The Red Poppy Festival in Georgetown, TX will have you dancing in the streets! Who could resist, with free concerts providing live music from three stages at the corners of the Georgetown Square? Over 75,000 visitors stroll through streets of arts and crafts booths and enjoy the tastes of Texas from our fabulous food court. The Saturday morning parade is sure to captivate the cheering crowds while our annual car show is fun for kids, both young and old! The Red Poppy Festival is a wonderful Central Texas Tradition just minutes from Austin. There's music, dancing, and a whole lot of fun for the entire family!

On April 25, 1990, Georgetown was certified by local residents and the Texas Legislature as the “Red Poppy Capital of Texas.” Red Poppies have been a part of Georgetown’s landscape for over seventy years and have grown naturally in street and highway right-of-ways, in vacant lots and parks lands, and in native and cultivated areas of our citizen’s yards. Georgetown is one of the few locations in the United States where Red Poppies reseed themselves annually. Each April as the Poppies bloom, Georgetown celebrates with our Annual Red Poppy Festival.

COMMUNICATION

All correspondence will come to you via e-mail through the Eventeny.  Be sure to add the Eventeny address to your e-mail contacts and check your spam and junk mail folders to insure our communications are not going to those folders in error. You may reply to any email correspondence from the Eventeny system through Eventeny, or email specialevents@georgetown.org that way we can assist you. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
For more information, email specialevents@georgetown.org or call (512) 930-6534. We also invite you to check out our website at www.RedPoppyFestival.com. 

The vendor selection process will begin after the January 10, 2025 application deadline. 

Accepted Mediums include:

• Body & Bath Products
• Candles
• Caricatures / Face Painting 
• Ceramics / Pottery
• Children - Toys
• Children - Clothing
• Children - Other
• Clothing & Accessories
• Drawing
• Fiber
• Fine Food - Honey 
• Fine Food - Beef Jerky
• Fine food - Olive Oil, Herbs & Spices
• Fine Food - Other
• Glass
• Home & Garden
• Jewelry
• Leather
• Metalwork
• Mixed Media
• Novelty
• Painting
• Pet Products
• Photography
• Stitch work / Quilting 
• Woodworking
• Hand crafted items only. No commercial or secondhand sales. 

• The 2025 Red Poppy Festival Food Vendor Application is an on-line application process. No paper applications will be accepted, and all food vendors must be a truck or trailer.
  
  
• To apply, complete the application form below. Application deadline is January 10, 2025. Applicants will receive an email confirmation following receipt of the  application. No payment will be required unless you are accepted.
  
  
• Each applicant will be notified of their acceptance status by January 24, 2025.
  
  
• If  accepted, you will receive an email with your vendor location, payment amount and link to an online payment portal. Fees will range from $1,000 -  $1,200 depending on size and location. Payment will be due by February 7, 2025. If payment is not received by the due date, your acceptance will be forfeited.
  
  
• Following  acceptance, you will be required to complete the Williamson County and Cities Health Department application and submit a copy of your Certificate of Insurance showing proof of liability coverage by April 4, 2024. (Coverage must include a minimum of $1,000,000 general liability  and products completed. City of Georgetown must be listed as ‘additional  insured’ through event dates.)
  
  
• Vendors must pass fire inspection and have City of Georgetown fire permit by Friday, April 11, 2025. Additional forms may be required.
  
  
• Any vendor not cooperating with Red Poppy Festival guidelines will be asked to forfeit his or her booth space and will not be invited to participate in subsequent years.
  
  
• There are no refunds or rain checks once your payment has been processed. No refunds or transfers will be made due to cancellation or removal for cause.

Rules: Non-Profit Vendors may sell items (raffle tickets, etc.) in order to raise monies for their organizations; items must be pre-approved by the Red Poppy Festival Executive Committee. To obtain pre-approval, email specialevents@georgetown.org.  

Only non-profit organizations that received a Strategic Partnership grant from the City of Georgetown in the previous year, will be eligible for acceptance. Additionally, several non-profit organizations have been granted grandfathered status, provided they continue to continuously participate in each year's event. 

Non-profit vendors MAY NOT sell or give-away any type of beverages; in addition, vendors cannot sell merchandise that competes with Red Poppy Festival merchandise, specifically t-shirts. Any merchandise being sold must be hand made.

Vendors must be open to the public from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Saturday and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. All times are Central Standard Time. Each vendor must stay open for business during these hours. Vendors must bring their own display tables, shelves, or whatever else is needed for proper display of items. Vendors must have a WHITE TENT. The Festival will be held rain or shine. Vendors will be expected to participate regardless of weather conditions.

The booth space is on pavement and electricity is provided for all booths. Vendors will have access to one (1) standard 110 V outlet. LED lights only. For safety reasons, all tents are required to have at least 40 pounds of weight attached to each leg of tent and will be inspected by City of Georgetown Fire Inspector. Booth space is 10' x 10'. Vendors must stay inside their 10’ x 10’ space. Vendors must have tents or awnings, as this is an outdoor festival. We prefer there be no pets in the booth area, except for service animals.  

Fees: All vendors will be charged fees as determined by the schedule below:

• 10’ x 10’ for non-profit organization ($75.00)
• Limit of 10 non-profit booths available. (first come first serve)
  • Only non-profit organizations that received a Strategic Partnership grant from the City of Georgetown in the previous year, will be eligible for acceptance. Additionally, several non-profit organizations have been granted grandfathered status, provided they continue to continuously participate in each year's event. 

All sales, taxes, etc. are to be handled by the vendors. No commission is taken at this festival. No space assignment will be made until the booth fee is paid. There are no refunds or rain checks once your payment has been processed.

Setup/Take Down: Please be advised that set-up time has not been determined. Security will be furnished from Friday evening until Sunday morning, although it is the responsibility of the vendor to properly close/cover their booth outside of festival hours. The City of Georgetown will not be liable for any losses or damages occurring on the festival grounds.

Booth Assignment: Booth assignments will be made in March and we will email a packet in late March—early April with details, including booth assignment, load-in details, etc.

If you would like to be considered as a performer at the 2025 Red Poppy Festival, please fill out the application below. The deadline for Performer Applications is January 17th.