Thank you for your interest in the 2024 Artisan Market. If you’d like to be considered for this year’s event, please submit your vendor application below. Applications will be open from July 1-September 22, 2024. Vendors will be notified of their acceptance status by October 1, 2024.
For additional questions, please email
artisanmarket@thecrossing.church
Artisan Market 2024
The Artisan Market is one of our favorite traditions to kick off the Advent season. This is a free, family-friendly event with live Christmas music, activities for all ages, local artisans, and food vendors.
The Artisan Market is a chance for us to come together to shop locally, shop intentionally, and to purchase with a purpose. Each year, vendors of the market donate 25% of their sales from the event to a different local organization. This year's recipient is The Sharing Shed, an organization in O’Fallon who provides furniture for families that have been victims of house fires and floods, have been displaced due to loss of employment, are fleeing abusive situations, are recovering from homelessness, or are dealing with other hardships.
To be considered for the event, please submit your application by September 22, 2024. The event coordinators will review applications and make decisions based on prices and types of products sold. All applicants will be informed of their status by October 1, 2024.
Vendor Requirements
- All artisan and craft items must be handmade. We are not accepting applications for direct sales companies or independent consultants.
- Except for food trucks, every vendor will be located inside. Indoor vendors will have the same amount of space allotted to them.
- Electricity or generators will not be provided for food trucks. Outdoor food vendors will have their own designated area to set up in the parking lot.
- Vendors are responsible for bringing any decorations, tablecloths, promotional items for their display. An 8 ft table and 2 chairs will be provided for each indoor vendor. Additional tables cannot be brought in but vertical displays are allowed.
- The selling of alcoholic beverages or items with profanity will not be permitted.
- We will not provide POS systems for vendors, so please plan accordingly on how you will process payments.
- In lieu of a vendor fee, all vendors will be required to donate 25% of their sales to support a local organization. At the end of the night, donations will be collected by the event coordinators.
- Vendors must stay for the duration of the event, so please plan to bring enough inventory. Vendors that pack up and leave early may be disqualified from participating in future events.