Market stalls
Market stalls
The Festival Committee aims to offer festival-goers a unique array of personally created, hand-made art and craft goods in a friendly and colourful atmosphere.
The Market supports artists and crafts people who create their own items, produce and art in Australia.
Market stalls will only operate on Saturday 29 March 2025.
Expressions of interest are open 17 November 2024 to 12 January 2025. There is no guarantee that stall holders will be invited back on an annual basis.
Please note, this is not the monthly community market. Their organisers can be contacted separately at www.warrandyteriversidemarket.com.au
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Expression of interest open: 17 November 2024
Expression of interest close: 12 January 2025
Applicants advised: 24 January 2025
Successful applicants full application form and site payment due: 28 February 2025
Market stall trading: Saturday 29 March 2025
Event: Friday 28 March 2025 from 5.00pm – 9.00pm and
Saturday 29 March 2025 from 8.30am – 10.00pm -
Stiggants Reserve, Corner of Stiggant and Yarra Streets, Warrandyte, Victoria
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Friday
No tradingSaturday
From 10.00am – 10.00pm -
Bump in Saturday between 7.00am - 9.00am
Vehicles must not move on the reserve between 9.00am and 10.30pm.
Bump out Saturday between 10.30pm - 11.30pm
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Upper Reserve
$150 per site (one day)
Payment
Payment details will be provided to successful applicants.
Once offered a site, late payment will result in your application being withdrawn without warning.
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-Stall areas are approximately 3 x 3 meters.
-Request for larger sites need to be indicated on the application form. They will be allocated only if there is enough space.
-Provision of all equipment is the stallholder’s responsibility, including tables, displays, cover matting, tents/marquees, cord-free lighting etc.
-All tent pegs are to be covered and all equipment secured for windy conditions.
-Tables, chairs and market umbrellas will be provided by the Festival Committee for patrons use only.
-The Festival Committee provides no security. All tents and equipment are the stallholder’s responsibility for the duration of the Festival weekend.
-All tent pegs are to be covered and all equipment to be secured for weather (including windy) conditions.
-Stallholders are not permitted to play their own music (as we have live bands performing throughout the weekend).
-Due to the topography of Warrandyte, stallholders are advised that no site will be perfectly level. The Upper Reserve is located on a hill with a significant incline. Please plan for this.
-Please plan for hot and cold weather (including rain) and protect your stall accordingly.
-Please limit commercial advertising on tents and/or as part of the stall set up.
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Stall holders are invited to sell goods made by you, in your home or studio.
Applications will not be accepted if goods are mass-produced, manufactured or made overseas.
To clarify whether your goods will be accepted, you are welcome to email market@warrandytefestival.org and include a description and photo of your products.
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If you are selling alcohol it is your responsibility to apply for a liquor licence.
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Power is not available for Market Stalls.
Stall holders are responsible for lighting their stalls from dusk onwards.
Please use cordless, battery operated lighting.
Very small and silent generators may be used with prior permission.
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The Warrandyte Festival Committee continues to work towards a waste-free event.
Stallholders and participants are required to provide services and materials in line with the Warrandyte Festival Committee’s waste management and recycling guidelines.
Compliance to the following guidelines is essential:
-Any packaging must be recyclable e.g. bio-degradable products, paper, aluminium and steel cans rather than hard plastic/plastic wrap and polystyrene.
-Avoid unnecessary packaging and/or promotional materials.
-Under no circumstances is polystyrene or glass to be used.
-Stallholders are responsible for their own waste disposal and the Festival waste containers/bins cannot be utilised for this purpose.
-Stallholders are to take their rubbish home with them each day. This includes the removal of boxes/cartons/and any large paper containers that you bring to the Festival. Bins are provided for the Festival goers only.
-Any boxes/cartons/and any large paper containers that you bring to the Festival are not to be put into the small recycle bins.
-If you have rotating or voluntary staff, please place readable information about being waste wise where they can see it before their shift.
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On days of total fire ban it is your responsibility to acquire a permit from the CFA headquarters if you are to use an open flame or fuel. The CFA will advise you on what can or can’t be used.
In case of extreme weather or fire conditions and on advice from the CFA and Police, the Warrandyte Festival Committee reserves the right to cancel or postpone the Festival.
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Please note that one parking permit will be issued per stall.
A specific stallholder parking area will be available to parking permit holders only on a first in, first-served basis.
The stallholder parking area is a five minute walk from the location of stalls.
Permits will be available once successful applicants have paid their site fees and submitted all required documentation.
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Risk Management
You are required to read and abide by the Warrandyte Festival Risk Management Guidelines.
Employing staff
If you are employing staff, you are required to provide your own appropriate work cover and ensure your own occupational health and safety requirements are met, at your own cost.
Public Liability Insurance
Market Stall holders must provide their own Public Liability Insurance, at their own cost.
If offered a stall, copies of your Public Liability Insurance documents must be provided when you complete further documentation, or be emailed before closing date.
It is your responsibility to ensure that your coverage is appropriate and adequate.
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Please email our Market Coordinators at market@warrandytefestival.org with any enquiries.
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Apply now: Expression of interest form