Food Booth/Vendor Information Sheet

Event Dates: August 28 – September 1, 2025 (a six (5) day event)

Location: Clocktower Meadow, Promenade, Pavilion, Howard St. Bridge, Carrousel/Ice Ribbon Meadows, and Sculpture Garden in Riverfront Park, Spokane, WA

Times of Operation: Thursday August 28, 2025, 11 AM to 10 PM, Friday, August 29, 2025, 11 AM to 10 PM, Saturday, August 30, 2025,11 AM to 10 PM, Sunday, August 31, 2024, and 11 AM to 10 PM, Monday, Sept 1, 2024, 11 AM to 10 PM. Food Vendors must be open all hours.

What Can You Serve: Any three (3) Food Items, plus a Dessert. Again this year, ALL food vendors will participate in soft drink sales profit sharing. You will receive more information after we receive your application. Riverfront Park also reserves the rights to serve certain food/treat items. Please check with event organizer for any possible restricted item you may wish to serve.

Food Prices: 2025 per unit food prices will be $17.50 per item top price. We encourage you to be competitive and have fair pricing. All food vendors will also participate in the $6 Bite program (daily 3 pm to 5 pm and 8 pm to 10 pm).

Booth Requirements: Food Vendor Booths must have cover from above, sides, a mat floor, and have a solid front counter (preventing booth entry from the front). Booth design must also include event decoration, adding to the festive nature of the event. Booth sizes are no longer than 16’ across the front and 10’ deep, with a small work area behind. No stakes may be driven into the ground. Booths over 16’ will pay an additional $75/per foot booth fee.

Multiple Booths With One Owner: As In the past, a vendor may purchase more than one booth. Each requested additional booth will be review by the organizer and approved only after certain Health District/Event Participation/City of Spokane requirements are met.

Power/Water Requirements: Your cost for electrical service and electricity will be $250 to $500 per booth for all five (5 days. This amount will be determined by your equipment draw, service installed and the amount of power used. Water cannot be supplied to individual booths. Please keep this in mind for your set up and operation.

Refuse Fee: Your cost for refuse will be $125 for all five (5) days.

Spokane County Health District Requirements: Participants must follow all Spokane County Health District requirements and regulations. Participants will have Health District Applications completed and into the Health District by August 1, 2025. Permit and Food Handlers Cards must be displayed in booth.

Fire Department Requirements: You receive information and acknowledgement forms from the Spokane Fire Department, please read carefully. Section 4 references propane fuel and it is one of the biggest fail criteria of their inspections.

Booth Floor Plan: All vendors will provide the event organizer a drawn floor plan and complete description of the vendor’s booth for approval by the Spokane Fire Department (see attached). Changes in the booth layout cannot be made from this approved floor plan without approval from the event organizer and Fire Department.

Your Cost: Your 2025 booth fee is $2,850 (a $1,500 booth deposit is required with application), plus a 10% sales commission (paid on gross sales daily- no deductions, no exceptions), plus electric fee and refuse fee. Booth Fee balance due no later that August 25, 2025.

Insurance: The City of Spokane requires insurance coverage for event participants that includes coverage for the associated event vendors, contractors, subcontractors and volunteers. Without evidence of this coverage, no activity will be permitted on the grounds of RFP. Licensees, contractors and vendors can meet the City’s insurance requirements by maintaining in force at its own expense, the following insurance coverage:

General Liability Insurance on an occurrence basis with a combined single limit of not less than $1,000,000 each occurrence for Bodily Injury and Property Damage. It shall provide that the City, its agents, officers and employees are Additional Insured but only with respect to the vendor’s services to be provided.

Workers’ Compensation Insurance in compliance with RCW 51.12.020, which requires subject employers to provide workers’ compensation coverage for all their subject workers. Refer to http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=51.12.020

Automobile Liability Insurance with a combined single limit, or the equivalent of not less than $1,000,000 each accident for Bodily Injury and Property Damage, including coverage for owned, hired or non-owned vehicles.

Certificate holder must be listed as additionally insured:

City of Spokane
808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. Spokane WA, 99201

Burke Marketing/Bill Burke
4720 S. Progress Court, Veradale, WA 99037

Six Bridges Arts Association
4720 S. Progress Court, Veradale, WA 99037

We must receive your liability insurance certificates (with additional insured listed) two weeks prior to the event for you to participate.

Pictures of Your Food Items: We need you to provide a photograph of the food items you wish to serve (a pdf file) is what we need, please email to billme123@comcast.net. These pictures will be used in all Pig Out in the Park advertising. Please no writing, descriptions or copy on the photograph.