When: May 20th

Vendors are responsible for bringing the following:

NC Certificate of Registration

OUTSIDE TENT VENDORS
- Tent (if you wish to set up without a tent, that is ok too)
- Tent weights 20lbs minimum for each leg. Tent weights will be weighed at check in and any weights that do not meet the minimum requirement will need to be refilled in order to Popup the tent. Disk Weights are NOT ACCEPTED

Approved weights are velcro sandbags, or the cement PVC tubes that velcro to the legs and hang from the top of the tent. The approved tent weights that can hold 28-30+ lbs can be ordered from Amazon from these links below: 

You can get these for $26+ and these can hold up to 55lb https://amzn.to/3BOHt0y
These are $20 and can hold up to 28lbs https://amzn.to/3iR8kjZ
These are $26 and can hold over 30lbs https://amzn.to/3x7bdSU

If you would like to order your own scale to check the weight of your tent weights prior to the event you can order that here: https://amzn.to/37ZdNjX ** We will be checking the tent weights upon your arrival and you will not be able to set up a tent without the proper weight requirements. 

If you have questions about your weights please message info@starvingartistmarketclt.com 
- Tables
- Chair
- Displays
- Battery operated lights for your tent if needed

Vendors are REQUIRED to stay for duration of market. No early Break down!! When you sign up for these markets you are signing up for the entirety. Please be respectful of this. Early Breakdown will result in a ban from the markets. 

HANDMADE VENDORS ONLY PLEASE!!!! 

Please read:
The purpose of the Starving Artist Market (SAM) is to promote local artists and artisans while providing them with venues to set-up, sell and share their handmade pieces. 

1. Applications must be filled out in their entirety and the non-refundable vendor waiver must be signed. That waiver just needs to be signed once, and will cover you for all of 2023 events you do with SAM. There might be other waivers you will need to sign on a venue by venue basis, when that happens you will be emailed with that waiver to sign. 

2. All items on display must be handmade. No MLM companies will be accepted in addition to your handmade products.

3. No tents exceeding 10x10 feet will be allowed. Tents are not allowed to be set up at any of our inside venues. 

4. Tent weights are mandatory for each leg. 20lbs+ each. Failure to have adequate weights, you will be asked to take down your tent during set up. Approved tent weights include, velcro sandbags filled with at least 20lbs of sand EACH, or cement PVC tubes that hang from the tent and wrap around the legs securely.  Anything else (free weights, tent disk weights, water jugs, bricks) are not approved. 

5. SAM does not provide electricity, wifi, tables, chairs, tents or tent weights. 

6. Our events are advertised as “rain or shine”  and is treated as such. All participants are expected to participate during any weather we might encounter, and are expected to have the necessary equipment to accommodate for these weather conditions. 

7. Each vendor is responsible for space clean up. Failure to do so will result in a $20 fine that you will need to pay before you can participate in a future event.

8. Vendors must remain open for the entirety of the market, and cannot tear down until the event conclusion. Early breakdown will result in a ban from all future markets, with NO REFUND - if you were previously accepted.

9. Vendors will be responsible for the behavior of their guests/children. For safety reasons, all children under the age of 13, must stay within the designated vendor booth or have parental supervision while shopping the market. 

10. The Starving Artist Market Committee reserves the right to ask any vendor at any time, for any reason to leave the event.

Starving Artist Market does NOT in anyway guarantee sales or customer buying potential.