Vendors

2024 Application HERE

No festival is complete without a variety of vendors!

There are three specific vendor types: (Click on the undelined text for more details and specifics.)

  • Arts & Crafts - Arts and Crafts that are Handmade by the Seller ONLY.  We recommend that you include photos of your work with your application.
  • Food - we welcome a variety of food item.
  • Heritage Mall - all other vendors that do not fit in the first two categories. Crafts, collectibles, promotional vendors, or local organizations.

Please note, while we reserve the right to monitor, limit or deny any duplicate merchandise, services, or menu items to keep our event profitable to our vendors ‐ we do not/cannot promise total and complete exclusivity.

Vendors must be open during all Festival hours: Friday 5 - 9 pm; Saturday 10 am - 9 pm; and Sunday 11 am to 5 pm.

Food trailers/trucks can be dropped off Thursday, after 5 pm.

All other vendors can set up Friday, from 7 am to 3 pm.  All vehicles must vacate the streets no later than 3 pm Friday, and booths must be open by 5 pm.

If you are coming from out-of-town, please set your GPS for 101 Cumberland St East, Cowan, TN. (Intersection of Cumberland St and Tennessee Ave.)
for all vendors located on Tennessee Ave.

If your booth is on Front Street, set your GPS for Cowan Railroad Museum, 108 Front St South (west side of Railroad Tracks), Enter from Cumberland Street, but please do not block or park in the Bank Parking lot.

This is an outdoor street Festival and operates rain or shine.  Absolutely no vehicles will be allowed on the streets from 3 pm Friday to 5 pm Sunday.

I understand that the Fall Heritage Festival, Cowan Railroad Museum and the City of Cowan are not responsible for any losses or damages of work, personal injury or property damage, nor will the vendors be a party to any legal action against them, and I further agree to hold them harmless.  

Vendors must carry their own insurance, and provide Certificate of Insurance or sign a waiver upon arrival.

All vendors will have electricity for lights (included in booth fee) so that booths can be kept open until 9 pm on Friday & Saturday. Remember to bring lights, outdoor extension cords and hand sanitizer! It is strongly recommended that you bring lighting for your booths as street lights may not be near your assigned area.

Please be sure to bring:

  • Lights for your booth
  • Tent, table, chairs
  • Extension cords (recommend long outdoor extensions if you have them)
  • Masks are recommended (but not required)
  • Small cooler for water
  • Hand sanitizer for your booth
  • Weights for your tent (if you are on pavement), or stakes (if you are on grass)

Do not bring any kind of pets with you unless they are certified service animals.

Breakdown is Sunday, after 5 pm when the streets are clear of pedestrian traffic.

Held in Cowan, TN the third weekend of September, the festival includes arts & crafts vendors, food, and music.   Fireworks both Friday and Saturday at 9:00 pm.