Suwanee's Jolly Holly Days Festival is expanding to 2 days in 2024!The event will take place on Friday, December 6 & Saturday, December 7, 2024.Friday load in begins at noon and the event hours are 5-9 pm.If you need assistance with Load in, the city gators will begin at 2pm on Friday. Security is on site Friday evening from 8pm - 9am Saturday morning.Saturday event hours are 10am - 5pm.Load out begins at 5pm.Sunsets at 5:30 pm on Saturday.  Please note there is a 5K beginning at 9am on Saturday, so runners will be shopping by 9:30 am.   Estimated attendance is 4,000 on Friday and 5,000 on Satuday.  Entertainment will be occuring on the stage the entire festival.  Photos with Santa are available.Friday evening is the official tree lighting for the City of Suwanee.  Suwanee's Jolly Holly Days will accept applications from artists working in diverse media. Artist applications may specify up to three of the media categories defined below. These categories organize artists' work into logical groups for a jury's review. While a balanced show is a principle objective, the festival establishes no quota by category.  All artist will be notified October 2, 2024 or prior for acceptance.   Painting: The use of oils, acrylics, watercolors, casein, tempera, etc. 2-D Mixed Media: Includes more than one type of physical material such as collage, papermaking, encaustic, pen and ink, paint, pencil, watercolor, or photography. Ceramics: Original shaped and fired clay and porcelain work other than jewelry, including earthenware, porcelain, and raku. Factory-produced work is not permitted. Original functional and non-functional work will be accepted, however if multiple pieces of the same design are displayed, each piece must be signed. No machine-made or mass-produced work is permitted. Digital Art: Any original two-dimensional work for which the image is made by the artist using programs such as Illustrator, Painting programs, Photoshop or other software applications. Note: Traditional photographs taken through digital media should apply in the photography category. Drawing: Works created using dry media including chalk, charcoal, pastels, pencil, wax crayon, etc. or from the fluid medium of inks and washes applied by pen or brush. Graphics and Printmaking: Printed works for which the artist's hand manipulated the plates, stones or screens and which have been properly signed and numbered as a limited edition. Printmaking processes may include pulled plates, linoleum prints, etching, engraving, silkscreen or lithography. All photocopy, and/or offset reproductions will be rejected. Fiber: All Decorative or fine wearables must be crafted from fibers including basketry, embroidery, weaving, leatherwork, tapestry and paper making. No machine tooling, machine-screened patterns or other forms of mass production are permitted. No factory produced wearable items, regardless of additional modification or enhancement by the artist will be accepted. Fine wearables must meet high level of skill and quality requirements. Glass: An object made of glass including blown, fused, stained, cast and molded, except jewelry or garden art. Mass- or factory-produced work is not permitted. Embellishment of manufactured materials is not permitted. Jewelry: All Jewelry crafted from metal, glass, stone, clay, or other materials. All work that is jewelry must be entered in this category regardless of the materials used. All work must be handcrafted by the artist; no factory production is permitted. Metal: All metal non-sculptural works hand made by the artist. No production work. Jewelry incorporating metal must apply in the jewelry category. Mass or factory-produced work is not permitted. Photography: Prints, transparencies or digital images made from the artist’s original negative or taken with a digital camera that has been processed by the artist are included in this category. Works may be printed on paper, metal, canvas or acrylic. Sculpture: Three-dimensional works incorporating any material that is carved, modeled, constructed or cast. Mass or factory-produced work is not permitted. 3-D Mixed Media: Works that include more than one medium or material. Materials include, but are not limited to paint, cloth, paper, wood, found objects, and mosaics. Wood: Original works in wood that are built, turned, carved or tooled. Embellished manufactured wood items are not permitted. Mass or factory-produced work is not permitted. 

Suwanee presents Jolly Holly Days on December 6 & 7, 2024 in beautiful Suwanee Town Center!  This year, the festival will expand to 2 days.  

 

Friday, December 6 will have the local elementary school chorus perfomances along with the Tree Lighting & the arrival of Santa.  Estimated attendance is 3,000 ... because when the local elementary school chorus sings, the entire family attends! 

 

Saturday, December 7 will begin with a 5K at 9am and festival entertainment from 10am to 5pm on the stage.  We estimate attendance between 4000-5000.   We will also have local school groups performing.  

 

A marketplace (abit smaller but similar to SuwaneeFest and the Suwanee Arts Festival) will be added for Saturday.  

 

This application is for a business to apply for a 10X10 space.  We ask you to provide your own tent and lights for the tent.  We will provide electricity, so just bring a 100 foot labeled extension cord.   You are allowed to hand out - give out anything you wish.  We will have all sponsors/businesses on the website, along with signage throughtout the event.  We will send the emcee to your booth during the festival.  

 

The cost for a local business to have a space is $300 for both days.  If you need a little bit more room, no problem, just let us know.  

 

Please upload logo when applying so we may use for promotional purposes.  

 

Thank you.