In 2023, throughout Long Island, vendors were significantly impacted by weather-related show cancellations or postponements, and in many cases business was not as good as previous years because the weather forecast forced many potential shoppers to make other plans.

We are trying to do our part to help vendors in any way we can.

To that end, we have come up with a new and exciting fair cancellation policy that we believe will be very helpful for vendors who have been at the mercy of the weather and the weather forecast for far too long.

Effective immediately vendors who have prepaid for an outdoor fair that has been cancelled for weather-related reasons will receive a 100% credit.

The credit may be used for any our outdoor fairs for one year.

When you are ready to use your credit simply send us an email letting us know the following:

1. The name of the vendor and the company name on the original Vendor Application

2.  The name & date of the fair that was cancelled

3.  The name & date of the fair that you wish to attend.

You will receive an email confirmation for your records.

Vendors are not required to attend a cancelled fair to receive credit. 

Vendors will not receive credit for a fair that was held as scheduled.

Vendors with limited or no competition agreements do not qualify for a credit because we lose revenue by turning away competitors.

Refunds are not available.

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Most of our outdoor fairs are advertised 'weather permitting'.

Whenever possible we wait as long as possible to cancel, sometimes waiting until the morning of the fair to make a decision.

Starting at 7am on the morning of the fair vendors and shoppers learn the status by calling 516-442-6000.

On the morning of the fair we do not send emails or make phone calls or publish details because we are at the fair site and our office is closed

​​​​​​​In the days leading up to a fair with a questionable weather forecast visit our SCHEDULE OF FAIRS for the status of a possible cancellation.

For the most pinpoint weather forecasts, we recommend weather.com

You can direct your search to any specific town on their website. 

This way you will get the exact forecast for the  fair you are interested in, rather than just a general regional forecast.

Send us an email up to one week before a fair if you want to cancel your reservation in exchange for a different fair or an account credit.

Vendors who have limited or exclusive arrangements do not receive a credit if they cancel.

We look forward to working with you!

Thanks

Alan Finchley