Vendor & Food Booth Information

Set-up Times
Friday, October 4 — 6:00PM
Saturday, October 5 — 6:30AM
After unloading – all vehicles and trailers must be removed from the pedestrian traffic areas prior to scheduled display times. (SAFETY ISSUE)

Set-up:
No one will be permitted to set-up until after 6:00 PM, Friday, October 4, 2024, once all assigned space is empty, traffic has been stopped, and you have checked-in with the Commercial Chairperson. If you arrive early, please park in the city parking lot, just south of the square, off of US-31E/KY-210 on your right.

Breakdown
Sunday, October 6 — 4:00PM
Vehicles and trailers will not be permitted in pedestrian traffic areas prior to 6:00 PM.
(SAFETY ISSUE).

Reservations: The Commercial Chairperson and Lincoln Days Celebration, Inc. reserve the right to reject any exhibitor they feel is inappropriate for a specified area. Any such exhibitor will be required to leave and no refund will be given.ALL 2024 BOOTH SPACE IS SOLD OUT!

NOTE: Due to changes in Kentucky’s Sales Tax policy,
sales tax must be collected on all booth spaces in 2024.

Lincoln Days offers something for everyone!

Arts & Crafts Booths * SOLD OUT*

Charge: 12’ x 12’ space $75.00 (plus sales tax). Please notify if electricity required. Payment must accompany completed application. Please enclose a self addressed stamped envelope to receive a confirmation letter.

Crafts: Only hand-made items (made by the exhibitor in the USA) will be permitted in the craft area.

Arts: Paintings, pictures or prints (original works of the exhibitor) may be accepted and assigned to an appropriate area.

Literary: Books and/or manuscripts (authored by the exhibitor) may be accepted and assigned to an appropriate area.

Media: CD, DVD or Tapes (provided the recording artist is the exhibitor) may be accepted and assigned to an appropriate area. (The collection must be only works of the exhibitor vs. a collection of multiple artists. The latter example would be deemed commercial).

Refunds: Request for refunds must be in writing ONLY. All requests, made prior to September 6,  will be reimbursed 90% (ninety percent) of all paid fees. Requests on or after the stated date will only be refunded should the reserved space be sold.

Reservations: The Arts and Crafts Chairperson and Lincoln Days Celebration, Inc. reserve the right to reject any exhibitor they feel is inappropriate for a specified area. Any such exhibitor will be required to leave and no refund will be given.

Food Booths * SOLD OUT *

PLEASE NOTE: Food vendors are required to have a Health Department Permit – which is paid separately to Lincoln Trail District Health Department – as well as a City of Hodgenville Mobile Food Permit. PLEASE WAIT until you have received confirmation from Lincoln Days that you have been accepted as a food vendor.

Getting Started: The most important part of preparation is getting your booth ready and pleasing to public.

Items needed for a Food Booth:

• Food Permit must be posted and visible to the public.
• Three Buckets for wash, rinse, and sanitize ware-washing system.
• Cooler with a spigot for hand washing and a bucket to catch dirty water.
• Soap and disposable towels for hand washing station
• Bucket for sanitizer solution to store wiping cloths
• Bleach or quaternary ammonia for ware washing and wiping cloths.
• Test strips for the appropriate sanitizer.  Bleach solutions for ware washing should read between 50-100ppm.  Quaternary Ammonia solutions should read between 200-400ppm.
• Metal stem thermometer to check temps.  Cold foods (41 F or less) and hot foods (135 F or more)
• Thermometer in each refrigerated unit and cooler.
• Hair restraint for each food handler
• Gloves or utensils to use as barrier with ready-to-eat food.
• Covered trash can.
• Adequate facilities for maintaining proper food items cold (41 F or less) or hot (135 F or greater).

Things to Remember

• Before you begin to operate set up hand wash station, ware wash station, and sanitation bucket.
• Food workers shall wash their hands routinely and have easy access to hand wash stations.
• No Barehand contact with ready to eat food is allowed.  Wash hands before gloves!
• Persons who are ill or exhibiting symptoms of illness shall not prepare or serve food.
• Store food and single service articles 6” off the floor/ground.
• No drinking or eating in the food prep area.
• Label food and toxic items.
• All Food must be cooked on site or at a permitted kitchen.  Do not save potentially hazardous food at the end of the day.  Cook to the crowd.
• Provide screening or fly control when needed.
• Store wiping cloths in sanitizer bucket. (100-200ppm)
• Keep food out of the danger zone!

Set up ware washing station to properly wash, rinse and sanitize utensils and equipment.  Buckets should be labeled and big enough for the largest item.

Designate a hand wash station area (away from food, paper, and utensils).  Always have soap and disposable hand towels.  A Cooler with a spigot and a bucket to catch the wastewater is needed.

Prohibited Foods

• Foods Prepared from a home kitchen cannot be sold.
• Wild game or any meat not inspected by USDA or other official governmental regulatory agency.
• Pastries filled with cream, custards, and similar products.
• Other food items or ingredients, which may constitute a high risk in a temporary setting.

Refunds: Request for refunds must be in writing ONLY. All requests, made prior to September 6,  will be reimbursed 90% (ninety percent) of all paid fees. Requests on or after the stated date will only be refunded should the reserved space be sold.

Non-Profit Booths *SOLD OUT*

Download Non-Profit Booth Application.

Lincoln Days Celebration, Inc  Policy Relating to Non-Profit Organizations

1. Payment of the fee/s herein described registers the non-profit organization as an official Lincoln Days participant and helps to defray the overall costs of the festival production.
2. Any Food, Craft, or Commercial sales or booths are subject to preexisting policies and fees and are NOT INCLUDED in this category.

Non-profit groups who are giving away, free, at no cost, items or information to the Lincoln Days audience will be charged a fee of  $25.00. (Examples: water, balloons, event flyers, organizational pamphlets).

Non-profit groups who are selling any service, product or activity, or who are charging for any service, product or activity will be charged a fee of $25.00. (Examples:  Raffles, Dunking Booths, Seasonal Plants, etc.)