Artisan Booths
The Kenai River Festival is a great place to find local, hand-crafted art in addition to delicious food and treats. If you are interested in reserving a booth at the 2010 festival, please read through the information below and download an application. All the details are outlined here and in the application.
NEW this year! - For those of you that have participated in the Kenai River Festival in the past, you'll notice several changes this year. The biggest being the addition of evening concerts on Friday and Saturday. These are FREE concerts and we are expecting good crowds both evening.
If you have additional questions, please contact Josselyn O'Connor.
Minimum fees are established for 10'X10' booth spaces.
OUTDOOR SPACE $125 (You provide your own canopy) SPACE UNDER OUR TENT $150 (You are seeking a spot in a larger tent provided by KWF. Only eight 10X10 spaces available)
Craft Guidelines
All work must be hand-crafted by the artist! No manufactured or store bought items allowed. All applicants must subit a photo or website address depicting samples of their artwork. The application requires craft vendors to give a full destription of all types of crafts to be sold - including people sharing booth spaces.
The Festival committee reserves the right to ask applicants to leave if items for sale do not honor the request for HAND-CRAFTED items only.
Set-Up
Vendor set-up will begin at 10:00 am on Friday, June 11. We will have a Festival representative on site beginning at 9:30 that morning to help you find your spot. The Festival officially opens at 5:00 pm that evening.
Space Assignment
All booths are granted on a "First Come – First Serve" basis based on date of postmark on completed application. All requirements must be met and approved by Festival committee.
Special requests for spaces are also granted on this basis. If you would like the same space as the previous year, you must return your application by the early vendor deadline – May 1 – or you may be issued a different space.
Returning Vendors - Vendors from previous years event requesting their same space will be assigned first.
Returning Vendors requesting different space - Vendors from previous years event requesting a change in location, will be granted after returning vendors are assigned.
New Vendors - New vendors will be assigned booth space based on availability.
Dates and Deadlines
- May 1 - Early Application Deadline
- May 28 - Begin mailing booth confirmation and final instructions to vendors.
- Thursday, June 10 - Set-Up begins at 3 pm.
- Friday, June 11 - NEW this year! Festival is open from 5 pm to 10 pm (Vendors are expected to stay open for business until 9 pm.)
- Saturday, June 12 - Festival is open from 11 am to Midnight (Vendors are expected to stay open for business until 8 pm, but encouraged to stay open till 10 pm!)
- Sunday, June 13 - Festival is open from 11 am to 4 pm (ALL vendors are expected to stay open for business until 4 pm on Sunday!)
Vendor Camping & Lodging
Camping is NOT allowed on the Festival grounds at Soldotna Creek Park. There is camping nearby at Centennial Park and Swiftwater Park. Both are located within a mile of the festival grounds. Both are managed by the City of Soldotna. There are several other close options for lodging and camping. We encourage you to visit the offical Visit Soldotna website as you make your plans to explore our area.
Vendor Parking
Upon confirmation, we will email vendors a Parking Pass. Vendor Parking will be in the main lot at Soldotna Creek Park. This parking lot will be blocked off and will only be used for vendor, volunteer, band, KWF, KDLL. All attendee parking will be at off-site locations, including Hutchings, Aspen Hotel, Johnson Tire, Peninsula Center Mall.