Kansas City Irish Fest Food Vendor Application 2024

Kansas City Irish Fest will take place Aug 30 -Sept 1 at Crown Center and Washington Square Park. Food vendors must operate all hours of the festival and be available for set up as early as Thursday, Aug 30th. You must have a Kansas City, MO Health Department yearly permit, or apply and receive a temporary permit in order to operate at the festival. Please note this is an application only. Accepted vendors will be notified no later than May 24th. Once accepted to Kansas City Irish Fest and you choose to participate your credit card will be charged. You will have a week to accept your spot. Vendors are selected based on variety of menu, overall look of set up, and festival and event experience. Vendor booth placement will be determined by Kansas City Irish Fest. *Please note, no vendors can sell beverages of any kind. All beverages, alcoholic and non-alcoholic are exclusively sold by Kansas City Irish Fest.** REQUIREMENT FOR 2024:This year at Kansas City Irish Fest, we have partnered with KC Compost for the festival. They will be onsite, will have compost bins, and will ensure everything goes into the right place as well as educate the public on what can be composted. For 2024 we are requiring all vendors to use compostable serving supplies for ALL food vendor operations. Compostable supplies have become relatively commonplace and there are a wide variety of product offerings at comparable prices to other paper goods.

It’s no secret the Irish can tell a good story, so let us tell yours to our attendees! With over 30 bands on nine stages, heritage workshops and displays, comedy, a massive children’s area and so much more, there is no better way to celebrate Celtic Pride in Cowtown than Kansas City Irish Fest. Whether you are looking to get your brand in front of thousands of people, or sell you art, your Irish wares, or culinary delights, Kansas City Irish Fest is the festival for you. Visit kcirishfest.com to learn more and email info@kcirishfest.com with any questions!

* Vendors must report 10% of their sales by Monday, Sept 9th to KCIF. Failure to do so could result in you not be invited back for 2025.* .* Vendors will supply to KCIF a list of all items intended for sale at the festival. KCIF has the right to disallow any item oritems from being available at the festival.* There will be designated areas for food booths.. Booth placement will be determined based on menu items sold. KCIF will decide booth placement. You MUST adhere to load in and load out times* KCIF will take place rain or shine and all fees are nonrefundable.* Each vendor will be given six “Vendor Passes” for the purpose of permitting staff to gain entrance to the festival grounds.* Vendors will be expected to have their booths completely set-up at least 60 minutes prior to the start of the festival each day. We will send you an email in August with all load in instructions and we will deliver your vendor passes to you onsite during load in.  Exhibitors will be told of drop-off sites for loading and unloading their wares, and also locations to park their vehicles during the event. No vehicles will be allowed on festival grounds during operational hours.* Vendors will be allowed to sell their items only to persons on the festival grounds.* Vendors are NOT ALLOWED to bring in alcoholic beverages. Vendors will comply with all local, city, and state health and liquor control rules and regulations.Vendors will supply all necessary items, etc., to accomplish these goals, including but not limited to fire extinguishers.* Grease disposal is the responsibility of vendor and must be disposed properly, inaccordance with Health Department and EPA standards. If we find that you havedisposed of grease anywhere on KC Irish Fest grounds you will NOT be allowed back for 2025.* Vendors are asked to respect Crown Center and Washington Square Grounds . Please place temporary flooring if using grease or other products that can leave marks on the grounds.* KCIF will provide trash removal throughout the event. Vendors are responsible for the condition and cleanliness of their site during festival hours and after teardown. Site condition and cleanliness will be factors in determining vendor participation in 2025.* All beverage sales will be handled exclusively by the KCIF bars.Vendors will not be allowed to sell beverages of any kind, only food unless with prior permission from KCIF* Food vendors CANNOT accept tokens. KCIF will not reimburse you for any tokenscollected. Tokens are no longer currency at KCIF* INSURANCE – All vendors must provide KANSAS CITY IRISH FEST with certificate of insurance that lists KANSAS CITY IRISH FEST as additionally insured under a $1 million general liability insurance policy. Email dawn@oneillevents.com* KCIF will provide each vendor with power. Food vendors MUST provide all electrical needs to the festival.