Seltzers Fest Vendor Application 2025

Canterbury Park Seltzer Fest: Seltzers, Ciders, & Sips
Saturday, June 7th 2025
Vendor Application Deadline: May 23rd 2025

ABOUT

• What is Seltzers Fest?
  • Canterbury Park's Seltzers Festival includes the opportunity to sample a variety of Seltzers, Ciders, Canned Cocktails and more and enjoy an evening of live racing!
  • Participating breweries, ciders, and other companies include a variety of the best specialty, craft, and seasonal seltzers, ciders, and canned cocktails available in Minnesota and national brands.
  • The festival will be held around The Park, on our indoor main level, including the silks building, as well as outdoors in the grandstand and surrounding areas on Saturday, June 7, 2025. Yes, live racing will coincide with this event!
  • One 8 foot table will be provided with your vendor space

DETAILS/TIMELINE

Canterbury Park is accepting applications for the Canterbury Park Seltzers, Ciders, & Sips Festival
Saturday, June 7, 2025.

Move in Hours: 2:00 pm-4:30 pm
Set up must be completed by 4:30 pm
Event Start Time: 5:00 pm
Event will end at 9:00 pm
Estimated Attendance: 1,000+

• If selected as a vendor
  • Canterbury Park will pay each brewery a $250 stipend for its products. If you are able to provide a product at no charge we appreciate the promotional support. To receive stipend from Canterbury Park email an invoice for $250 to Jake Ruhland at jruhland@canterburypark.com
  • Invoices must be received by May 31st and will be paid 3 weeks following the event (June 28). Invoices received after May 31st will not be honored.

VENDOR INFORMATION

Terms & Conditions

All Vendors will list a detailed description of all items that they intend to sample at the Event. Canterbury Park reserves the right to restrict any items offered for sale. Items listed on permit cannot change without prior authorization.

Insurance Requirements

All applicable Vendors must submit proof of liability insurance listing Canterbury Park Holding as an "additional insured" to Canterbury Park, with ten (10) days written notice of any policy cancellation or material change in policy terms.

• No Vendor will be permitted to set up if Canterbury Park has not received proof of liability insurance as herein described by application deadline, potentially without refund or compensation of any pre-payment(s) made.
• All Vendors (unless specifically indicated) are required to carry commercial general liability insurance coverage on their activities/operations with a minimum of one million dollars ($ 1,000,000) combined single limits per occurrence and two million ($ 2,000,000) annual aggregate, insuring against claims for bodily injury and property damage.

Product Distribution

• If you are having a distributor drop off product, please coordinate your order and delivery with your distributor.
• Product deliveries accepted from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, June 2nd - June 7th at the loading dock (southwest corner of the building), products MUST be labeled clearly that they are for the Seltzers, Ciders, & Sips event.
• On event day, all reps and/or personal delivery vehicles must enter the event site through the Shire Square Gate, located just north of the Event Center

Load In

• The lot is fully-enclosed and vehicles will only be permitted to enter from one gate. Vendors may unload materials on-site from vehicles, then park immediately in the main lot which offers FREE parking. NO EXCEPTIONS.
• Upon arrival, you will receive two staff wristbands for each booth reserved
• One 8 foot table will be provided for your space
• BRING YOUR OWN CARTS, HAND TRUCKS OR DOLLEYS.
• If you are bringing a branded tent, you may still set this up inside, however please inform our team in advance, so we may account for space in the floor plan.
• Ice will be delivered to booths by 4:00pm. BRING YOUR OWN ICE TUBS

Prohibited Items

• Do not bring confetti, balloons or stickers of any kind to the event. If you do, you will be billed for additional clean-up costs associated with removing these after the event.
• Do not bring sampling cups (unless offering non-alcoholic products in your booth) - all attendees will be provided a sampling glass upon entry
• Under no circumstance are vendors allowed to give out unopened product to event attendees

NOTE: Please carefully review the General Vendor Information on the Canterbury Website for terms, conditions, and regulations before filling out this application. For this event, we are only able to accept registered businesses. Privately prepared food items are not permitted.