VENDOR OPPORTUNITIES

Thank you for your interest in bringing your artistry to Ashland! Use the links below to see which events are accepting vendor applications.

🎸 Songs from the Center of the Universe Concert (Sept 27, 2025)
🍻 Off the Rails Beer Festival (Oct 25, 2025)
🤝 Foster Fest (Oct 26 - produced by the Farmer Company)
🎄 Grand IlluminAshland (Nov 22 - Light Up the Tracks kick-off)
🌟 England Street “Christmas” Market (Dec 6 - produced by Thrill of the Hunt!)
🚂 Ashland Train Day (Apr 25, 2026)

GUARANTEE YOUR PLACE

Downtown Ashland vendor events reach an average of 35K in-person customers annually. Become at Silver Sponsor and guarantee your place at Downtown Ashland Association’s signature events! Sponsorships include a multitude of benefits beyond booth space in the Center of the Universe. Learn more.

BEWARE SCAMS

  • Downtown Ashland Association does not charge you to apply

  • Downtown Ashland Association will not solicit you through social comments or messages

  • Downtown Ashland Association will email you with the vendor checkout link if you are selected to vend during our events.

VENDOR DISCLOSURES

Applicants are automatically added to a wait list. Should the applicant be selected, they will receive an email from Downtown Ashland Association.

Outdoor Downtown Ashland Association Events are held rain or shine. Set up begins an hour before the event and clean up begins immediately following the event. No materials or vehicles may block normal traffic flow on public roadways.

Vendors are charged a $50 fee to cover the costs of event operations. Ashland Train Day vendor fee vary. Vendors can guarantee their place at all of Downtown Ashland Association’s events when they become a sponsor. Learn more at https://www.ashlandvirginia.com/sponsor

Booth spaces are 10’x10’ for vendors and 10’x20’ for food concessions. Vendors and concessions provide all their own supplies. Each applicant’s operation must remain within the space provided.

Exhibitors are responsible for providing all of their own materials, including but not limited to tents, tables, chairs, tools, trash receptacles, and cleaning implements.

Electricity will not be provided. Generators must be quiet. If your generator is deemed too loud, you will be required to shut it down or relocate.

Vendors are responsible for returning their location to the same condition in which they found it, including but not limited to transporting materials and removing trash.

No illegal weapons of any kind or explosives including fireworks, sparklers, poppers, etc. may be present.

Exhibitors are responsible for returning their location to the same condition in which they found it, including but not limited to transporting materials, removing trash, and sweeping floors. No damage or disruption to the location will be tolerated. Failure to cleanup properly and/or damage inflicted to the location will result in a fine of $100 or more.

Vendors selling taxable products, such as food, clothing, and arts & crafts must collect and pay sales tax. Click here for info.

All food concessions must be approved by the Hanover County Health Department. Click here for info.

All food concessions must pay meals tax to the Town of Ashland. Click here for info. Click here for info.