Cathedral City Festival of the Arts 2025
ARTWORK VENDOR REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS
RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR ARTIST VENDORS
Below are instructions for completing the vendor application.
All registrations must be completed on-line at:
INSERT CAFE LINK HERE
Payment must be completed on-line using a credit card.
*Booth is not guaranteed until payment is made and your application has been accepted by the Cathedral City Public Arts Commission.
Goods acceptable to sell at festival:
• Fine Artists: Original art works or reproductions of original art work (I.e. photographs prints, giclée prints of original art work) • Artisans: Handcrafted work (such as leather work, pottery, etc.) • Galleries: original work and reproductions of original work by represented artists.
Additional Information Required:
• Please include your contact information (phone, e-mail). • Include only two (2) photos of some of the items you intend to sell o Save at 300 dpi resolution
o File name format should follow: last name, first initial_# (Example:
Smith_A_1)
o save as a .jpg format
o photos cannot be attached to the form and will need to be sent to the email account
o This information will be used to promote the festival. • Provide your artist website URL and/or any social media handles, if applicable. • Please let us know if you would like to be listed under your name or your business name. This will be used in our publications.
Vendor-supplied canopies and/or tents are not allowed at the art market. • All artwork vendors will have event canopies set up and installed for them and dismantled at the close of the art market.
• Easy load-in/load-out access will be provided.
VENDORS MUST SUPPLY TABLE, CHAIRS, TABLECLOTH, AND ALL
MATERIALS REQUIRED TO DISPLAY YOUR ART.
Vendors will choose their booth location on a first-come first-serve basis on the morning of the festival.
Booth pricing:
• Booth cost is $100.00 and is not refundable after acceptance to the festival. There will be no other costs or commissions. Vendors must accept purchase payments themselves and are responsible for any associated sales taxes or permits.
Festival Waiver:
• Prior to submitting the application, you will need to acknowledge that you have read and accept the terms of the 2026 Festival Waiver.
Do you plan to share the booth? If so :
• Submit only one application;
• We will email them an application and waiver to be acknowledged and accepted.
Cathedral City Festival of the Arts 2026
RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR ARTIST VENDORS
PLEASE READ.
The purpose of the festival is to promote artists and artisans, and provide them with a venue to display, sell, and share their handmade pieces. This event is designed to:
*provide opportunities for artists to show and sell their work; • create a positive image of the CC Public Art Commission; • support City goals of diversity, equity, inclusion, and access; • enhance the Cathedral City downtown area and community at large; • expose adults and children to a wide array of fine art, hand-made crafts, and education opportunities.
1. Read all of the rules. Any and all participants that are represented by employees or family members are responsible for explaining and interpreting these rules and regulations to their employees and/or family members.
2. The festival committee reserves the right to accept or reject vendors and/or items into the market based on availability of space and type of artwork. This includes the possibility of duplicating similar items in the market.
3. NO PERSONAL EZ UPS, CANOPIES, OR TENTS WILL BE ALLOWED.
EZ UPS (10 BY 10) WILL BE PROFESSIONALLY INSTALLED FOR ALL VENDORS.
4. There will be no electricity, tables, or chairs provided. No generators will be allowed.
5. All items available for sale must be hand crafted.
6. Set up may begin on Saturday morning at 0900. The show opens at 1100 and vendors may not take down their displays or leave until after 4pm.
7. This event is advertised as “rain or shine” and is treated as such. All participants are expected to participate during inclement weather.
8. Participants shall be ready to show and sell their work by 11a on Saturday, March 28. Please arrive early enough for you to unload and set up. Loading zones will be available.
9. Each vendor is responsible for space clean up.
10. Tables should be covered by a cloth. All products should be marked properly for sale and prices should be clearly posted.
11. This is a family-friendly event. Vendors shall not sell merchandise of an adult nature, alcohol or drug paraphernalia, nor any merchandise that may imply, suggest, or support this type of activity.
12. Vendors shall not sell sharp objects, such as knives, nor shall they engage in any activity that results in the creation of a sharp object, such as cut glass work.
13. Participants shall be responsible for the behavior of their children. For safety reasons, all children under 13 years of age must be confined to the participant’s space or have parental supervision while browsing the market.
14. The Festival committee reserves the right to ask any participant at any given time, for any reason, to leave the event.
15. There is no smoking at this event.
16. Vendors and market attendees will be subject to any county health policies in effect at the time of the event.
17. The Cathedral City Public Art Commission does NOT in any way guarantee sales or customer buying performance.
The City of Cathedral City has zero tolerance for harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and disrespectful or other unprofessional conduct based on: Race; Religion (including religious dress and grooming practices); Color; Sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sex stereotype, gender identity/gender expression/transgender (including whether or not you are transitioning or have transitioned) and sexual orientation; National origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver's license issued to persons unable to prove their presence in the United States is authorized under federal law [Vehicle Code section 12801.9]); Ancestry; Physical or mental disability; Medical condition; Genetic information/characteristics; Marital status/ registered domestic partner status; Age (40 and over); Sexual orientation; Military or veteran status; and, Any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation.
Prohibited harassment, disrespectful or unprofessional conduct includes, but is not limited to, the following behavior: verbal conduct such as epithets, derogatory jokes or comments, slurs or unwanted sexual advances, invitations, comments, posts, or messages; Visual displays such as derogatory and/or sexually-oriented posters, photography, cartoons, drawings or gestures; Physical conduct including assault, unwanted touching, intentionally blocking normal movement or interfering with work because of sex, race or any other protected basis; Threats and demands to submit to sexual requests or sexual advances as a condition of continued employment, or to avoid some other loss and offers of employment benefits in return for sexual favors; Retaliation for reporting or threatening to report harassment; and Communication via electronic media of any type that includes any conduct that is prohibited by state and/or federal law or by company policy. Sexual harassment does not need to be motivated by sexual desire to be unlawful or to violate this policy. For example, hostile acts toward an employee because of his/her gender can amount to sexual harassment, regardless of whether the treatment is motivated by sexual desire. Prohibited harassment is not just sexual harassment but harassment based on any protected category.
As confirmed by the signed waiver, I agree to abide by the official rules and regulations of the Cathedral City Festival of the Arts. As a vendor, I agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Cathedral City Public Art Commission and the City of Cathedral City from and against any and all loss, damage, claim for damage, liability, expense or cost, including attorney fees, which arises out of, or is related to, or is in any manner connected with my participation in the event. This indemnification provision shall apply to any acts or omissions, willful misconduct or negligent conduct, whether active or passive, on my part, my employees, or my family members.