Vendors still being sought for N.C. Pickle Festival
By From staff reports
Published in News on January 29, 2017 12:31 AM
MOUNT OLIVE -- Vendor applications are being accepted for the 31st annual North Carolina Pickle Festival.
Also, a new festival website has been launched offering easier page navigation, highlighting individual festival events and featuring many more pictures and images.
The site, www.ncpicklefest.org, also provides greater visibility for sponsors and festival news, and it creates a festival "voice" with a blog.
The website launch came just days after the wraps were taken off the logo for the festival that will be held Friday and Saturday, April 28-29 in downtown Mount Olive.
The deadline for vendor applications for the festival's main day on Saturday, April 29, is Tuesday, March 14.
Vendors are encouraged to submit their applications early since they will receive notice within a few weeks of submitting completed applications as to whether they will be accepted into the festival.
This is different from previous years when all vendors were notified of acceptance in early April.
After March 14 a late application fee of $75 will be added.
This applies to all vendors -- food, commercial, nonprofit, arts and crafts and information. It also applies to members of the Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce, the festival's sponsor.
Chamber members receive one free vendor space as part of their membership benefits (although other fees may apply), but their space still needs to be reserved in advance.
Chamber President Julie Beck said she is excited about the new website.
"It enables us to better show off the festival, and to really give a flavor of what it is all about," she said.
The vendor forms can be downloaded online at www.ncpicklefest.org.
For more information, call 919-222-2148, or email picklefestvendors@gmail.com.
For complete details and latest news, visit the website at www.ncpicklefest.org or visit its Facebook page.