Distillery Application

🥃 Call for Bourbon Distilleries! 🥃
We’re excited to invite Kentucky’s finest distilleries to join the 2025 Midway Bourbon & Blues Festival, happening Saturday, June 7th, 2025, from Noon to 10:00 PM in downtown Midway, Kentucky.

This annual event is a celebration of Kentucky’s rich bourbon heritage, paired with live blues music, fine art, and delicious food, drawing thousands of attendees for a full day of entertainment and tastings.

Event Highlights:

Bourbon Tastings: Share your bourbon with an enthusiastic audience of bourbon aficionados and new fans alike.
Tasting Pass Reimbursement: Distilleries will be reimbursed for each tasting pass redeemed at their booth.
Live Blues Music: A dynamic lineup of talented artists will keep the crowd engaged throughout the event.
Art and Crafts: Over 60 artists and craftspeople will showcase their unique creations.
Culinary Delights: Food vendors and local restaurants will offer delicious options to pair with the tastings.
Why Participate?

Showcase Your Brand: Reach a broad audience of bourbon enthusiasts in a lively and welcoming setting.
Sales Opportunities: Sampling and sales of your products help introduce your brand to new customers.
Reimbursement for Tastings: Maximize your participation with financial support through tasting pass redemption.
Community Connection: Be part of a beloved festival that highlights the best of Kentucky’s bourbon culture.
Application Details:

Deadline: May 7, 2025
Booth Fee: $200 (includes a 10x10 space; additional space available upon request)
Electricity (10 AMP): Available at no extra cost
Application Fee: $40 (non-refundable)
Tasting Pass Reimbursement: Distilleries will be reimbursed for each tasting pass redeemed during the event.
Acceptance Notifications: Rolling basis; early applications encouraged
How to Apply:

Prepare Your Profile: Include your distillery’s details, a list of bourbons you’ll showcase, and any promotional materials.
Complete the Application: Fill out the online form and pay the application fee.
Confirm Participation: Accepted distilleries will receive further instructions for booth setup and logistics.
👉 Apply now at www.midwaykentucky.org/midwaybourbonandblues.

Join us at the 2025 Midway Bourbon & Blues Festival for a day of bourbon, blues, and community celebration. Let’s make this event unforgettable!

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

Booth spaces are available throughout downtown Midway. The festival committee will do its best to accommodate all special requests for location. 
 
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Any application received later than May 1st, 2024 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. The Midway Bourbon & Blues (MBB) Committee will do everything in its power to place on-time applicants in their first choice of locations.     Returning vendors will be given priority if they apply prior to April 1st, 2024. All applications after this date will be processed on a first come first serve basis. 
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 - 10pm All vendors are required to stay open for the full amount of time the festival is open.  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 MBB Committee. 
 
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.
 
Nighttime security will consist of off duty police officers and will be provided for Friday and Saturday nights.
 
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.
 
A copy of your Certificate of Insurance must be submitted with the Midway Bourbon & Blues Application. The Certificate of Insurance must include: 
A minimum of $1,000,000 in coverage, each occurrence and aggregate.
The Midway Bourbon & Blues Festival l/Midway Business Association must be designated as the certificate holder. The Certificate shall provide coverage for the dates of the Midway Bourbon & Blues.  The effective date as well as the expiration date must appear on the Certificate.
 
The Midway Bourbon & Blues Committee must pre-approve all food and beverages to be sold at the festival. The festival wants to eliminate the duplication of food items and ensure the maximum profit to those food vendors participating in the Midway Bourbon & Blues Festival.
 
Food vendors are required to complete the attached Menu Form listing all of the foods to be sold at the festival.  This will be the list that festival committee will monitor throughout the festival to avoid any duplication of food vendor sales.  Please list the order in which items will be sold.  The MBB committee may limit the number of items in order to reduce duplication of food vendor sales.  You will be notified of approved items shortly after receipt of your application.
 
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.
 
The Woodford County Health Department requires Health Permits for each food vendor.  Enclosed are required blank permits that need to be mailed to the Health Department at least three (3) weeks prior to the festival.  Their phone number is 859-873-4541.  If there are specific questions about their regulations. Their address is:
Woodford County Health Department
229 N. Main Street
Versailles, KY 40383
Attn: Env. Department
 
The MBB will provide trash dumpsters.  The transportation of bulk trash to the proper location will be the responsibility of the individual food vendor. Food Vendors are responsible for disposing of their own grease. 
 
Officials with the City of Midway have recently spent over $200,000 replacing downtown streets and sidewalks and moving utilities underground.  A cleaner town equals more patrons next year.  Help us keep the streets and sidewalks clean.
 
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 messages preferred).