Festival dates: September 28th, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. September 28th, 9 a.m – 5 p.m.
Food vendors can open Friday evening the 29th, 6 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Menu & Photos
Send your menu, along with 3 photos (one showing booth set-up, one of your work in progress, and one of the product you will be selling.) Print your name on the back of each photo. NOTE: Menus and photos will not be returned.
Submit Photos and Check (Checks Payable to Duluth Fall Festival) to:
Duluth Fall Festival
Food Committee
P.O. Box 497
Duluth, GA 30096
DEADLINE: June 30, 2024; Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Returned checks: will be assessed a $50 fee
Receipt of Application
Deadline: June 30, 2024 – You may send your application anytime before the deadline. You will receive a notice that the DFF received your application. After 10 days, if you do not receive notification by e-mail or letter, please call or e-mail the Duluth Fall Festival at, dfffood@gmail.com or call Toll Free 1-855-385-8841. If we do not receive your application by June 30, it will be assumed you are not returning.
Food Vendor Selection Process
The Duluth Fall Festival Food Committee will choose the 2024 participants. Previous participants are not guaranteed acceptance. Decisions of the committee are final.
Acceptance Notification
Applicants will be notified of acceptance by late June. Checks will not be cashed until acceptance. Checks will be returned to vendors who are not accepted. Detailed information about the Festival will follow after September 15th.
Cancellations must be sent to dfffood@gmail.com.
Cancellation Deadline: August 1, 2024
After June 30th: Refunds will be subject to a $25 administration fee. After August 31st: No refunds except in hardship cases.
Terms and Conditions:
I have read and fully understand all of the terms of this application, if accepted, creates a binding contract between me, and any entity through which I shall conduct business concerning the Duluth Fall Festival. The exhibitor hereby agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Festival and its personnel, the City of Duluth, all organizations and persons sponsoring, managing, or in any other way participating in the Duluth Fall Festival, from any loss, expense, liability, claim, damage, penalty, or lawsuit in any way arising from the Exhibitor’s involvement or presence. The Exhibitor hereby agrees that all disputes arising or relating to this agreement will be adjudicated solely in binding arbitration in Gwinnett County, Georgia with an arbitrator selected by Duluth Fall Festival, Inc.
DULUTH FALL FESTIVAL, INC. – 2024 PANDEMIC CLAUSE
The Duluth Fall Festival, Inc. currently intends to hold its annual festival on September 28 - September 29. The Duluth Fall Festival, Inc. is currently monitoring COVID-19 health advisories in the State of Georgia and nationally, its 2024 Festival is subject to health and safety concerns presented by COVID-19. The Duluth Fall Festival committee will make a decision by August 1st, 2024 shall we need to cancel. The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization. COVID-19 is extremely contagious and is believed to spread from person-to-person contact. As a result, international, federal, state, and local governments and international, federal, and state health agencies recommend social distancing and have, in many locations, prohibited the congregation of groups of people. Under Georgia law, there is no liability to the Duluth Fall Festival, Inc. for an injury or death of an individual entering the Duluth Fall Festival, Inc. if such injury or death results from the inherent risks of contracting COVID-19. You are assuming this risk by entering the Duluth Fall Festival, Inc. The performance of this or any agreement by the Duluth Fall Festival, Inc. shall be subject to force majeure, including but not limited to acts of God, fire, flood, natural disaster, war or threat of war, acts or threats of terrorism, civil disorder, unauthorized strikes, governmental regulation or advisory, recognized health threats as determined by the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control, or local government authority or health agencies (including but not limited to the health threats of COVID-19, H1N1, or similar pandemics or infectious diseases), curtailment of transportation facilities, or other similar occurrence beyond the control of the parties, where any of those factors, circumstances, situations, or conditions or similar ones prevent, dissuade, or unreasonably delay at least 25 percent of prospective Duluth Fall Festival, Inc. attendees from appearing at the Duluth Fall Festival, Inc., or where any of them make it illegal, impossible, inadvisable, or commercially impracticable to hold the Duluth Fall Festival, Inc. or to fully perform the terms of this agreement. The Duluth Fall Festival, Inc.’s nonperformance shall be excused by force majeure or pandemic as outlined above. You agree that this agreement may be cancelled by the Duluth Fall Festival, Inc., without liability, damages, fees, or penalty, and any unused deposits or amounts paid will be refunded, for any one or more of the above reasons, by written notice to the other party.
