2024 BALTIMORE TACO & MARGARITA FESTIVAL
FOOD VENDOR APPLICATION
Thank you for your interest in being a food vendor at the 2024 Baltimore Taco & Margarita Festival. Please review the information below and submit your completed form. Space will be available on a first come basis. We also want to make sure we have a variety of offerings at the festival, so please be creative and plan to include your specialty items that you make and sell really well at your place of business.
EVENT INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, April 6, 2024
Time: 11am-5pm
Location: Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena at UMBC
Address: 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250
Email: Chesapeake.Empl.Ins.Arena@gmail.com
Phone: 443-612-3840
Any questions about becoming a food vendor at the Baltimore Taco & Margarita Festival can be directed to:
Sarah Fried
443-612-8380 | 610-295-2698
Sarah.Fried@compass-usa.com
Requirement/Participation Information:
1. All food vendors can sell their choice of tacos/burritos/nachos/side dish/dessert/non-alcoholic specialty mocktail from your booth.
2. Each food vendor booth will receive 2-4 6ft tables with linens.
3. All food vendors must complete an application. Deadline for application is Friday, March 15, 2024 at 5pm.
5. Food vendors must maintain a clean and orderly booth. You must have enough food for the entire event, remain open until the end, and clean up your space when the event is over.
6. Locations of space will be assigned prior to the event by event planners.
7. All food vendors will pay 20% of net (after tax) revenues to arena concessionaire.
8. All food vendors will use arena concessionaire’s credit card machines and a check for your gross sales (minus tax and minus 20%) will be mailed to you within 10 days post event.
9. Space outside on the loading dock will be available for cooking, but you must provide your own equipment for food truck.
10. You may bring heating and cooling equipment to maintain hot and cold items in your vendor space. If you need electricity for these items, festival planners need to know by March 18, 2024.
Rules and Regulations:
1. The festival will be open from 11am-5pm. Vendors may arrive beginning at 9am to prep space and food for 11am opening. Vendors must maintain sales until the end of the event at 5pm.
2. The arena concessionaire has the right to decline any food vendor application which does not meet the guidelines or is deemed unacceptable.
3. The arena concessionaire reserves the right to limit the number of food vendors accepted in a particular category.
4. Food vendors may only sell what is listed on their application.