**Please carefully read through the following information before submitting your application.
VENDING DATES & TIMES
Friday, June 19
-South Depot Zone: To Be Determined (begining between 1 and 5pm until 9pm)
Saturday, June 20
-South Depot Zone: 11am-8pm
-North Depot Zone: 11am-8pm
-Jones House (Nonprofits): 11am-6pm
Sunday, June 21
-Boonerang Internatinal: Noon-7pm
(Apply seperately HERE)
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Vendors with CBD products will not be invited to the festival. No alcohol vending applications will be accepted. Boonerang works directly with breweries and cideries. For more info, email info@boonerangfest.com.
- Vending spaces are 10'x10' (other than food trucks and certain pre-approved vendors)
- If a vendor wishes to share a booth, they must indicate who their booth partner will be in the application.
- Vending will occur in downtown Boone along closed streets, parking lots, and other locations such as the Jones House.
- Vendors are required to bring their own tents, tables, and fixtures (unless other accommodations are discussed and approved in advance).
- Nonprofit applicants should plan to offer some sort of activity or service to be considered for acceptance. Nonprofits with an arts or sustainability focus will be given preference. If you have a nonprofit that is interested in participating in the festival in another way (pouring partners, kids zone, sponsor), please email us.
- Submitting an application does not guarantee acceptance into Boonerang and not all vendors will be invited to participate both days of the festival.
- All applications are juried. Applications will be approved or denied based upon quality of work, booth presentation, event needs, amount of duplicated products, space availability, and required criteria of the event.
- Preference will be given to applicants with a Boone connection.
- If you would like to participate in the Boonerang International celebration on Sunday, June 21, please fill out the application available at https://www.boonerangfest.com/international
DEADLINE & COSTS
- Application Fee: $25 for all applicants (this is non-refundable and seperate from the fee for accepted vendors)
- Due Date: Applications are due by February 1, 2026
- Jury Decisions: Vendors will be notified of acceptance status by March 6, 2026
- Vendor Pricing:
- Artist Vendor (10'x10' space):
-$175 (Friday and Saturday only)
-$125 (Saturday only)
- Businesses: Only allowed by sponsorship or invitation
- Nonprofits: $50
- Desserts/snacks/non-meal food carts/tent: $125-$500 (depending on days, location, and needs)
- Food Trucks: $500-$750 (depending on days, location, and needs)