Downtown Bel Air monthly block party (May-Oct); local live music, food trucks, artisan vendors, beer & wine garden and kids zone on closed Main Street. Organized by the Bel Air Downtown Alliance. Separate vendor, food-truck and band applications.

Two-day fiber arts festival at Deerfield Fairgrounds with 100+ fiber vendors, sheep breed displays, workshops, demonstrations, and herding dog trials.

Moss Rock Festival in Hoover runs each November—Alabama's premier eco-creative weekend with 100 juried Art+Design makers and 50+ Nature/SmartLiving/Sweetery vendors. Juried booths lean toward work depicting nature, sustainability, and upcycled materials; contemporary craft from natural materials also fits well. Festival programming includes a ticketed beer garden, live music, food vendors and food trucks, and a Kids' craft studio. Established audience with strong local following; draws shoppers intentionally seeking artists and makers aligned with environmental values and sustainability. Fee schedule: Multiple fee options are available including flat fee or flat fee + commission.

Founded in 2003, Artisphere is a juried fine-art festival held each May in downtown Greenville featuring 135–150 artists, live performance, and local food vendors. The festival draws tens of thousands of attendees and has generated significant economic impact in the region. Artist Row provides networking space for exhibitors.

Carolinas Revolutionary War Weekend is a Revolutionary War reenactment held each November in Kershaw County, fourteen miles north of Camden. The event features a craftsmen and vendor marketplace alongside battle reenactments and 18th-century demonstrations (Merchants must be 18th Century in appearance and merchandise). Proceeds support Liberty Live, the organization's year-round educational program in American Colonial and Revolutionary era living history. Note: You must contact this organizer directly to apply—no application link or vendor information is available online.

Lunar New Year festival produced by California Culture Festival at the RC Sports Center, one of four Inland Empire lunar and lantern festivals the operator runs each January and February. Retail, craft and food vendors sign up through the operator's shared vendor portal. Note: You must contact this organizer directly to apply—no application link or vendor information is available online.

Held each April in Auburn, Auburn CityFest is a free outdoor festival featuring live music, arts & crafts vendors, fine arts, food, nonprofit booths, and children's activities. Rain or shine, it's a established spring tradition drawing a mixed crowd of shoppers and families looking for local makers and community organizations.

Held each December along downtown Wetumpka and Gold Star Park, Christmas on the Coosa runs since 1984 and features arts and crafts and food vendors offering handmade items, unique gifts, and holiday treats. Live music and performances fill the day alongside a community parade with creative floats and Santa arriving by skiing across the Coosa River. Note: You must contact this organizer directly to apply—no application link or vendor information is available online.

The Bloomin' Festival is a two-day juried arts festival on the campus of St. Bernard Abbey and Preparatory School, held outdoors among the stone-cut buildings of Alabama's only abbey and adjacent to the Ave Maria Grotto. More than 150 booths are filled with artists exhibiting and demonstrating handcrafted work, so vendors should expect demonstration to be part of the show's character. Because the field is juried, acceptance is not guaranteed. The festival is the largest annual fundraiser supporting the operation and maintenance of St. Bernard Prep, and the two-day format means planning for overnight staffing and inventory.

NEBRASKAland DAYS is the official state celebration of Nebraska, originally launched in Lincoln in 1965 with a parade, rodeo, pageant, and musical revue. For food vendors, preference goes to those representing Nebraskan food culture, and the number of accepted applicants is limited by available space. Organizers work to avoid duplicate menus, though some overlap can occur — so a distinctive, regionally grounded menu strengthens an application.

Held in downtown Huntsville's Big Spring Park each April, Panoply Arts Festival brings together 100+ visual artists across mediums in the Art Marketplace, 20+ local music acts, culinary food trucks, and kid-friendly activities. An established juried event with strong attendance — solid fit if you're looking for a Southeast arts crowd in late spring. Note: No application link or vendor information is currently available online.

In March, Penn Cove Musselfest celebrates 40 years of mussel magic on Coupeville's historic waterfront. Hosted by the Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association, the festival fills the weekend with chef demos, the Mussel Tussle cooking competition, family activities, children's crafts, live music, artisan vendors, and waterfront beer garden experiences. The Chowder Tasting invites attendees to sample mussel chowders from nine local restaurants; guests vote for their favorite, making it both a tasting and a friendly culinary competition. Mussel Farm Boat Tours offer behind-the-scenes looks at sustainable shellfish farming. The festival is dog-friendly, weather-flexible, and designed to be explored at a relaxed pace, with shuttles and parking support available.