Welcome 2025 Vendors

If your name and business are on this list, we have received your application and payment, and we have approved you.

Festival Registration Information

• We will not accept any phone calls to confirm Food or Marketplace Vendor Applications.
  • View the list below to confirm whether you have completed the registration process and have a spot.
  • If you’re not on the list, you have missed a part of the registration process or were not approved.
• If you have any questions about the registration process, or if it has been more than three business days and you are not on the list or haven’t received an invoice.
  • Please email vardamansweetpotatofestival@gmail.com.
• AGAIN, WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING ANY PHONE CALLS. We usually will respond to all emails within 1-2 Business Days.

Festival Check-In Information

• Registration will begin at 4:00 a.m. on the day of the festival.
• Vendors will not receive their spot number until Check-In. (DON’T ASK)
• You MUST be set up and vehicles off the street by 7 a.m.
• NO VENDORS will be allowed in after 6:30 a.m.
• When you arrive, you will be asked to unload your vehicle completely first and then park it before setting up your booth. 
• Food Vendors may set up on Friday, October 31st, 2025, from Noon until 8 p.m.
  • Food Vendors checking in on Friday can come to the Fire Department for instructions.
  • ALL Food Vendors with a trailer must check in on Friday.

Festival Check-Out Information

• The festival will last until 3:00 p.m. (NO EARLY breakdown or loading-up.)
• All Vendors will be required to fill out a tax form before leaving the festival.
• Sales Tax: The Mississippi Tax Commission requires a 7% sales tax on all items sold. Festival volunteers will give you a tax form envelope at check-in.
• Sales tax must be brought to the Fire Department by 3:00 p.m. on the day of the festival.
• Payment should be made by check payable to VSPF (Vardaman Sweet Potato Festival) or by cash.
  • A notification will be made to the Department of Revenue if taxes are not collected or forms are not submitted.
  • Additionally, if you fail to pay your sales tax, you will not be invited or allowed to return in the future.