Presented by Town Green District, downtown New Haven’s business improvement district. “We do fun stuff!” (Unofficial slogan.)
NEW HAVEN NIGHT MARKET
vendor call - may 2025
Thank you for your interest in being a part of the MAY 2025 Night Market! We invite vendors, businesses, merchants, entrepreneurs, and artists to showcase their handmade artisan items, curated retail goods, local art, foods, cuisine and more!
MARKET DATE:
Friday, MAY 16, 2025 | 5PM - 10PM
(Rain date: MAY 17)
MARKET LOCATION:
NINTH SQUARE Neighborhood,
downtown new haven
vendor applications
are now closed! thank you for your interest in participating!
all applicants will be notified of vending status by midnight friday, MARCH 28.
payments due from CONFIRMED vendors by midnight friday, aPRIL 4.
Please DO NOT contact us to ask about vendor application status prior to Friday, March 28. You WILL NOT hear from us regarding vending status prior to Friday, March 28. That is the day we will be in touch with you via email.
If we have not contacted you regarding vending status by March 29, feel free to email us to ask what’s up.
choose your vendor application type:
Please note - Out-of-BID Food Vendors are NOT currently permitted to vend beer/wine/liquor.
ALL VENDORS ARE REQUIRED TO READ THE RULES & REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT!
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ATTN FOOD TRUCKS - you may qualify for the Itinerant Food Vendor Reciprocal Licensing which exempts you from the $80 health dept. one-time permit required to vend.
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE.
An itinerant food vendor can receive a license and be inspected by one local health jurisdiction and then be allowed to operate in another local health jurisdiction as long as the two local health departments have signed the reciprocal licensing/permitting agreement.
POSTER ARTIST APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED
The Official Night Market poster will be used as the primary marketing material both physically and digitally for this May Market. We will also commission and produce 2 additional posters each Market, for a total of 3 works created per Market.
All 3 poster designs will also be sold as event souvenirs by pre-order prior to and at the event's Welcome Tent. In addition to a $350 stipend, artists will also receive 50% of poster proceeds sold by pre-order AND the night of the event.
If you are interested, please use the form at the button above and include a minimum of 2 past art works of any medium as examples of your style.
Artwork examples should be past work only; please DO NOT create Night Market-specific work for this submission form. Artists of all mediums are welcome as long as they translate into poster format.
Compensation: $350 + 50% of poster proceeds sold via pre-order and night-of the event
Some details: Posters are vertical, 11x17"; physical posters are printed by local business on souvenir-quality 120# paper
ADDITIONAL INFO: Night Market Poster Artists will be notified by end of the day Friday, March 28th. Artists will be asked to create their design within 2 weeks, with a draft (to make sure dates and info is correct) ready to be reviewed by Market Staff on April 8th. Final print-ready files are due by end of the day Friday, April 11th. We love to take photos of our poster artists with their work for sales promotion on social media and our website, so we will arrange a brief (15min) photo shoot to take place on Monday, April 14th at a location in downtown New Haven.
additional participation OPPORTUNITIES:
Are you a brick & mortar business located within the Town Green District boundaries who wants to participate without vending in a tent? Drive traffic into your physical space on Market day and night by offering a Night Market Promotion. Promotions will be listed on the event map and handed on to guests as well as listed on the event website. A promotion can be anything from a specialty event cocktail to a live band in-store, pop-up vendors in-store, art pop-ups, shopping or dining discounts, henna or tarot reading, dining discount, live product exhibits - whatever fits your business best!
What if I’m a non-food, non-arts/retail, non-nonprofit entity - how can I participate in a future Night Market?
The Night Markets do not offer tent/table spaces for entities that do not fit into the food, art/retail, or nonprofit category. Instead, we have Activity Sponsors!
An Activity Sponsor hosts and staffs a free public activity that guests are able to participate in. This helps us enliven the Markets even further, and in turn, your apartment, bank, realty company, etc. will gain much more engagement than traditional info tabling.
With Activity Sponsorship, you receive a space at the Market and will have the opportunity to distribute and/or collect information from guests, all while hosting something fun. You will also receive a featured listing on the Happenings page on this website and the Market Map, directing folks to your Very Fun Thing.
If you are unable to host/staff an activity yourself, we may be able to pair you with a Very Fun Thing, and you will receive listings as the Sponsor just the same.
To discuss further, please reach out to us at: nhvnightmarket@gmail.com
Add yourself to our list of talent! Town Green District keeps a list of talent, near and far, who are interested in performing at any of our many annual events. Add your info to this list and we will have it on file when event planning time comes. This list is not specific to only playing the Night Market; you will be considered for all TGD-hosted programming.
ATTN PAST night market VENDORS
Participation in past Night Markets does NOT guarantee a spot in future markets. We greatly value all past vendors and their enthusiasm in the event, however the Market has grown and vendor applications received has more than quadrupled over the years. AS YOU HAVE SEEN, STREET SPACE IS LIMITED. To give access to other vendors and add variety to the Markets for event guests, past vendors may be rotated per event. Know that we love you and will get you into a future night market again, if not this one.
GENERAL DISCLAIMER: Limited vendor space is available at each Market. Limited tent rentals available. Applicants must review the "Rules & Requirements" document. Vendor applications will be reviewed by Market staff. Vendors must hold all required permitting prior to applying and submit in application. Vendor fees apply based on BID (business improvement district) classification and rental needs.
