Merrick Street Fair

Produced in association with the Merrick Chamber of Commerce

October 25-26

10am-5pm

With reasonably good weather 300 vendors and 15,000 shoppers. 

Each fair has a limited amount of vendor spaces available for rent.

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

Click here to prepay through our Vendor Application.

VENDOR RENTAL RATES

Artists, crafters, gift curators, farm stands, prepackaged food items exclusively for home consumption, individually operated independent service providers, and elected officials 

$110 total rent for each space each day.

Food Vendors 

Selling from stands.  

$225 for each space each day.

Food trucks

$250 for each day.

Each food truck will receive two 10' spaces

Food trucks are encouraged to bring tables and seating for their customers.

As a rule we try to limit competitiion for each food vendor's main menu item.

Food vendors are encouraged to include their entire menu on their application.

If there are concerns about certain items we will contact you to discuss.

Service Providers 

$250 total rent for each space each day.

This refers to providers with more than a small handful of employees.

Examples are companies offering insurance, home improvement and related products, communications, real estate, health care, etc, who may or may not be affiliated with larger regional, national or international organizations.

When you successfully submit a vendor application an auto generated email will be sent to you with instructions on what to do next.

If this email does not appear in your inbox check your spam folder.

To avoid delays when you check in, please bring the confirming email showing the fairs you have paid for and the amount you paid.

If space is availabel on the day of a fair, vendors may pay by cash or Zelle.

Charities

We offer space to charities for no rental fee.

By our definition, a charity does not have paid employees.

A charity is run excusively by volunteers.

Charitable organizations are welcome to email us their request for free space shop@nassaucountyfairs.com.

If we accommodate the request here are the requirements~

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 your organization.

You must comply with all vendor set up and break down requirements. 

Under no circumstances are individuals or groups permitted to distribute literature without our express permission..

DIRECTIONS 

GPS 14 Merrick Avenue, Merrick NY 11566

VENDOR RULES

When you set up in the morning do not place your items to the left or right of your space because you might be in another vendor's space and you might be liable for paying for the additional space.

During the selling day please be respectful and considerate of your neighboring vendors by keeping all items within the confines of your space. 

Placing merchandise, signage, or chairs outside your 10'x10' space is unacceptable.

Vendors who leave early must carry or wheel their items to their vehicles.

Vendors are prohibited from calling out to shoppers and from walking through the fair to distribute literature or attract shoppers to their booth.

Vendors may only greet shoppers who approach their booth

You must check in  before setting up.

You might be relocated if you do not check in.

There are two separate areas where vendors set up:

1. On Merrick Avenue between Sunrise Highway and Broadcast Plaza.

Check in for vendors setting up between Sunrise and Broadcast Plaza starts at approximately 7am, when Merrick Avenue has been closed off by public safety officials.

Management will be on Merrick Avenue at the intersection of Broadcast Plaza from 7am to check in vendors.

In most cases we do not pre-assign vendor spaces. 

Space is assigned when you arrive based on availibility and your acceptance of the space.

Vendors arriving to set up after 9:30 will not be permitted to drive onto Merrick Avenue and should be prepared to carry or wheel their items to their space.

Vendors should park in the LIRR parking lot and carry or wheel a table or canopy with you when you check in with management and you will then be directed to your space.

You may leave your table or canopy on the sidewalk directly behind your s pace until the avenue is closed to vehicular traffic and bring your other items from your car and place them on the sidewalk directly behind your space.

Unload as quickly as possible before setting up your display and park in any legal space off Merrick Avenue..

At the risk of being towed, do not leave your vehicle parked in the LIRR lot.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            There is ample free parking in the Municipal lot just off Broadcast Plaza 100' west of Merrick Avenue.

Toward the end of the day all vendors must begin to break down their displays in time to be off Merrick Avenue no later than 6pm.

You may place your tent, tables, and all other items on the sidewalk directly behind your space and then drive your vehicle to your space when permitted by management and or public safety officials.

If you break down your booth before being given permission to drive your vehicle to your space, you must carry or wheel your items to your vehicle.     

2. On Merrick Avenue starting at Smith Street and going north.

On Saturday and Sunday vendor set up starts at 7am providing Merrick Avenue has been closed off by public safety officials. 

Our green vested staff will be on Merrick Avenue at Smith Street to greet and set vendors up.

Vendors arriving to set up after 9:30 will not be permitted to drive onto Merrick Avenue and should be prepared to carry or wheel their items to their space.

Unload as quickly as possible before setting up your display and park in any legal space off Merrick Avenue.

In addition of street parking there are ample spaces in the several municipal lots just off Merrick Avenue.

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.   

Trade show top quality 6' fitted floor length black machine washable table covers are sold by show management for $20 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.