Demo Event

You may send your competed application any time before the deadline. You will receive a notice that the DFF received your application. After 10 days, if you do not receive notification, by e-mail or letter, please call or e-mail the Duluth Fall Festival at, dffartsncrafts@gmail.com or call Toll Free 1-855-385-8841. If we do not receive your application by May 31st, it will be assumed you are not completing your application.

The Duluth Fall Festival Arts & Crafts Committee will choose the 2018 participants. Previous participants in Duluth Fall Festival does not guarantee acceptance. Decisions of the committee are final.

Signage at the event or area that you sponsor SPECIAL recognition at all DFF events Your Logo on Official DFF T-shirts (over 900 distributed) Recognition on stage at Opening Ceremony Booth Space (10’ x 10’) for both days Major listing on DFF Official Sponsor Board one year Major listing in special section of Gwinnett Daily Post Invitation for six to the Taste of Duluth Six Official Festival T-shirts Link on the DFF website to your business for one year Invitation to and recognition at DFF events

Here is the basic information

Line Up: 8:00 AM

Parade Start: 10:00 AM

 

Information The Parade Route will begin on North Main St in front of the Dollar General Market and end on South Bridge Street in front of the Catholic Church. Bridge Street and portions of Main Street will be closed to vehicular traffic beginning at 8:00 am. Entries can begin arriving at that time. Please enter the parade route from Main Street. Parade representatives will be along the route with location information. You MUST be in your assigned spot by 9:30 am. Those entries that arrive later will automatically forfeit their assigned position and will be added to the end of the parade, in front of the horses. Please note: There will be a $10 fee for every 50 feet over the 50 feet allotted for each entry due to space limitations. This fee is for businesses utilizing the parade with vehicles as advertising, non-profits or floats will not be charged any additional fees. Fees can be paid at the SCF Office (8 Park Avenue, LaBelle). NO POLITICAL candidates or advertisements will be permitted in the parade. Judging Guidelines: When constructing floats for judging, please adhere to the following guidelines: Use of Palm Fronds All floats must be lined with Swamp Cabbage Palm Fronds. Entries will be judged on look of palm fronds, (yellow vs. green, full skirt vs. few fronds.) REMEMBER- this is the Swamp Cabbage Festival, the more fronds, the better. Please be mindful of public and private property. (Palm fronds should only be taken with the owner’s permission). Use of Theme Entries should be related to the Festival’s theme. Entries shall be respectful and tasteful. No lewd writing or music will be allowed in the parade. Entries to be judged MUST display their number clearly on the front, left side of their float for judges to view. Numbers should be a minimum of 1 (foot) in size.

Professional chalk artists create large works on the streets around the Historic Marietta Square. In 2018 over 100,000 visitors attended the festival. There are a limited number of chalk artist positions available at Chalktoberfest. Due to overwhelming response, please complete your application using the form below, on the Chalktoberfest 2019 Eventeny site, ASAP. There is no official theme for 2019. YOU MUST SUBMIT 1-2 IMAGES YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS YEAR AND 3 EXAMPLES OF YOUR PREVIOUS CHALK WORK. Please ask if you have any questions before you submit your sketch/design. The deadline for submission is June 1, 2019. Your work must be family-friendly - no nudity, profanity, explicit images, or violence is permitted. We will not permit multiple artists to produce the same piece. Please submit early! Chalktoberfest will be juried by a committee and accepted/denied artists will receive notification via email. Contracts will be sent to accepted artists by July 15, 2019. If you have not been contacted by that date, please contact Sally Macaulay at 770-528-1444 x 14 or smacaulaymcma@bellsouth.net. If you are chosen as one of our professional artists for this event and sign a contract, you are expected to attend the festival. However, if an emergency should arise, please contact the Sally Macaulay via phone ASAP to discuss your inability to participate. PICTURE UPLOAD REQUIREMENTS You will be asked to upload images in the questions below. Please provide: 1-2 images that you would like to do this year 3 examples of previous chalk pieces Labeling your images: 1-2 images that you would like to do this year: ArtistsFirstNameLastInitial-Title.jpg Example: AngelaS-GirlwiththePearlEaring.jpg 3 examples of previous chalk pieces: ArtistsFirstNameLastInitial-Example1.jpg Example: AngelaS-Example1.jpg File format: JPG File size: 400 KB - 800 KB EVENT SCHEDULE CHECK-IN AND FESTIVAL TIMES Official festival hours are: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm on Saturday, October 12, 2019. 11:00 am - 5:00 pm on Sunday, October 13, 2019. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 Transport independently to the MCMA using taxi, UBER, own cars, etc. 1:00 - 6:00 pm - Artist Check-in and prepare workspace. Streets close at 3:00 pm on Friday. 6:00 - 8:00 pm - Artist/Sponsor Casual Dinner Reception at Marietta Cobb Museum of Art. The reception is not open to the public; however, your families are welcome. 7:40, 8:00 & 8:20 pm - Transportation shuttle MCMA to hotel SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 7:00 am - Breakfast at hotel 7:40, 8:00 & 8:20 am - Transportation shuttle hotel to MCMA 8:00 am - 5:00 pm - Chalking 12:00 pm - Lunch in Artist Hospitality Tent 6:00 pm - Dinner in Artist Hospitality Tent (Breakfast, lunch and dinner provided to artists only) 6:40, 7:00 & 7:20 pm - Transportation shuttle MCMA to hotel SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 7:00 am - Breakfast at hotel 7:40, 8:00 & 8:20 am - Transportation shuttle hotel to MCMA 8:00 am - 5:00 pm - Chalking 12:00 pm - Lunch in Artist Hospitality Tent 6:00 pm - Dinner in Artist Hospitality Tent (Breakfast, lunch and dinner provided to artists only) 6:40, 7:00 & 7:20 pm - Transportation shuttle MCMA to hotel