Artist Application

🎨 Call for Artists and Crafters! 🎨

Applications are now open for the 2025 Midway Bourbon & Blues Festival, happening Saturday, June 7th, 2025, from Noon to 10:00 PM in downtown Midway, Kentucky.

This vibrant festival combines fine art, crafts, bourbon, and blues, attracting thousands of visitors for a day of celebration, creativity, and community.

 
Event Highlights:

Fine Art and Crafts: Showcase and sell your handcrafted items alongside 60+ talented local and regional artists and crafters.
Live Blues Music: Enjoy an incredible lineup of talented musicians performing throughout the day.
Bourbon Distilleries: Attendees can savor bourbon tastings from some of Kentucky's best distilleries.
Tasting Passes: Available for purchase for access to bourbon, wine, and beer samples.
Food and Shopping: Food vendors, local restaurants, and unique shops will round out the festival experience.
 
Why Participate?

Exposure: Connect with a diverse audience of art, bourbon, and music lovers.
Sales Opportunities: Enjoy high foot traffic in a festival known for its dynamic atmosphere.
Community Spirit: Be part of one of Midway's most celebrated events.
 
Application Details:

Deadline: May 7, 2025
Booth Fee Options:10x10 Booth: $175
10x20 Booth: $350

Application Fee: $40 (non-refundable)
Acceptance Notifications: Rolling basis; early applications encouraged
 
How to Apply:

Gather Materials: Submit high-quality images of your work and a description of your artistic process.
Complete the Application: Fill out the online form and pay the application fee.
Confirm Participation: Accepted vendors will receive further instructions for booth setup and logistics.

 
Join us in making the 2025 Midway Bourbon & Blues Festival a memorable celebration of creativity, music, and Kentucky heritage. We can’t wait to see your incredible work!

For questions, contact us at elishaannholt@gmail.com or call 859-202-0709 (text message preferred). 

Any applications received later than May 1st, 2023 will be assessed a late fee of $50.00 per booth space.  Returning vendors and vendors with applications submitted on time will get their first choice of location to the best of our ability. Returning vendors will be given acceptance priority prior to March 15th. All applications afterward will be taken on a first come first serve basis.  The Bourbon & Blues (MBB) Committee will do everything in its power to place applicants in their first choice of locations.  
Vendor personnel must manage booths during the operating hours of the festival. 
 
NO LATE OPENINGS, NO EARLY CLOSINGS, NO EARLY BREAKDOWNS.  NO EXCEPTIONS.  Anyone not complying with this rule will not be allowed to return next year.
 
Festival hours are: Saturday 12pm tp 10pm. All artists, crafters and food vendors are required to stay open for the entirety of the show.  Electricity is only available to those who purchase it and not all areas of the festival have access.  
 
The festival will take place rain or shine.
 
No booth refunds after April 15th, 2024.

No exhibitor shall assign, sublet or apportion any part of their space without prior approval from the Midway Bourbon & Blues Festival. 
 
Neither the MBB Committee nor the City of Midway is responsible for any loss or damage incurred to the exhibitors’ property. The exhibitor also agrees to hold harmless and indemnify the MBB Committee or the City of Midway, KY against any claims arising by virtue of their occupancy of the premises or use thereof. The MBB Committee suggests packing and/or securing any valuable products overnight.
 
 
Please decorate your booth appropriately.  Tables must be draped.
 
Please NO radios or sound systems allowed in booths. Music will be provided by the festival throughout the weekend. 
 
Vehicles belonging to craft or food vendors are not allowed into the festival during working festival hours. NO EXCEPTIONS. Vendors will be allowed to enter the festival area one hour before and one hour after festival hours to restock the booths. Vehicles must be removed prior to start of the festival.
 
No election campaigning from any booth.
 
No drilling or defacing the streets or sidewalks by anchors will be permitted.
 
The festival committee reserves the rights to have food vendors remove food items for sale that have not been previously approved by the MBB Committee.
 
If there are any questions about the MBB please contact us at elishaannholt@gmail.com or 859-202-0709 (text message preferred).