2011 Food Vendors Information and Contract

The heart of the Peterborough Folk Festival is an unticketed all day and evening event on the banks of the Otonabee River in Rotary Park. We invite you to take part in our 21^st Annual Festival as one of our popular food vendors.

The Festival will provide:

• a designated space in the food vendors area in Rotary Park on Saturday, August 27^th, 2011: to sell food from 11:00pm until 6:00pm. Night vendors may sell food from 5:30pm until 11:00pm

• containers for waste and recyclables

• listing on the website and inclusion in the festival guide (if available before print deadline)

• a link from our website (www.ptbofolkfest.ca) to yours

• a space near the Main Stage for evening food vendors. Please keep service quiet. Please note that electrical outlets are NOT available; vendors must provide their own evening lighting.

• a vehicle pass. Vehicles may not enter the site before 8:00am and must leave by 10:45am, and will be allowed back on the site briefly at 6:00pm. Night vendors’ vehicles will be allowed back on the site at 11:15pm. A pass will be emailed to you after the contract and fee have been received.

TheVendor will provide:

• a brief description of their wares

• a sun/rain awning

• signage for the booth

• tables and chairs for the booth

• personnel to staff the booth at all times

• any other resources required for food service

• safe, hygienic food handling, preparation and storage to comply with Peterborough Health Unit Standards

• a vendor’s permit

• insurance

• lamps for night vending. Solar-powered or battery powered lamps are strongly recommended as the PFF cannot guarantee access to electrical outlets.

• GST and PST collection

• A thorough cleanup of their site at the end of service. Please remove all belongings and garbage. Leaving behind a messy site will be cause to be excluded from future festival events.

Conditions

• The PFF is not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged items.

• There will be no refunds. This is a rain or shine event.

• Site pass must be displayed in vehicles to ensure they are not towed.

• Generators are no longer prohibited, but music-drowning noise is.

Zero Waste Initiatives

Like many other festivals, the PFF has implemented a zero-waste policy. 2007 saw the introduction of several programs designed to lessen the environmental impacts of our “one last sweet summer weekend.” Now, we’re doing whatever we can to make it even sweeter.

Our green initiatives take enormous amounts of volunteer power. Our “green team” takes care of everything from sorting garbage and recyclables to toting wagonloads of dishes to the nearest industrial dishwasher for sterilization between uses. We’re formalizing our request for our food vendors to help us tread more lightly.

• The PFF will once again provide unlimited purified/spring water to guests, for a $2.00 donation. As of the 2008 festival, commercially-bottled water in individually-sized bottles is not to be sold at the Peterborough Folk Festival. We strongly encourage (and really hope for) the vending of other delicious beverages.

• The PFF now provides a 'Green Dishes' service where patrons give a $2 deposit in exchange for plates and cutlery.  The $2 is returned to the patron when they return their dishes, and they are washed by our team of volunteers. 

Please email ptbofolkfest@gmail.com with questions about our zero-waste policy.