Farmingdale

Craft & Gift Fair 

On the Village Green

Saturday & Sunday September 21-22, 2024

10am-5pm each day

Capacity of up to 75 vendors.

Farmers Market Sunday.

On Main Street adjacent to Village Hall and Municipal Parking Lots.

Add $10 to rates shown below if paying on the day of the fair.

Independent Art, Craft, Gift, Farm Stand, Not-For-Profit, Small Independent Service Vendors, Political Candidates and Incumbents.

$100 total rent for each space for each day.

$110 for space each day for vendors requiring limited or no competition for their product or brand such as Scentsy, Paparazzi, Color Street, face painters, henna artists, etc.

Food/beverage vendors selling from tables.  

$210 for for each space each day. 

Food trucks

Sorry, food trucks are not permitted to set up on the Village Green.

Multi-Location Service Vendors and Organizations   

$235 total rent for each space each day.

$245 for space each day for service vendors requiring limited or no competition for their product or brand

Explanation of service vendors rental rates:   

Maryann’s Merrick Spa or Joe's Bethpage Hardware are examples of small, local independent service vendors paying a lower rent.    

New York Life or T-Mobile are examples of larger regional, national, or international multi-location service vendors paying a higher rent.   

Charitable nonprofit and government organizations   

A charitable nonprofit organization is one that qualifies for tax-exempt status by the IRS because its mission and purpose are to further a social cause and provide a public benefit. 

Charitable nonprofit organizations include hospitals, universities, national charities and foundations.  

The polices set forth by our nonprofit associates do not allow any organizations or groups to promote issues which are considered to be controversial at our Fairs.

Nonprofit and government organizations receive space on the following conditions: 

An Online vendor application or a Mail In Vendor Application is submitted with a $25 registration payment for each space each day.

No items are offered for sale

No donations are solicited or accepted.

Your booth is open for all advertised hours. 

The free space is limited to literature and signage to create awareness, education, and involvement for the organization.

If you are setting up a table it must be covered with a quality material that ideally reaches the floor on all four sides

If you are setting up a canopy it must have 18 pounds of weight on each leg on windy days for public safety.   

Directions

GPS  361 Main St, Farmingdale, NY 11735 

VENDOR SET UP DETAILS

Set up time on Saturday and Sunday starting at 7am and continues throughout the morning hours.  

The vendor lineup starts at 361 Main Street.

After you have unloaded, please proceed as soon as possible to park your vehicle in the Municipal Lot #4 at Wesche Drive and Cherry Street by the school.

This is the only place where vendors may legally park.

By order of the Village of Farmingdale, vendors and their employees who park in any other Municipal Lot or on any street are subject to being towed at their expense and barred from participation in future fairs on the Village Green.

Do not park on Main Street at any time except to unload or load when you arrive and leave.

If Main Street becomes too congested in the morning or at the end of the day vendors may be directed to 5 Rose Lane to unload or load.

Do not park on Rose Lane at any other time.

Do not use the Rose Lane entrance unless directed by our staff. 

Vendors may not unload directly at their space because Farmingdale will not allow vehicles on the Village Green.

Vendors should be prepared to carry or cart their items from their vehicle to their space. The distance could be anywhere from 10'100' from your vehicle to your space.

Space is assigned on a first come basis.

There are no 'bad' locations at this or any of our shows.

A yellow or green vested staff member will greet you and direct you to available space.

If you cannot find a staff member when you arrive to set up, please ask any vendor where they can be found or call us at 516-442-6000 because we might be anywhere on the grounds helping other vendors.

Do not set up on your own.

Set up only under the direction of a staff member.

Vendors set up on grassy lawn.

Vendor spaces vary in size from 3'x6 to 10'x10'.

Vendors may set up their own 10x10 canopy in their space.

Each space may or may not have some additional area to display wares.

Vendors are responsible for supplying their own fixtures, tables, tent.

Electric is not available.

Vendors and their helpers must park in the nearby designated vendor parking lot When we assign your space, we will let you know where you and your help must park.

Vendors may leave their tent and tables overnight, but under no circumstances leave merchandise overnight.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Vendors renting in advance for both days must leave tables and or tent frame in their space on Saturday night in order to guarantee having the same location for Sunday.

On windy days for public safety vendors setting up a portable tent must have at least 18lbs of weight on each leg of the tent.

Vendors who sell quality items that are displayed on a bare table only diminish the look overall appearance of the fair.

For your own good we strongly recommend covering your tables with a quality material. 

Vendors may purchase floor length 4' or 6' black fitted machine washable trade show quality table covers from management for $15-$20 each while supplies last.  

Vendors are responsible for removing any and all garbage, debris, boxes, etc. from their space and taking them away from the Fair grounds.