sweetiepie wrote:Wow! That is a huge fee for a farmer's market.
Actually, $300 isn't all that outrageous. While I haven't checked lately, our local farmers market, which runs from the last week in April to the weekend just prior to Thanksgiving, used to charge $25 to register for the season, then an additional $10 each week to reserve the vendors weekend spot. The reason for this was that many vendors would register for the season & then not show up every week, thus leaving a spot vacant. And our farmers market does have a long waiting list for vendors. This way when vendors need or want to take a time out, their spot can be utilized by someone else. And all monies accrued for the market go towards advertising the market, maintenance, & liability insurance for the space by the town, so it's not like a profit is being reaped.