Online Booth Application - Waiting List and Sublet Form

Booth holders may sublet their booth once. There is a $25 fee to sublet your booth for one year. If you sublet, you will be allotted your 2025 booth in 2027, should you want it.

If you are subletting, click the button below and then you are free to scroll to the bottom of the application form, pay your membership if needed, pay your $25 fee, and go about having a great day.

Demographic Information Request: Our mission at KAAHC is to reach, represent, and support the entire community of Ketchikan and the surrounding area. Your volunteer feedback will help us understand how we are meeting these goals and ensure robust programming in the future.

Returning vendors who apply by 5:00pm, June 1, 2026 will be given priority booth placement. We will place the remaining applicants in order of the application date. Once all the booths are filled as described, remaining applicants will be put on a waiting list!

• Participants may not sell, transfer, or switch Booth spaces.
   
• Don't forget - a secret adjudicator roams the Festival grounds to select the Blueberriest Booth each year, and winners are given the Verushka Award and receive a free booth in the next year! 
   
• Each Booth will be located in the street, up against the curb. You must keep the sidewalk clear at all times! The sidewalk is for foot traffic; it is not for storage or selling and must be kept clear.
   
• Banners, posters, boxes, totes, tables, and signs are allowed only within your own booth space exclusively.
   
• With the exception of service animals, no live animals are allowed in your booth, including as prizes or giveaways.
   
• You must provide your own chairs, tables, booth, cover, set-up, and take-down crew. 
   
• Applicants who cancel their application prior to 6/30/2026 will receive a full refund. Cancellations after 6/30/2026 will not be eligible for refunds.

ALL BOOTH HOLDERS:

The 51st Annual Blueberry Arts Festival Artist Market, Saturday August 1st, 2026 is an outdoor festival. We're excited to have the festival in the wind, rain, and beautiful sunshine!

Please, be prepared for the weather.

• You may begin setting up at 6:00 am, Saturday morning, 8/1/2026. It is important to unload your vehicle without setting up, and to remove the vehicle from the street quickly. This reduces congestion, and allows other booth vendors to follow the same process. Once the vehicle is unloaded, park your car FAR AWAY, and then come back to your booth site to set up. All cars must be off the street by 8:00 am! 
   
• Streets will be closed to all traffic and parking at 8:00 am! All cars must be removed by this time.
   
• Please be set up and ready by 10:00 am, Saturday, 8/1/2026.
   
• We hope to have a free shuttle service running between the Plaza Mall and Blueberry Arts Festival, from 10:30 am - 4:00 pm. This shuttle is ADA accessible and is available to everyone.
   
• We are requesting all booth holders make a conscious effort to reduce their plastic use. There should be no Styrofoam and NO balloons at the Festival this year. No bubble machines are allowed - they are not great for the environment and destructive for the artwork that may be next to you.
   
• All Booths must stay open until 5:00 pm! You may not pack up early. It is not permissible to begin breakdown before the Festival ends at 5:00 pm! You will not be invited back if you pack up, or leave your booth before 5:00 pm! If there is an emergency, please let us know what is going on. We're here to help!
   
• If you sell out of your inventory, Congratulations! However, your booth must remain open. Successful Vendors in years past have used this time to network, share business cards, sell gift certificates, display photo albums, and take orders. We appreciate your cooperation and encourage you to take advantage of the opportunity to celebrate your success with everyone.
   
• The streets will reopen for vendors only at 5:30 pm. This time block is designed to allow you to start pack up before you retrieve your vehicle. The street will be open for all vehicular traffic at 6pm.
   
• KAAHC members will be able to pre-order t-shirts directly from the printing company. We will email 51st Annual Blueberry Arts Festival Logo T-shirt preorder information to all KAAHC members! We encourage all booth holders to purchase their T-shirts well in advance of the Festival. Wearing the shirt in your booth is an activity many vendors enjoy.

STAY POSITIVE! ENJOY THE DAY!

• KAAHC reserves the right to ask you to remove items from your display or shut down your booth if we find items or attitudes to be inappropriate for this family-friendly, community arts festival. 
   
• KAAHC reserves the right to deny participation in any future KAAHC arts festivals.
   
• The Blueberry Arts Festival LOGO and the words "51st Annual Blueberry Arts Festival" is copyrighted by the KAAHC. Do not incorporate the phrase or the logo into your artwork or booth design.

REMEMBER TO STAY POSITIVE and ENJOY THE DAY!!

Breakdown Information:

Beginning at 5pm Vendors may break down their booths and put materials and structures on the sidewalks so cars can pass easily. The streets will reopen at 5:30 pm for Vendors ONLY. Please be careful while navigating your car through the street. It has been a long day and everyone is tired! It is each Booth Holders' responsibility to clean their own space. All garbage must be in a dumpster or taken with you. Please do not leave piles. Please leave your area clean. The street will open to all vehicular traffic at 6pm. Go celebrate with family and friends!

PLEASE NOTE:

If KAAHC is suddenly unable to produce the Blueberry Arts Festival, all Booth Holders will be given the option to receive a refund, or to donate their Booth Fee to the KAAHC.

The Annual Blueberry Arts Festival was created 51 years ago to provide an opportunity for Artists to showcase and sell their artwork in a community-wide festival! There are four different types of Booth Vendor categories that participate in the Festival every year. Each booth category and the required membership level to receive a discount benefit, are described below. When filling out the payment, choose the Booth category that best describes your booth and the corresponding membership level.

Food Booths:

If you're selling food to be consumed at the Festival, you must use a barrier on the ground, such as cardboard or a tarp, and you must provide your own large garbage containers and garbage bags. ALL food Booths must be kept clean. All food debris MUST be cleaned from the area at the end of the Festival! You will not be invited back if we have to clean up after you! Propane/Natural Gas usage must be inspected by the Fire Department. Using any of these appliances requires you to have a working fire extinguisher at your Booth. NO generators or camp stoves are allowed without written permission from the KAAHC! 

There won't be any food booths placed on Main Street this year.

You must print, sign, and e-mail to kaijsa.bellon@alaska.gov by July 20 to receive the permit before the Blueberry Arts Festival! You may not sell food at the Festival without a permit! This does not include baked or preserved items.

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