up all summer at Polson.
Sundog Festival - Sept 18-19
Outdoors, 10x10 booths, $70 for artisans, $100 for food trucks 12-7pm
It's an all day affair, with music going till 9 pm. Food trucks can stay later and come earlier, so be prepared for a long day.
Sleigh All Day - Creekside Conference Room at the Vernon Rec Centre - Nov 28/29, setup on 27th
Indoors, various booth sizes available 5x7 and up, starting at $200/weekend
So we took a survey of vendors this year and the overwhelming consensus was it was more important to get the rates lower for vendors than to be in the arena... and honestly, I've put up the most insane amount of decorations in that place and it still never gets magical... I think the creekside can be. We'll have Santa photos and live music still, but no room for indoor sleigh rides this year.
Here's a preliminary map of booths:
Light Blue, corner 5x7
Dark Blue, Regular 5x7
Orange, Side rooms
Purple, 10x10 central corner
Pink, 7x7 central corner
Red is the stage/santa area.
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.
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.
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:
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.
2. Please write a short description of your business, this also helps. Please include products and any noteworthy business history.
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.
Select dates you'd like to attend.
Acceptance email
You'll get an email that says "You're In".
Please follow the instructions in the email.
Login and pay
Please login and pay for your booth by the monday before the market.
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 on the tues-weds ahead of an event) for setup details!
Refund & Cancellation 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.
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.
Food trucks: If you're booked and you cancel within two weeks, I may hold your fee if I can't find a replacement truck as I've likely held a spot for you for a long time and everyone else has booked other events.
Thanks for understanding!