Festival Date: July 13-14, 2023

10am-5pm on Saturday and 10am-5pm on Sunday. Vendors must be on site with their booths open during festival hours.

Location: Chehalem Cultural Center, 415 E. Sheridan St., Newberg, OR 97132

WVLF and CCC invite artists, crafters and growers to apply. An assigned committee juries all new applicants. Criteria include craftsmanship, artistic skill, originality and market enhancement/suitability.

If you have any questions about the application process please contact: festivals@chehalemculturalcenter.org

Requirements and Rules

1. Booth fee is $200 for the weekend.

2. No fresh cut lavender sales (dried lavender is okay)

3. No lavender plant sales

4. All art & craft vendors participating in the festival are highly encouraged to sell products with lavender.

5. Vendors must be on site and have their booths open during festival hours. No removal of booths or entry of vehicles is allowed during event hours or before the official closing time.

6. Booth spaces are 10 x 10 each and all equipment must be kept within booth boundaries. The Willamette Valley Lavender Festival management reserves the right to assign booth space.

7. All payment transactions must be made through the vendor. The festival is not responsible for merchant services or payments of your goods.

8. If you use a tent or other type of canopy to cover your space (recommended), you must weigh down your tent. This is required as a safety precaution. The booths will be located in a paved area. No stakes are permitted.

9. If you are accepted as a vendor at the Willamette Valley Lavender Festival and you need to cancel for any reason, please notify the vendor coordinator (jeanneann@chehalemculturalcenter.org) as soon as possible so that we may contact a wait-listed vendor. Booths are non-transferable. Once accepted, application fees are non-refundable except in the case of festival cancellation.

Notification of Acceptance

Applications will be considered in the order they are received and jurying will continue until all spaces are full. The jury meets on or near the first of each month.

Accepted applicants will be notified after the meeting in which they were juried. Artisans are encouraged to apply early, as space is limited for this popular event. Applications that are received after all spaces are full are wait-listed. Applicants payments will either by deposited or returned after they have been juried.

Cancellation

If you are accepted as an art/craft vendor at the Willamette Valley Lavender Festival and you need to cancel for any reason, please notify the vendor coordinator as soon as possible so that we may contact a wait-listed vendor. Once accepted, application fees are non-refundable and booths are non-transferable unless the festival is canceled. The festival will take place regardless of weather, bloom time or other adverse conditions that are non-COVID related.

Social Networking/Links

There are several ways you can help promote the Festival through the internet and email. Please direct people to the following websites for information. We will be posting on our Facebook page often leading up to the event. Please like our Facebook page and share the information. If you have a Facebook page you would like us to share, please provide the link on your application.

Please use the following links for promotional use:
www.chehalemculturalcenter.org/lavender
www.facebook.com/pages/WillametteValleyLavenderFestival