Booth Information

The Troy Daze Festival has adopted a set of rules, policies and procedures for the operation of the festival.

If you have any further questions, please contact the Booth Chairman, Bob Berk, by email at troydazebooths@wowway.com or by phone at 248.524.1749.

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Background

The Troy Daze Festival is a group of family oriented events, primarily, taking place over a fall weekend that provides families in and around Troy with a number of activities demonstrating the richness and diversity of the community. Troy Daze is held at Troy's Boulan Park, located on the west side of Crooks Road three quarters of a mile north of Big Beaver Road. The most widely known part of the festival takes place on the weekend and includes amusement rides, food booths, community and business booths, ethnic group booths, children's games, entertainment and fireworks. In addition, there are a number of activities such as the Miss Troy and Mr. Troy contests, and children's crafts. Lesser known, but equally important are the events held during the week before the festival weekend for special needs children and adults and for senior citizens.

The festival is sponsored by the City of Troy and is self sustaining with financial support from business sponsorships, booth fees, contracts, and parking fees. There is no charge for attendance. Participants are charged a single fee to park a vehicle on the festival grounds for the whole weekend. Parking can be paid at the festival entrance or parking passes can be purchased at a significant discount at the Troy Community Center. For this reason, there is no accurate count of participation; however, we have estimated that we will see approximately 100,000 participants over the festival weekend.

Booth information

Booths are specific areas within the Troy Boulan Park festival grounds that can be purchased to sell items or inform festival participants of your organization. The majority of booths are located under a 100x220 foot lighted tent that serves as the main festival display area and are referred to as tent booths. A limited number of spaces are available outside the main display tent and require that the exhibitor provide their own fire approved shelter and lighting. These are referred to as outdoor booths. In addition, the festival has a limited number of outside spaces set aside specifically for food service. These food booth spaces are controlled by the festival to assure food service quality and diversity.

All booth exhibitors must confine their activity within the outlined area of the assigned booth. Exhibitors may not stand in the tent aisles or in the festival walkways while working their booths. Limited space is available for a non-movable supply storage vehicle within 500 feet of the Booth site. All supply storage vehicles must be parked within the assigned booth area or in the assigned supply storage vehicle parking area.

All booths are provided 110 volt power from generators located on the festival grounds. Electrical service of over 50 amps, 220 volts, or for powering supply storage vehicles overnight can be purchased at additional cost.

Dates and hours of operation

Thursday	September 17	3pm-9pm	Optional for Food Booths only, All other Booths closed
Friday	September 18	4pm-10pm	All booths open
Saturday	September 19	11am-10pm	All booths open
Sunday	September 20	11am-8pm	All booths open

Booth Setup and Security

Booth setup starts at 8am on Wednesday, September 16 and continues until Friday afternoon. All booths must be open by 4pm Friday. To avoid congestion, booth exhibitors are encouraged to setup their booths either during the day on Wednesday or in the afternoon on Thursday. The Troy Daze site will have overnight security Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.

Booth Types

Tent Booths

A 10 foot frontage by 11 foot deep area within the lighted main display tent. Exhibitors must supply their own tables, chairs, backdrops, and electrical cords. Connection to one 110 volt outlet within 30 feet is included.

Outdoor Booths

A 20 foot frontage by 20 foot deep area on the festival grounds. Exhibitors must supply their own fire approved shelter, lighting and all display materials. Power will be available within 100 feet.

Food Booths

A 25 foot frontage by 20 foot deep area on the festival grounds. Food vendors must supply their own shelter meeting both Health Department and fire codes, food preparation and serving equipment and lighting. Power and water will be available within 100 feet.

Pricing

Booths are priced both by booth type and by class of exhibitor. Exhibitor Classes are:

• Business – Businesses and Commercial entities
• Political – Government agencies, Politicians and Political entities
• Community Group – Organizations that are non-profit in nature, such as PTO's, Churches, and service organizations.

Price List	Business	Political	Community Group
Tent Booths	$210	$125	$95
Outdoor Booths	$300	$185	$155
Food Booths	$450	N/A	$225

Additional Charges

Power usage over 50amps:	$100
220volt connection:	$50
Overnight powered service vehicle:	$200

Cancellation Policy

If you find it necessary to cancel before the Festival, please let the booth chairman know immediately. A refund will be provided on the following schedule, if we find a replacement for your booth space.

• 15 days or greater before the Festival Entire: fee minus $5.00 when a replacement is found
• 7-14 days before the Festival: 50% of the total fee when a replacement is found
• 0-6 days before the Festival: No refund

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The Troy Daze Festival is a member of the Michigan Festivals & Events Association