beer FEST FOOD VENDOR FORMS

South Orange Downtown would love for your business to participate in our 1st ever BEER FEST event, on Saturday, Sept 14th from 2-6pm at the Sloan Street Parking Lot. There is NO FEE to participate.

This exciting event will gather up to 1,000 21+ residents and visitors sampling 2oz of beer from a variety of craft beer regional vendors. This offers a fantastic opportunity for you to showcase your business to a large and diverse audience.

Business Opportunities

  • Food Establishments: Sell your food, snacks and/or non alcoholic beverages

  • Retail Establishments: Sell your products and showcase your offerings

  • Service Providers: Engage attendees with interactive activities or demonstrations

  • All Participants: Interactive setups are highly encouraged as they attract a larger audience. Additionally, having promotional materials to share or creating a nice display can enhance your presence

REQUIREMENTS

  • Fill out the form to be a part of the event

  • You must be completely set-up in the Sloan St Lot no later than 1:30PM (you will be assigned a 10’ x 10’ spot in the lot)

  • All vendors are responsible for bringing their own tents, tables, chairs, point of sales, wifi, etc. Tents should be no bigger than 10'x10'. Feel free to personalize your space with branded items such as banners, tablecloths etc. We encourage you to use your space to promote your product(s), brand or service(s) as best you can

  • If you plan to use a generator, please contact Lisa Szulewski lisa@southorangedowntown.org. Pre-approval is required

  • Please sign and submit the Hold Harmless form to Lisa@southorangedowntown.org

  • You must also be available for the rain date for this event: Sun Sept 15th from 2pm-6pm

FOOD BUSINESSES THAT PLAN TO COOK ON SITE

*Food establishments that plan to cook on site at the event must apply for a fire permit. Please see the simple steps below:

  • Click this link to apply for a Type 1 Permit and pay the one-time $54 fee (please make sure to note somewhere on the application that there is a rain date for the event of Sept 15)

  • Submit the mobile food truck/trailer inspection form

  • Submit a Certificate of Insurance (COI) listing the Township of South Orange and South Orange Village Center Alliance as additional insured

All forms minus the type 1 permit which gets submitted on the Village website, should be submitted to to lisa@southorangedowntown.org and I will pass them through to the fire inspector.