Applications open up one month prior to the fair. Applications must be submitted online. Please submit ONE application PER  business. Children working as a group should submit one application that includes each child's information. No more than 3 participants per business.

I do my best to limit the same business concept to deter too much competition between those companies and to allow for each business to try to make as much money as possible.  

The fair will be a tented outdoor event with booths. We are not able to accommodate businesses requiring electricity. If your application is accepted, you will be emailed a site map with booth locations ahead of time. 

Unfortunately, we are not able to provide electricity to the booths.

This event is designed to give children the experience of selling a product or service.

Parents of younger children may sit in the booth, but the children should be responsible for set up, customer interaction, and sales.

Parents may help their child fill out the application, but we expect the children to do as much as possible by themselves. 

Young people are the decision makers in everything regarding their business. As adults, we know a lot and get excited for our kids so we want to give suggestions and advice on what to do or how to do it. But the magic is in letting the young people create something themselves, in the way they uniquely do it, and celebrating that. You would be surprised at how well they do when we take a step back and let them do their thing, and how well their ideas are received whether it’s a product or service, to the rest of the public. Please support them by letting them lead. They are getting real-life practice in decision making during the prep phase of the fair and real-life practice in execution of their plans, selling, presenting, and counting money on the event day. It’s not about perfection either, just progress. We can learn from all the things that come up and we don’t want to try and control that! Just go with the flow :)