The SPOT is the marked area on the parking lot floor — that is all. Tent, table, chairs, display, banner and lighting are on you. Most SPOTs are 100 sq ft (about 10×10 ft, the size of a standard canopy); a few are larger, and the map shows each one's size before you buy.

No. This is a church parking lot, not a venue built for events: there is no electrical setup for the booths. If you need power, bring your own — a quiet generator or a battery power station — sized for the full five hours, with at least one extra hour of reserve beyond your estimate. In SOME areas it may be possible to run an extension cord, but that is an exception and has to be arranged with the organizers in advance: none of it gets solved on event day, and it cannot be your plan. A loud generator competes with the stage and with your neighbor: choose battery whenever you can.

Yes — your own. The venue has general lighting, but it was not designed to light the inside of a booth and the organizers cannot guarantee it will be enough at yours. The sun sets around 7:30 PM and the event runs until 9 PM: bring battery-powered LED lighting with at least an hour and a half to two hours of runtime — one bar or a small floodlight covers a 10×10 tent — and charge everything before you leave home. A dark booth at 7:30 PM sells less, no matter how good the product is.

Arrive at 2 PM. By 4 PM your SPOT must be fully set up — that is when the public comes in. Before 2 PM the space is in use by another organization, so there is no early access. If you genuinely need more time (slow-cooked barbecue, for example), ask the organizers in advance; we authorize these case by case. Teardown happens only after the official closing, at 9 PM.

No. Nothing may be attached, hung, taped or screwed to walls, fences, trees, poles or any structure on the premises — this is the single most important rule of the event. Everything you bring has to stand on its own, and your tent needs weights on all four legs: it gets windy late in the afternoon, and an unweighted tent becomes everyone's problem.

On your own, planned in advance — and it is not optional: anyone working with food is REQUIRED to have a way to hold safe temperatures and to bring their OWN THERMOMETER to check throughout the event. Cold means 41°F (5°C) or below. In practice: good coolers with plenty of ice, dry ice for frozen items, and backup ice in the car. Do not count on ice, a fridge or a freezer on site — none of that exists in the parking lot. If your product depends on electric refrigeration, the generator is yours and it has to last five hours, not one.

Yes, within what your license allows — and the responsibility is entirely yours. Whatever is served hot has to STAY hot: 135°F (57°C) or above, checked with your own thermometer (the same one you already bring for cold holding). Chafing dishes with gel fuel, hot boxes and insulated carriers handle much of it without power; grills, fryers and propane are allowed for vendors who are properly licensed for that. Anyone lighting a fire, licensed or not, follows the same safety rules: tell the organizers beforehand what you will use, keep a fire extinguisher within arm's reach (Class K if you are deep frying), never leave the fire unattended, keep grills and fryers at least 3 feet from canopy fabric and out of reach of passers-by, and put coals out completely — hot charcoal does not go in the trash, on the parking lot or in the landscaping. Your booth space is yours: safety and whatever happens inside it are on you, and the church's insurance covers the venue, not your operation. The full list is in the Fire, gas and grilling section of the SPOT rules.

If your case requires a permit, that is between you and the county — the organizers do not pull permits for vendors. This is a church event, non-profit, built to bring the community together: the organizers handle the event's own authorizations, and each vendor answers for their own compliance — handling, storage and permits where required. That is what the SPOT rules say. If you are unsure about your case, sort it out now, not on event day.

There is no water hookup at the event. It is a church parking lot with no tap available to the booths: if you need water, you bring it. Jugs of clean water for hygiene, hand sanitizer, gloves and paper towels. Dirty water and used oil leave with you — nothing may be dumped on the parking lot, in a drain or in the landscaping. This is church property, and that is the most sensitive point of the venue.

Yes. Your flagship is exclusive (nobody else has Pastel if Pastel is yours) and on top of it you register up to three variations and up to three different items as extras — a drink, a dessert, a side. All of it is agreed in the vendor panel after your purchase, and the organizers flag it if an item collides with another booth's flagship.

This is the first edition, so nobody can promise you an attendance number — be suspicious of anyone who does. Your practical limit is not the line: it is how much you can hold at a safe temperature for five hours without power. Plan your stock around that, and keep backup in a cooler in your car.

There is no Wi-Fi on site. Bring your card reader charged and a data plan on your phone, and have a plan B: cash for change, Zelle, or your payment app's QR code printed and laminated. With a crowd in one place, the network gets slow exactly when the rush hits.

Each vendor collects their own trash, disposes of it in the designated places and leaves the space clean at the end, the way they found it. Bring your own trash bags: the volume one booth produces in five hours surprises first-timers.

Entirely yours. The booth space is yours during the event: what you set up, what you use and what you sell answer to you. The church's insurance covers the venue — it does not cover your operation, your equipment or your product — and the organizers are not liable for loss, damage or theft. Anyone bringing valuable equipment or merchandise should carry their own insurance. This is a non-profit community event run by the church: it works because everyone takes care of their own piece.

Your category is your flagship product, and no one else at the event has the same flagship — that is what you are buying. Variations and complementary items are still yours to sell: after your purchase you go over the rest of your offering with the organizers, through the vendor panel. What you cannot do is turn your booth into someone else's flagship.

SPOTs are non-refundable. You can swap SPOTs up to 1 hour before the event starts, using the link emailed to you (swapping to an equal-value spot is free; to a more expensive one you pay the difference). If something comes up, talk to the organizers — we will see what can be done, but a refund is not guaranteed. In case of force majeure, the organizers will seek a fair solution.