2025 Vendor Application

2025 Galena Country Fair Vendor Information & Application

Dear Artist / Craftsperson:

Thank you for your interest in Galena Country Fair! This popular two-day event is held annually on Columbus Day Weekend in historic Grant Park overlooking Galena, Illinois.

Galena Country Fair features more than 100 vendors selling a variety of high-quality, original handmade arts, crafts, and fine arts. Fairgoers and participants enjoy delicious food, family fun, live entertainment, children’s games, a silent auction, and raffle.

Galena Country Fair is a volunteer-run event. All proceeds from the event support a wide range of causes including strengthening our communities’ emergency services and preparedness, developing programs for youth, and improving the well-being of our citizens.

Fair Hours: Saturday, October 11, 2025 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sunday, October 12 2025 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Early Bird Shoppers: Many shoppers arrive by 8 a.m. both days.

We recommend vendors are open and ready for business by 8 a.m.

Where: Grant Park

625 Park Ave., Galena, IL

When filling out your application, please print. If we cannot read your handwriting, your data may get entered incorrectly. This will impact the way your business name, vendor name, and product information are displayed in promotional materials and on your booth sign.

We also ask that you provide your best email address on the application. Please share with us the email address that you check regularly. Vendor correspondence may be sent via email, and we definitely want all Galena Country Fair information to reach you! Please add Galenacountryfairvendors@gmail.com to your Whitelist, which may also be called the Approved or Safe Sender List. Adding Galenacountryfairvendors@gmail.com to your Whitelist is an important step that improves the chances of our emails reaching your inbox instead of your spam or junk folder.

Please visit GalenaCountryFair.com to learn more about the event and review vendors' frequently asked questions (FAQs). If you need further assistance, please call 815-777-0817.

Sincerely,

Teresa Rowe, Vendor Chairperson

Business Name

First Name

Address

Social Media URLs

LIST THE PRODUCTS AND/OR PRODUCT CATEGORIES YOU WILL OFFER FOR SALE AT THE 2025 FAIR:

Last Name

Phone/Cell *Best Contact #

Website

Etsy Shop

Please check the one category that best fits your product:

COUNTRY CRAFTS (JUDGED CATEGORY)

CRAFTS (JUDGED CATEGORY)

FINE ART (JUDGED CATEGORY)

FARMER'S MARKET (NON-JUDGED CATEGORY)

WHAT PROCESS OR MATERIAL DO YOU USE THAT MAKES YOUR PRODUCT SPECIAL? (Attach extra sheet, if necessary.)

License # of Vehicle:

License # of Trailer:

BOOTH SIZE: 10’ deep x 12’ wide; marked space.

PARKING: There is no permanent parking of vendor vehicles or trailers on Johnson Street.

SILENT AUCTION: Each artist/craft person must donate one item worth a minimum of $20.00 from their booth the weekend

of the fair. Silent Auction donations must be turned in before vendors will receive their Itinerant Merchant License.

NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE: Accepted vendors are notified around April 30, 2025. Vendors’ checks will be cashed in May. Photos will be returned in vendor packets the weekend of Galena Country Fair. Vendors not accepted will have their checks and photos returned.

VENDOR RESPONSIBILITY: Vendor is fully responsible for any loss or damage to his or her property by theft, fire or casualty.

Jo Daviess County Country Fair Charities, Inc. (Galena Country Fair) expressly disclaims any responsibility for same. Each vendor
is responsible for the conduct of his or her representatives and must not detract from the image or welfare of the show.

CLICK HERE 2025 EVENT INFORMATION & VENDOR GUIDELINES AND READ BEFORE SIGNING BELOW.

By signing this application, I certify that I have read the two-page Event Information & Vendor Guidelines document and I will adhere to all policies, agree to all terms stated above, and will donate an item worth at least $20.00 as part of my fee for participation in the Galena Country Fair. I understand the item will be used for the Silent Auction.

If we print rack cards, up to 150 event rack cards are available to each vendor wishing to help promote the event.

For this application to be considered, the following must be included:

Vendor Application (filled out; signature required)

3-5 color photos of your work (no slides/copy machine photos). Some of the photos must include actual pictures of your performing your work. Put your name on back of each photo.

$250.00 booth entry and City of Galena Itinerant Merchant application fee in the form of a check or money order payable to Galena Country Fair.

City of Galena Itinerant Merchant Application (filled out; signature required).

A large, legal-size self-addressed stamped envelope. (Large enough for your photos to fit into.)

Download Itinerant Merchant Application

Galena Country Fair will offer accepted vendors the option to have the $250.00 fee automatically withdrawn from their bank account in May. If you wish to have these fees automatically withdrawn, please sign below and provide the account number and bank routing number of the account you wish to have the fees withdrawn from.

Product Photo 1

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Product Photo 2

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Product Photo 3

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Account Holder Signatue

City of Galena Itinerant Merchant Application

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REMINDERS:

Print your application information.
Provide your best email address. The one you check regularly.
Add @GalenaCountryFair to your whitelist, approved, and/or safe sender list.
Please review the Event Information & Vendor Guidelines before applying.

Thank you for your 2025 Galena Country Fair application! We will notify you via email in May 2025 if you are selected as a vendor.

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