Please read the info below about applying to RCF!

Austin’s 1st Annual Renegade Craft Fair will take place May 15 + 16, 2010, from 11am – 7pm, indoors at the Palmer Events Center, located at 900 Barton Springs Road nearby Austin’s South Congress (aka SoCo) neighborhood. The venue is a ‘Pavilion in the Park‘, surrounded by a 54-acre cultural park on the shores of Lady Bird Lake (formerly, Town Lake) with views of Downtown Austin!

There is room for about 230 booths at the fair. This is our first year in Austin though, so we may not fill up. We may have room for larger interactive booths – so email us if you have ideas for workshops and the like! Otherwise, each booth space is 10′x10′.

The application process for Austin’s 2010 event runs from January 5 – February 5. You must submit an online application, photos and $325 fee by midnight on February 5 in order to be considered for a spot in the fair.

Sure! But please help us stay organized by applying all together, and listing one person as a main contact. Include everybody’s business names and emails on the application, and send photos + payment at the same time. Participation at the fair is priced per-booth, so even if sharing a booth – the cost is $325.

Unfortunately, we limit one booth per business. Email us if you have an idea for a larger interactive booth!

We encourage international vendors to apply, but please check with the IRS to square away all your paperwork before proceeding!

You’ll be notified by email on February 12 whether or not you’ve been accepted into the fair.

Because we often receive many more applications than we can accept, and to keep the items offered at the fair of high quality – the fair is juried. We review everyone’s complete application and then make our choice based on several factors:

• How your items fit in with our vision of ‘Renegade’ crafts
• The quality, innovation and uniqueness of your wares
• The overall cohesiveness and consistency of your work
• If a shared application, the cumulative quality of work
• How your items are represented in your photos/website
• Our need to diversify the crafts available at RCF

Check out our photos to get an idea of what we’re looking for!

If you’re not accepted, $300 of your $325 application fee will be refunded to you via PayPal no later than February 19. We keep a $25 jurying fee per application.

Once accepted into the fair, you have until April 1 to cancel and still receive a full refund, minus jurying fee. If you have to cancel after this date – you will receive a 50% refund up until two weeks before the fair, and no refunds will be offered if a cancellation is made within two weeks of the fair.

Once you cancel, you forfeit your spot in the fair and you are not permitted to sell or trade your space. We reserve the right to fill spots as we see fit.

Your booth fee includes a 10′ x 10′ booth space for two days. Artists will also receive their logo + link on our website throughout 2010!

Vendors are responsible for supplying their own display items. Tables + chairs will be available to rent thru us once accepted. This event is held indoors, so there’s no need for a canopy!

You are responsible for registering your small business with the IRS and collecting sales tax for the items you’re selling. When tax time comes around, you’ll have to pay income tax on all the items you sold and pay the sales tax to the state where the fair is held. We recommend that you call the Texas Department of Revenue and the IRS for more info:

Texas Dept. of Revenue: 1-800-252-5555 or www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/sales
IRS: 1-800-829-4933 or www.irs.gov

Thank you for reading!