Second Annual Tropical Fairy Festival
Phase A Vendor Registration is now open.

To reserve your space faster, please make a payment via paypal, using the payment button below. Please indicate the space you would in in the notes field. You will still need to mail or e-mail your application, but your payment will hold your space until the application is received.

Credit card payments by phone are also welcome, please call 305-297-5516.

The Tropical Fairy Festival will take place on the grounds of the Coral Castle in Homestead, FL.

28655 South Dixie Highway, Homestead, FL 33033 
(Corner of US1 and 157th eve.) (305) 248-6345 

Setup is 9am to 6pm on Friday

If you cannot make friday setup or cannot attend any of the days of the festival or have any other special needs, please let us know. We are willing to work with you and can accommodate just about any special request.

The festival will be open to the public as follows:

Friday, October 12th, 6pm to 8pm
(Special previes, we encourage vendors to offer a special discounts for this time)

Saturday, October 13th, 10am to 8pm 
(vendor's are asked to stay open till 9pm on saturday)

Sunday, October 14th, 10am to 6pm

Tear down starts at 6pm or after last client departs on sunday and cleanup must be finished no later then 6am on monday morning.

A special event during saturday evening is still in the planing stages.

Rules & Policies
A limited amount of food vendors will be permitted as long as food sold is not the same type as offered by the Coral Cafe on site (hot dogs, chips, colas and caferia similar cafeteria style foods). If you are not sure, please ask before you apply. 

There is a limited number of vendor spaces available at this event.

We will not be available via e-mail the week of the event. Please call 305-297-5516 instead.

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We have made some changes to the festival grounds from last year. We lowering the number of 10x10 spaces available, and eiminating all other sizes this year. You may purchase more then one space of course if you wish to have a double booth. We have also eliminated the art show to make room for more visitors on the patio.

Order your space now, prices will change as follows as event date draws near!

Booths are available in the following categories. Please note, all booth spaces are very good, the pricing is based on your proximity to the most popular events, but there are no bad spaces. You are not required to attend all days, howeverm full payment is required and you must shose the designated one day area. You are welcome to share your booth and split the costs with your booth buddy. We do run a booth buddy search assistance. 

Economy Booth Spaces are 2,3 & 12-17 (10x10) Bring your own furnishings and shelter. Shelter is not required but is highly recommended.
 A: Before June 30th $150.00
B: July 01 - Aug 19th $180.00
C: Aug 20th - Sept 9th $200.00
D: After Sept 10th $240.00 

Standard Booth Space are 6-11 & 18-36 (10x10) Bring your own furnishings and shelter. Shelter is not required but is highly recommended.
 A: Before June 30th $165.00
B: July 01 - Aug 19th $195.00
C: Aug 20th - Sept 9th $215.00
D: After Sept 10th $255.00 

Prime Booth Space are 1,4,5 & 37- 41 (10x10) Bring your own furnishings and shelter. Shelter is not required but is highly recommended.
 A: Before June 30th $180.00
B: July 01 - Aug 19th $215.00
C: Aug 20th - Sept 9th $230.00
D: After Sept 10th $270.00 

Food vendors may be in any booth space, add a one time $40.00 maintenance charge to the total (no matter how many booths).

Registering for this event entitles you to a discount on future Tropical Fairy Events.

Vendors do not need to pay park admission.

To receive vendor related updates and information as it becomes available, register with vendor's newsletter. I sue this list to send updates, changes and notifications of special vendor only news and stuff the general public does not need to know.

Dress Code
This is a fairy festival, please dress appropriately. Fairy, elf, German, sprites, pixies, brownies, gnomes, hobbits and similar nature sprit costumes are highly recommended. Angelic, witches, fairy princess, fairy godmother and similar  mediaeval costumes will also be acceptable.

Decoration Code

Every booth will be required to display something sparkling, glittering, shimmering or otherwise fairyescent... Tent poles and table legs (if visible) should decorated with flowering and green vines, butterflies, shiny garland and similar items. We are building a fairy village, lets keep up the magick!

I encourage iridescent and shimmering table cloths, curtains and sparkling confetti to decorate your displays with. I realize however, this does not always work well with your display so this is just an encouragement. 

