Vendors

Learn about participating in our festival below.

Become A Vendor

You can now apply for a vendor booth for the 2023 Day of the Dead Festival! Vendors participate on Saturday, October 28, 2023 only.  If you have any questions,  please contact Amy Stults at vendors@dentondayofthedeadfestival.com.

 

Important: Within the application, please submit pictures and details of the product/service you plan to provide at the festival. It must be related to the festival theme to be approved.

Review Vendor Rules Before Applying

Denton’s Day of the Dead Festival is a fall-themed festival celebrating the many things that fall brings us: the harvest, Halloween, and the Dia de los Muertos celebration. This event will be free and full of activities. Your booth helps us keep this event FREE to the public. Thank you!

Saturday October 28th, 2023 from 11am – 9pm

Set-up will begin as early as 7am and all booths must be completed by 10:30am

Once approved as a vendor, you will receive a follow up email closer to festival date that will provide you with your booth space, a map, load in directions and other important directions.

Industrial Street: $175

Upper Parking Lot: $150

Pumpkin Patch Lot on Oak St.: $150

In years past, many vendors request to be placed on Industrial Street, but we only have a limited amount of space on that street. Therefore the placement will go as follows:

You may request to be placed on Industrial in your application. If approved as a vendor, you will pay an increased price of $175. Once those spots are full, the remaining vendors who request Industrial will be notified that is no longer an option. All other vendors will be placed in the upper parking lot between Wells Fargo and the Pumpkin Patch, closer to the coffin races. Those spaces will remain at $150.

Thank you for understanding.

Electricity will be supplied for equipment, such as string lights, household lamps, credit card machines, radios, etc. (LED lights preferred). If you require more energy (hot plates, warmers, crock pots, heat lamps, etc.) please specify what you will be using in the form below. PLEASE include the power/watts your equipment uses. This is important!

No space heaters will be allowed. Please prepare for the possibility of cold weather by dressing accordingly, using blankets, etc. No space heaters, please.

Spots are assigned prior to show by promoter. No refunds or show credits. Held rain or shine! No selling soft drinks, name brand drinks, however may sell bottled water. No sale of items that have not been approved by festival. If day of event there are questionable items, festival has the right to ask said items to be removed from display. Thank you for your cooperation. Trash must be removed from your space to provided receptacles. No gas generators. No set-up until vehicle fully unloaded and moved.

Vehicle must be parked in designated areas. All work and displays must stay within designated space. No boxes, extra merchandise or debris should be visible. Spot area must be kept clean throughout the event and be left spotless afterwards. No soliciting, approaching patrons, or distribution of advertising material outside of booth area. All vendors must have a state sales tax license. Vendors are responsible for collecting and remitting all sales tax.

All food vendors must contact the City of Denton, Consumer Health Division at 221 N. Elm St, Denton, TX 76201, Office: 940-349-8360, Fax: 940-349-7208, and complete a Special Event Food Permit which costs $35. This application must be received and paid for before 12:00pm at least 2 business days prior to the event. The city will be at the festival that morning checking each booth’s set-up for compliance. Click here for the application and instructions.

Vendor Application