Merrick Art Craft & Gift Vendor Fair

Saturday & Sunday April 29-30, 2023 

10am-5pm each day

With reasonably good weather 100+ vendors each day 4,000+ shoppers for the two-day Fair.

Prepaying is the only way to guarantee that space will be available for you when you arrive to sell.

If your application arrives after we are sold out you will receive an immediate full refund.

Click here to be directed to our online vendor application.

Click here to be directed to our vendor application that you can print and fill out by hand and send to us by US mail.

Vendor Rental Rates 

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 free space on the following conditions: 

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. 

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

$100 total rent for either day of the two-day Fair.

$190 total rent for both days of the two-day Fair. 

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

$220 total rent for both days of the two-day Fair for vendors requiring limited or no competition for their product or brand such as Scentsy, Paparazzi, Color Street, face painters, henna artists, etc.

Multi-Location Service Vendors and Organizations   

$210 total rent for either day of the two-day Fair.

$360 total rent for both days of the two-day Fair.

Multi-Location Service Vendors and Organizations requiring limited or no competition for their service or company

$230  total rent for either day of the two-day Fair.

$380 total rent for both days of the two-day Fair.

Explanation of  service vendors rental rates:   

Maryann’s Dance Studio, Joe Smith Real Estate, or an independent personal training center are examples of small, local independent service vendors paying a lower rent.    

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

Food Vendors  

Food vendor spaces are sold out. 

VENDOR SET UP DETAILS & INSTRUCTIONS 

GPS 1 Broadcast Plaza, Merrick NY 11566 

Vendor set up starts at 7am and continues throughout the morning hours. 

All vendors set up in the Municipal Parking Lot of the Merrick LIRR station.

There are no ‘bad’ or ‘dead end spaces’, so there is no one space that is ‘better’ than another. 

DO NOT USE OR SET UP IN A SPACE UNLESS IT IS UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF OUR STAFF. 

Our green/yellow vested staff members will greet you and direct you to available space.   

If you cannot find a staff member please ask any vendor where they can be found.   

Our staff will be ready starting at 7am to set up vendors, again on a first come basis.  

Please follow instructions and line up as directed and remain in your vehicle.  

When it is your turn to set up you will be asked by our staff how many spaces you want.  

Please place all of your items into your space and immediately park your vehicle out of the parking lot.

There is ample street parking and a large free lot behind the Merrick Cinemas directly across Broadcast Plaza.   

Each vendor space is approximately 12’ wide and 10’ deep.  

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

There is room to set up a 10'x10' tent in every space and at least 3 six foot tables in a U-shape.   

Please make sure that you do not place your items in any space but your own at any time.  

Do not begin to set up your canopy or tables or display until you have parked your car as required.  

Find a legal space on the street other than Broadcast Plaza or park in any of the many parking lots up and down Merrick Avenue.  

The closest parking lot is directly across the street from the Fair behind the movie theatre. 

On Saturday and Sunday vendor set up starts at 7 am and continues throughout the morning hours.   

If you have not reserved space in advance and if space is available, we will allow you to set up and you will be responsible for paying rent as shown above.

Management will visit every vendor starting at about 9am to confirm prepaid renters or collect rent from vendors who have not prepaid.   

Vendors renting space both Saturday and Sunday may leave their canopy and tables set up overnight.  

If you want to guarantee getting the same space on Sunday, then you must leave something in your space when you leave Saturday such as tables and or tent frame.  

If you do not follow this procedure, then in order to get a space on Sunday you must follow the same procedure you did when you arrived on Saturday.   

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

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 their look and lower the overall appearance of the Market.    

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.