I am not terribly strict on these rules, basically I want everyone to do their best to keep up the fairy spirit and a cheerful if not mischievous energy at the Tropical Fairy Festival.

KEEP YOUR BOOTH AREA SAFE!
Safety is your concern, the facility will not be responsible for lost, stolen or damaged items or for any injury caused by anything surrounding your space. 

Setup & Tear Down
Vendor setup starts on friday. Once you arrive you may remain on the property until 9pm when the park closes (unless you are staying overnight). 

If you arrive early you will be considered a volunteer and put to work accordingly. 

No one will be allowed to setup before all the vendor spaces are marked. To make things easier, marking vendor spaces is the first thing on my agenda when I arrive.

If you would like to volunteer for pre-vendor setup I would really appreciate all the extra hands I can get. There are lots of spaces to mark and decorations to put up. Please e-mail or call 305-297-5516.

For complete volunteer info please visit the Volunteers Page.

When you arrive, do not drive on to the property. To limit damage to this historical location we are strictly controling traffic. Please wait at the gate untill I arrive to help you.

Tear Down starts at 6pm on Sunday evening or after the last guest has left.

No one is permitted to leave early unless previous arrangements have been made. Breaking down early chases away customers, so if one person starts they all leave. Please be considerate of those around you and DO NOT PACK UP EARLY.

For those who cannot participate all days of the festival there will be a special area that will be designed to look good even after you pack up and leave or before you arrive.

Refunds and cancellations

This is an outdoor festival we go on rain or shine.

Please note that it has never rained on any festival or fair in my entire history of running them and I do not expect that to change now. 

Visualize sunny skies!

No refunds available for any reason as we share the cost of the event, your money is put in to good use as soon as you purchase your space. If you need to cancel, you are welcome to pass the booth on to someone else at the time of cancellation.

Everyone participating at the Tropical Fairy Festival Will be screened. If we decide your product or service is not appropriate for this event then you will be issued a refund, in this rare event, you will be notified within one week of applying and issued a refund immediately, minus a $20 administrative fee.

This refund policy does not apply to those who are asked to leave or refused for not complying to rules, misrepresenting their product, rude behavior, or any similar reason.

Please note, I have never asked anyone to leave in any past event I have participated in. Don't be the first one! 

Overnight
You may leave your belongings on premises overnight at your own risk. The area is fenced and the coral castle provides nighttime security Still, the organizers of the facility make no claim to safety or security of your belongings, and are not responsible in case of damage, theft or any other mishap.

Though the facility is not suited for camping, those who wish to remain on the property overnight will be permitted to do so. Please notify us if you wish to stay overnight so the security guard will not evict you from the premises. Bathrooms will remain open, gift shop and diner will be closed. 

Well behaved, leashed pets with reponsible woners will be permitted but must be registered ahead of time. Some restrictions may apply

Advertising:
There is a significant budget allocated for advertising the Tropical Fairy Festival, most of which will be local advertising and I expect to bring in at least 1000 people per day with this advertising alone.

In addition to this, as we all know, nothing works as well as spreading the word. To help us do this, I ask that you tell all your customers about your participation in the festival.

I have a printable single page printer friendly poster available that you can hand out to clients and friends available.

Please also link to us from your web site if you have one.

Why this is important?

The cost of the Tropical Fairy Festival is split amongst the vendors, this how we keep vending fees down and quality high. It is a given that cost can be high, we have to rent equipment, pay for advertising and supply all the prizes for the games and contests and entertain the guests while we are here.

This festival belongs to all of us and we all want to tell as many people as possible.

Let's do some math...

There is room for 45 vendors at this event. This does not include the artists, performers, presenters and volunteers. Counting everyone, there are well over 80 people involved in the Tropical Fairy Festival. 

If each person tells everyone they know, and lets say they each attract only 5 people, that makes 400 people who are there to meet all the other participants. So don't think that you have a small impact on the festival, you as a participant have a HUGE impact. Our attendance just jumped from 1000 to 1400 with no additional costs because you told everyone you know.

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