2026 Online Booth Application For Non-KAAHC Members
Welcome to the 51st Annual Blueberry Arts Festival Booth Application for Non-Members! We are super excited for a great Festival this year. Let's celebrate with the best Blueberry Arts Festival Ever!
You do not need to be a Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council Member to have a Booth at the Blueberry Arts Festival! However, being a member helps sustain the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council (KAAHC) enabling us to bring you wonderful programming and events like the 51st Annual Blueberry Arts Festival, Art Walks, Story SLAMs and the Wearable Art Show! There are so many other benefits to membership, namely, a reduced booth fee. A membership also allows you to share a booth; a more economical option. (this requires all applicants in the booth to be members) If you would like to become a KAAHC member and/or share a booth please follow this link to the 2026 Booth Application for Members
The 51st Annual Blueberry Arts Festival Artist Market will be back on Main, Dock, & Mission Street, Saturday, August 1st, 2026, from 10am to 5pm!
We have been working closely with the City of Ketchikan to keep Blueberry Arts Festival in downtown. The City Parking lot above the Improved Order of Red Men building will be parking kept open for your customers. The parking in Whale Park will be set aside for wheelchair accessible parking. We will have a walker and wheelchair loaner station available at the St. John's parking lot on Mission Street.
ALL Booth spaces will be 10 x 10 and located outside (in the street). Please be prepared to face whatever elements the day has in store. It's highly recommended to bring a canopy for this purpose. Walmart, Madison, and Amazon all carry 10 x 10 canopies! Please make sure to not purchase and use a larger canopy, which would encroach upon your neighbor's space.
- Returning booth vendors will be given priority until 6/01/2026
- We have a finite amount of booths available. Don’t delay!
- Booths are placed on a first-come, first-serve basis.
- Please help to spread the word about the Blueberry Arts Festival!!! When you receive your Booth #, you will also receive a marketing packet. Please use the provided logos and information when sharing information on social marketing platforms such as Facebook or Instagram. Become a BBAF advocate!
We will give returning vendors who apply by 6/01/2026 priority booth placement. We will place the remaining applicants in order of the date applied. Once all the booths are filled in this order, other applicants will be put on a waiting list!
- You 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. We can help!
- Vendor vehicles will not be allowed onto the Festival grounds until 5:30 pm. This gives you ample time to start breaking down your booth after 5:00 pm.
- Participants may not sell, transfer, or switch Booth spaces.
- We will be instituting an award for the most celebratory booth - in memory of Faith Duncan. It is called the "Verushka Award", given to the booth most representative of the Blueberry Arts Festival spirit. Winners receive a free Booth space in the following year.
- Each Booth will be located up against a 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 within your own booth space exclusively.
- Returning Booth holders from 2025: Your deadline is 6/01/2026 to receive priority placement. Please note we have a limited number of booths. To minimize frustration on your end and our end, please do not put off applying until the last minute!
- No live animals are allowed at your booth, especially as prizes or giveaways.
- Do not use balloons or bubbles in your booth - both are bothersome for your neighbors and not at all swell for clean up and the environment.
- You must provide your own chairs, tables, booth, cover, set-up, and take-down crew. KAAHC is happy to provide the marked space.
- 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 is an outdoor festival. We have the festival in the wind, rain, and beautiful sunshine!!!
Please be prepared for anything.
- You may start setting up at 6:00 am, Saturday morning, August 1st, 2026. It is important to unload your vehicle and remove it from the street quickly. This reduces congestion and allows other booth vendors to do the same. Go park your car FAR AWAY, and then come back to your booth site and 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, August 1st.
- We hope to have a free shuttle service running between the Plaza Mall and Blueberry Arts Festival, from 10:30 am until 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 at the Festival this year. KAAHC will not have helium or balloons.
- KAAHC appreciates small donations for the Annual Raffle for the ARTS annual fundraising event. KAAHC accepts and appreciates stickers, earrings, magnets, gift certificates, coupons, and other small items for the raffle ticket envelopes. KAAHC Raffle tickets are sold through January and are drawn at the Wearable Art Show Saturday performance.
- If you sell out of your inventory, Congratulations!!! However, your booth must remain open. 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 and celebrate your success.
- The streets will not reopen for vendors until 5:30 pm. This is designed to give you time to start packing up before you go get your car.
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 deem items or attitudes 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:
While we are accepting the Booth applications, if KAAHC is unable, or prevented from, producing the Blueberry Arts Festival in 2026, all Booth Holders will be given the opportunity to donate their Booth Fee to the KAAHC or may ask for a refund.
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, making it our most holistic community event! Each booth category and the required membership level to receive the discount benefit are described below. When filling out the payment section of the form, choose the Booth category that best describes your booth.
| Booth Category | KAAHC Non-Member Price | KAAHC Member price | KAAHC Membership level requirement to recieve discounted booth fee. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artist Booth - Everything that you sell is handmade or designed by you. If sharing a booth, all artists must be Artist members or above. Work from kits or copies are considered commercial and will be charged as a Commercial Booth. The use of the words “Blueberry Arts Festival, Ketchikan Alaska” is copyrighted by the KAAHC. Do not incorporate the phrase into your artwork or Booth design. | $175 | $55 | $50 |
| Food Booth - Selling food to be consumed at the Festival. Must use a barrier on the ground, such as cardboard or a tarp, and must provide their 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 The application for the temporary food permit is found at https://dec.alaska.gov/eh/fss/food/retail/temporary-food-service/. You must print, sign, and e-mail to kaijsa.bellon@alaska.gov by July 23rd to receive the permit before the Blueberry Arts Festival festivities! You may not sell food at the Festival without the permit! This does not include baked or preserved items. | $200 | $75 | $50 |
| Community Organization Booth - Ketchikan Area Nonprofit organization, community group, or church sharing information and/or selling items/food as a fundraiser. | $200 | $65 | $50 |
| Commercial Booth - Manufactured and commercial items not handmade by you. Resale items for sale for example Avon, or doTERRA, etc. | $350 | $150 | $140 |
| Political Booth - Individual during a campaign year require a Business Level Membership. Political Groups must hold a Business membership. | $350 | $150 | $140 |
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 within the Festival!
If you are required to obtain a food permit for the food you will be selling, you must submit your Temporary Food Service Permit Application from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) by July 20th to receive your permit before the Blueberry Arts Festival! If your food requires a permit, you may not sell food at the Festival without a permit! This does not include baked or preserved items.
FIRST TIME BOOTH HOLDERS:
Get your applications in as soon as possible! We will not start placing new applicants until after 6/01/2026. However, we fill the booth spaces by the date of application received. We will do our best to place you. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
