Welcome Food Vendors
Welcome to the 2019 Tucson Celtic Festival. This year we are incredibly proud to host the Masters World Championship Highland Games! From Iceland and Germany over the last two years – this is the year of Tucson, Arizona! As your Vendors Chair, my hope is for this to be as exciting and rewarding to you as it is to the Tucson Celtic Festival Association.
Attendance will be higher. We have partnered with Arizona Lotus Corporation and their six local radio stations to extend our marketing. We are also presenting a “World Celtic Concert” on Friday night, instead of our former activities. Our concert will feature The Tossers, supported by The Young Dubliners and Celtica, with opening music from Eldritch Dragons. Gates open at 5:30 PM. Yes – there will be another free Program-magazine for our guests this year. It will likely expand to include photos and mini-bios on the 155 athletes invited to attend from around the world. We need to cover the printing costs with advertising, so if you are interested in advertising in over 5,000 souvenir programs, please contact me at TCFA.Vendors@gmail.com.
Finally, a World Championship venture such as this has increased over overhead costs dramatically! We need sponsorships to help. I want to thank Kevin Haggard from Heritage Meat Pies/Sunblest Foods for sponsoring our Hammer Throw competition. If you are interested in a tax-deductible sponsorship, please contact me. We are looking forward to seeing you on November 1st!
Requirements/Limitations: 1. Merchant Vendors should arrive on Friday, and set-up not later than 5 pm. Late arrivals can set-up on Saturday morning from 6:30 to 7:30 am. There are no Vendor admissions after that time. 2. Vendors may not leave before Sunday at 5 pm. 3. All fees and paperwork (including insurance) must be submitted by Sept 15, 2019. 4. All vendors must have BUSINESS LICENSE from City of Tucson. 5. All vendors shall comply with TUCSON FIRE DEPT. regulations: TENT PERMITS, OPEN FLAMES. 6. All food vendors must have a Pima County Health Permit. 7. Limited electricity is available. 8. The following are prohibited: weapons, drones, animals (except documented service animals), outside liquor, overnight parking (except food trucks in place), driving on turf (limited), smoking in tents, solicitation without a TCFA issued permit.