Our grant is from the Transport for NSW Open Streets Program. The key criteria for us to receive this grant is that we close streets and activate them for the purposes of an event.

If this event is forecast to experience light showers it will go ahead as usual. If extreme weather is in the forecast a decision will be made by Orange City Council and communicated to all vendors to move location to the Naylor Pavilion at the Orange Showground. This will result in the capacity of the event being reduced by approximately half. This may result in your stall size being reduced to 3x3m. Fingers crossed this won’t need to happen!

Usually at events like this, there will be a hefty fee to exhibit, as the potential for large profit is high. It is also very common practice at festivals to take a minimum cut of 10% of profits. But this event is for our local businesses. We want to promote you and sell our region, therefore we will be keeping the fee down to a minimal amount of $57.60.

Over 18’s will receive a wristband upon entry. However, do not take this as a guarantee of age. Always ask people for ID where required, wristband or not, in line with rules of RSA.

We have come a long way to get this event to where we are, and we want to take it further. If we have the ability to say ‘this event made a total of $XX for our local vendors’ that is a serious tool, and one we can use for future events. For reference, with festivals normally taking 10% of revenue as part of your entry fee, organisers would usually know this figure. Information gathered on this question will be consolidated and therefore treated as commercial in confidence by Council.

Being that all vendors are placed on the streets, pegging your tent down will not be an option. Please ensure you bring appropriate weights for your legs in case of wind.