September 2nd + 3rd*, 2023
Hours: 12-6pm
Address: 212 W 6th Street
Basic City Beer

check your invoice for the date(s) you are scheduled

Load in: 10 am (please don’t show up before 10am)

Your car MUST be moved out of the Basic City parking lot by 11:45 am

Pull in to the spaces in the 2nd row or to the right of the handicap spots to load.

Outside vendors will be setting up in the front row of parking spaces.

Move your car after loading in/before setting up to make room for other makers to load in. *

Load out: Do not start packing up before 6pm.

Address: 212 W 6th st, Richmond VA 23224

Review the map below before loading in. Your space will be marked with your business name

• If you leave your car in the basic city parking lot from 12-5:30pm or you pack up before 6pm, you will not be invited back.

• For exceptions find Marie and she will tell you where it is ok to park, close.

With 35+ vendors and hundreds of shoppers, parking needs to be made available to shoppers as a first priority.

After loading in by the ramp or stairs please move your car to one of the side streets to make space for patrons. Ask Marie for exceptions.

There is a free lot about 2 blocks away, if street parking isn’t your thing.

311 Bainbridge St https://goo.gl/maps/8tv33nvMpXyhXicY8

DO NOT PARK IN THE CSX LOT, They will tow you.

If you provided your facebook link in your application + paid your vendor fee, I will add your name the vendor list on facebook event

https://www.facebook.com/events/1338582626943016

*** Important** add the event to your Facebook page.

Send FB invites to people who you think will want to attend. We’re running ads, but it helps us reach more of the right people if we teach facebook who might walk through the door.

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We have a healthy ad budget to support digital content.

But we should expect more ads to get flagged or not approved due to instagram and facebook being the absolute worst place for advocacy.

The more you share and post about the market, the further our a dollars will go. Please help us reach YOUR potential customers.

All Makers are expected to post, share, and comment on posts about the market.
Engaging with your fellow makers is a MUST. We are here to lift each other up.
Your engagement with other makers weights heavily in our decision to bring you back.

A. $55 indoor space with room for a 6ft table ONLY
B. $75 Indoor space with room for a 6ft table and ~3ft of rack or side table space. (LIMITED)
C. $110 indoor space with room for 2 6ft tables (VERY LIMITED)
D. $75 outdoor space with room for a 10' x10' canopy tent, guaranteed space type B if the rain map is used*

You should have received a Square invoice and an email from hello@rvamakersmarket.us.
Payment is due now.

Once payment is received, you will be added to the Facebook event and content calendar.

Alternate payment methods:

Cashapp: $dangdangelo

Paypal: marieiscool@gmail.com

Updates are made to the facebook event once per day, after the previous month’s market has concluded.

Your space type can be found on your invoice.

Standard indoor spaces have room for one (1) 6-foot table. NO additional racks, small extra tables, or rugs permitted.

Picnic Table - Indoors. you don’t need to bring a table, but you should still bring a chair. if you have back problems let me know ASAP. this is not the spot for you.
Utilize the front bench as an extra display shelf and the back bench for your cash wrap.

XL space - Indoors, room for 1 6ft table and your choice of either a rack or side table for up to 3ft of additional space

Double space - Indoors. room for 2 6ft tables.

Outdoor: 10 x 10 space for a canopy tent.
— Must have a canopy tent with 40 pounds of weight per leg. You will not be allowed to set up without appropriate tent weights.
buy weights here:
Amazon
— 4 count 55lb bags $54.11
— 8 count 22lb bags

—When setting up, place your tent along the back of the parking space. you will be facing the brewery. The parking lot is technically 6th st. We don’t want to encourage anyone to stand in the middle of the street.
— In-case of rain: outdoor vendors are moved inside.
We try our best to give you room for a second table or rack indoors.
If we have to use the rain plan and you can get by with one table, please let us know asap. we’ll buy you a beer.

6" table and chairs, decorations, signage, business cards, stickers, pen, paper, table cloth, card reader, cash for change, hand sanitizer, extension cords, lighting, hotspot, etc. If you have a 10x10 space, tent canopies are allowed.

NO RUGS for 6ft spaces

OUTDOORS, bring everything above plus:

10’ canopy tent, sunscreen, water bottle, TENT WEIGHTS (your tent should tell you how much weight is needed per leg. 40 pounds per leg is average), battery/solar lights, rug, tent walls in case it’s too sunny/windy/ rainy, bungee cords or string, weights to hold displays down, etc.

1 tent is available to rent for $20.

Amazon
prices updated on 8/29/23

buy weights here:
— 4 count 55lb bags $54.11
— 8 count 22lb bags $73.99

The last tent you’ll ever have to buy:
ABC 10 x 10 Tent
— No Frills - tent and weights. $185.95
— Tent with walls and weights $269

This is a dog friendly brewery. Dogs are required to be on a leash with the leash in hand, at all times.

Please respect your neighbor’s space. Only two people can be behind your table at any time.

This is a rain or shine event. In the event of heavy rain or winds, we will move everyone inside.

*important reminder* Out of respect for those on the waitlist, you are only authorized to sell items that are handmade by YOU.
This is a curated market and your placement on the map is based on the category of items that you are selling.

DO NOT COME if you are feeling sick or if you have recently been in contact with someone who has been exposed to COVID

Pizza and soft drinks are available to order from the bar, along with Basic City’s beer, Bold Rock cider, and wine.
No outside alcoholic beverages are permitted. It’s ok for you to bring your own snacks and non-alcoholic drinks.

Food Trucks
Saturday: Haute Dayum
Sunday: Tiny Vegan

Do not come if you are not feeling well or if you have been in contact with someone who has contracted COVID. In this case, your fee will be transferred for a future market.

No refunds will be awarded after 8/25/23.

Vendor fee is due immediately. If you cannot pay your fee on time, contact us to let us know.

After three reminders your invoice will be canceled if we do not hear from you and you will not be eligible for future markets.

No shows/no calls will not be eligible for future events and programs.

Want to be featured on social posts?

For shares:

tag us in the post/on the photo @rvamakersmarket @basiccitybeerco_rva

#rvamakersmarket #biggayweekend

For feed features:

Fill out this form and get extra ad $ on a post featuring you.

or do it this way with no extra ad $:
DM @rvamakersmarket or email us a few photos of products you’ll have for sale and maybe one of your face (if you feel like it) We’ll use these for social media, so let us know if you have any specific language we should use.

Be part of our community and help lift each other up.

Sharing posts in your stories from other makers that will be at the market, shows all of our followers that we, as makers, support each other. Makers who share and tag other makers on our roster, will be highlighted / given priority to be featured in our posts and ads. Send me the posts or tag @rvamakersmarket in the photo to make sure we see it.
Sometimes we miss mentions in comments and captions due to the high volume of engagement.

The market ends at 6pm and Basic City is open until 9pm.

The Showroom will be closed at 6pm and all doors will be secured once Saturday vendors have loaded out.

— Showroom vendors can leave their table set up and ready to go for Sunday.
— Taproom vendors should cover their table or put product underneath it.
-Marie and the Basic City staff will be in eyesight of the tables until close.
-If you have anything bulky, we can put it in the showroom
-If you have anything perishable, we can put it in the walk in- over night.

— Outside vendors can leave anything they need in the showroom.

If you are donating to a cause or organization, let me know who you are donating to.

After the market, update me with how much you donated. a screenshot is preferred.

Alternatively, you can send us 20% of your sales and we will donate it to our choice of LGBTQ+ mutual funds.

All donations will be tallied and reported in September