| WHERE
3rd Friday is located on the Main Street Plaza, along S. Division Street to Circle Avenue, and at Unity Square.
WHEN
Confirmed Monthly RSVP vendors who have received vehicle load-in/out instructions from 3-4pm. First Come First Serve Vendors may fill in as walk in vendors only from 4-5pm *While space allows*.
3rd Friday and City of Salisbury staff have one hour to close streets, clear cars and clean the area to prepare for your arrival. Please be kind, and do not arrive before your designated load-in time.
Event Hours: 5 – 8pm; All vendor sales must conclude prior to 8pm; we ask that you begin to pack up at 7:45pm so cars can start loading up at 8pm. You may leave before 8pm, but cars will not be allowed back into the area to load until 8pm or until roadways are safe.
WHO
Participants at 3rd Friday include: Artisans selling hand-made crafts and artwork, cottage food vendors, and non-profits and community organizations. Commercial businesses or vendors reselling items they did not make are NOT ALLOWED to participate at this time. Thank you.
HOW TO VEND
RSVP Approved Vendors:
You have received your confirmation and may transport your items into the event area on foot, or drive-in by vehicle from 3-4pm Please check in with on-site staff to confirm your name is on our RSVP list.
Not sure if you RSVP’d? You will have received a separate confirmation email. If you did not receive this confirmation, please plan to attend as a First Come First Served walk-in vendor from 4-5pm. (see below)
First come first served vendors:
You may carry your items into the event area on foot from 4-5pm and may leave on foot at your discretion. Please check in with on-site staff to see about remaining space availability & confirm approved ActiveNet vendor status/get signed up for the future.
SET-UP
You may check in and load-in at the bottom of the plaza (intersection of Main Street and W. Market Street), or from the parking garage direction (intersection of Camden Street and S. Division Street).
There will be volunteers at these two points to answer questions. Please pull your vehicle over as much as possible to unload. This will allow others vehicles to pass. Unload and move your car to a parking lot or the garage before you set-up your area.
We have a lot of vendors and more than one vendor may fit inside a parking space.
All vendors and display materials must be within a parking space and clear of the roadway, sidewalks and bike lanes for safety purposes. Please help us keep our event ADA compliant, and accessible.
PARKING
Once you have finished unloading, please move your car to one of the many parking lots available in Downtown Salisbury. The permit parking lot near the library is free after 4pm Fridays, and the City of Salisbury parking garage offers free parking after 4pm as well.
RESTRICTED AREAS
Please do not set up on sidewalks, bike lanes, fenced areas with patio tables, or on curb bump outs. Please help us keep our event ADA compliant, and accessible 🙂
TENTS
10×10 Tents are permitted within the parking space on the south side of the plaza. You are responsible for weighing down your tent. If you do not have proper tent weights, you will be asked to take down your tent – it gets windy!
RESTROOMS
Portable restrooms will be provided near the courthouse.
ELECTRIC AVAILABILITY
Electric is available at the top of every light pole, and on the Plaza at electric stations located at each bump out. Please let a volunteer know if you require electricity, and we will help you access it – please bring your own extension cord. Please do not plug portable heaters into light poles.
INCENSE & SCENTED CANDLES
Please do not burn incense or candles during 3rd Friday – your immediate neighbors might not mind – but we get complaints – many people with asthma & allergies cannot tolerate this. Smokers are asked to move to perimeter of event.
COTTAGE FOOD VENDORS
3rd Friday has expanded to include cottage food items. An additional registration form is required to sell these items. If you are an existing vendor that would like to add cottage food items to your display – please apply on Active Network and email us; you can download the form from our website or click here.
IMPORTANT: Cottage Food is pre-packaged and made by you and has specific label needs. Please DO NOT SELL food items prepared on site such as: COTTON CANDY, SMOOTHIES, CANNED SODAS OR WATERS, SNOW CONES, HOT FOOD.
RAIN POLICY
In the event of severe weather, 3rd Friday may cancel the outdoor events – and will notify vendors via email no later than 12pm on the day of the event. Please use your best judgement setting up in inclement weather, and take care to protect your items in the event of a surprise shower.
OTHER REMINDERS
Bring your own table and chair. Please no raffles or sale / giveaways of non-cottage food items. Please do not play amplified music at your booth. For questions involving Sales Tax please contact us. Only handmade items please – no resale or flea market items.
NON-COMPETE ZONES Non-compete zones are back this year (see map below). Vendors with a majority of handmade goods of similar nature to storefront businesses may NOT set up within 100 ft of the storefront. |
