ARTS & CRAFTS

Arts & Crafts vendors on the Mall/Concourse must make everything they sell. No manufactured goods or imports may be sold by Mall/Concourse street vendors. The vendor must be the person who made the goods. New applicants and returning Arts & Crafts vendors changing their product lines must bring samples of the products to the Street Vending Coordinator to examine. Returning Arts & Crafts vendors not altering their product lines are not required to do so. If interested, please call ahead to make an appointment.

• Arts & Crafts Slideshow

IMPORTANT DATES

April 15 to April 14: The Street Vending Season Begins on April 15 and ends the following year on April 14.

• Application Materials will be mailed each February to all included on the mailing list.
• Farmers' Market Season - The Dane County Farmers' Market (inner Capitol Square) season begins on the next-to-last Saturday in April and ends the first Saturday in November. Mall/Concourse Arts & Crafts Vendors may vend on these Saturdays on the outer Capitol Square in designated sites.
• Special Events - Some special events may impact regular vending activity:
  • Art Fair on the Square (Mid-July)
  • Maxwell Street Days (Mid-July)
  • Taste of Madison (Labor Day weekend)

site assignments

• Regular Site Assignments - Regular site assignments ($100/year) are available only to Arts & Crafts vendors who have purchased both annual Street Vendor Licenses and annual Mall/Concourse Arts & Crafts Vendor Licenses.
• Site Assignment by Seniority - Sites are assigned by current consecutive chronological seniority based on the date licensed.
• A maximum of two licensed Mall/Concourse Arts & Crafts Vendors may share the same Arts & Crafts Vendor License, the Wisconsin tax number, general liability insurance, and the same site. Each vendor must have her/his own separate Street Vendor License.
• "Floaters" - At 7:30 a.m. each Saturday of Dane County Farmers Market season, licensed Arts & Crafts Vendors, whether they have an assigned site or not, may use the unoccupied assigned sites of other Arts & Crafts Vendors for that day. Again, site use is determined by the rank-ordered seniority list.
• There is no attendance requirement. It is common in the course of the season for vendors to attend other art or craft shows, Renaissance fairs, etc. Based on seniority, other vendors may use their assigned sites until they return.
• No waiting list exists at this time.
• Securing Tents - Vendors using tents are advised to securely anchor them with weighted objects. Windy days can produce substantial gusts of wind.
• Recycling Awareness - Vendors are encouraged to use recyclable packaging.
  

APPLICATION MATERIALS

Annual and Monthly Licenses Available - Mall/Concourse Arts & Crafts vending licenses are available on an annual or monthly basis. If a vendor first purchases monthly licensing during a vending season, then chooses to purchase annual licensing later during the same season, fees are not prorated. An annual license may be used every day from April 15th, or from the date of purchase, through the following April 14th. A monthly license is good for thirty days, the first day of which may begin on any day of the month.

• Mall/Concourse Arts & Crafts Vendor Application (PDF)
  • Instructions (PDF)
• Street Vendor Application (PDF)
• Business Tax Registration
  • Instructions (PDF)
  • Application (PDF)
• Insurance Requirements

NOTE: This application requires the signature of the Street Vending Coordinator, which documents his approval. The City Clerk's Office will not issue this license without it.

MAPS

• Capitol Square (PDF)
• State Street (PDF)
• Mall/Concourse Vending Area (PDF)

The Capitol Square map and the State Street map combined make up Exhibit One of the Vending Oversight Committee's Regulations Governing Vending on the State Street Mall/Capitol Concourse.

MADISON ARTS OPPORTUNITIES

Opportunities, workshops and other resources for Madison artists and organizations.

• Arts & Culture in Madison
• Madison Arts Commission