02-13-2008, 10:10 PM
PIERRE, S.D. - Vendors interested in having a booth at the 2008 Fort Sisseton Historical Festival have until April 1 to submit an application. Applications are available for arts and crafts vendors, food vendors and rendezvous vendors. The 31st annual festival is scheduled for June 6, 7, and 8, 2008.
Arts and crafts vendors are encouraged to demonstrate the skills that go into making their items. Food vendors are given the option of a full-menu major food booth or a one-menu item specialty food booth. All arts and crafts and food booths are outdoor spaces.
For those who sell and make authentic historical items, the V. M. Starr Rendezvous at the Fort Sisseton Festival provides a unique marketplace for their goods. Vendors in the rendezvous camp are required to keep the historical theme by limiting merchandise sold and displayed to only historically appropriate items. Other items, such as clothing, lodges, display racks and cooking fires must also be period correct, reminiscent of a 1840s Plains rendezvous.
While some booths are open from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., many others open earlier and remain open well into the evening.
For more information on the Fort Sisseton Historical Festival or for a vendor application, please contact Fort Sisseton Historic Park at (605) 448-5474. For additional information on South Dakota state parks and recreation areas, visit the state parks Web site at www.SDparks.info.
Arts and crafts vendors are encouraged to demonstrate the skills that go into making their items. Food vendors are given the option of a full-menu major food booth or a one-menu item specialty food booth. All arts and crafts and food booths are outdoor spaces.
For those who sell and make authentic historical items, the V. M. Starr Rendezvous at the Fort Sisseton Festival provides a unique marketplace for their goods. Vendors in the rendezvous camp are required to keep the historical theme by limiting merchandise sold and displayed to only historically appropriate items. Other items, such as clothing, lodges, display racks and cooking fires must also be period correct, reminiscent of a 1840s Plains rendezvous.
While some booths are open from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., many others open earlier and remain open well into the evening.
For more information on the Fort Sisseton Historical Festival or for a vendor application, please contact Fort Sisseton Historic Park at (605) 448-5474. For additional information on South Dakota state parks and recreation areas, visit the state parks Web site at www.SDparks.info.