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Apply to Vend - SJMADE Fest 2026

Apply to Vend - SJMADE Fest 2026

by San José Made
$400.00

Please read through the instructions below before applying to this year's SJMADE Fest.

San José Made's largest outdoor event of the year, SJMADE Fest, returns in 2026 on May 30–31, 2026. Located at History Park San José.  Open from 11am to 6pm each day. Featuring over 250+ amazing makers, artists, designers, curators, chefs, bakers, crafters and creative small businesses. Free admission for attendees. Featuring a foodie market with some of our very favorite food trucks and food stalls, a double-sized Kitten Lounge by Mini Cat Town, live K-Pop dance performances & entertainment and so much more!

Event Details

  • Dates & Times: May 30–31, 2026 (11 am to 6 pm each day)
  • Venue: History Park San José
  • Address: 635 Phelan Ave, San José, CA 95112
  • Info: Free admission for attendees. All ages. Dogs on leashes are OK.

 

Does your work qualify for SJMADE Fest 2026?

For any SJMADE events, we do NOT consider applications where: 

  • The applicant appears to be reselling mass manufactured goods (e.g. reselling items purchased from Amazon, Temu, AliExpress, etc.).
  • The applicant appears to be associated with a large corporate business or appears to want to promote a large corporate business. 
  • The applicant appears to be promoting a business that cannot be considered to be involved in a creative or artistic discipline. 
  • The applicant appears to be using AI to create the artwork featured in their products.
  • The applicant appears to be wanting to sell alcohol, drugs and/or weapons

If your application can be considered to be one (or more) of the above five items, your application will be rejected and your booth fee will be refunded according to our Refund Policy for this event (scroll down below).

If you are a food vendor or food truck who is doing on-site cooking, do NOT use this SJMADE application apply for the event. Instead, use the Moveable Feast application to apply for SJMADE Fest 2026 (Moveable Feast is our sister company):

  • https://mvblfeast.com/sjmade-fest-2026/
  • Cooking Food Booth Pricing. The price of a two-day 20' x 10' space for a cooking food stall is $1000 + Santa Clara County Health's TFF Fee ($238).
  • Food Truck Pricing. The price of a two-day food truck space is $800 + Santa Clara County Health's TFF Fee ($238) but the TFF Fee will be waived if your truck has a valid Santa Clara County Permit. The price of a one-day food truck space is $400 + Santa Clara County Health's TFF Fee ($238) but the TFF Fee will be waived if your truck has a valid Santa Clara County Permit.

If you are a food vendor or food truck who is doing on-site cooking and you apply through this SJMADE application, your application will be automatically rejected and your booth fee will be refunded according to our Refund Policy for this event (scroll down below). If you have any questions before applying, please email us at events@sanjosemade.com and we'd be happy to answer any questions.

If you are a food/drink vendor who is NOT doing on-site cooking (or cooking beforehand and bringing warmers to keep the food warm), you can use this SJMADE application to apply to SJMADE Fest 2026. 

Typically, if your products and selling are categorized as RC1 (in limited cases RC2) based on Santa Clara County Health's Temporary Events rules, then you should apply using this SJMADE application. This includes vendors who sell baked goods, prepackaged goods, coffee & tea drinks, snacks (e.g. chips, jerky, corn nuts). If you have any questions before applying, please email us at events@sanjosemade.com and we'd be happy to answer any questions.

 

Instructions on How to Apply - PLEASE READ

Failure to read application instructions may result in your application being automatically rejected.

Instructions

  1. To successfully submit your application, you must go through the online checkout process (i.e. paying for your booth). Don't worry about the pick-up / delivery method, just choose whatever. Since this is a digital vendor application, whichever option you choose will not matter.
  2. Our team will send you an admission notification (accepted / waitlisted / rejected) within the stated time (scroll down to the "Notification" section).
  3. Note: At some point before admissions are sent out, your order might go from "unfulfilled" to "fulfilled". This only means that we've begun to process your application, and has no implication of application acceptance.

FAQ: "I successfully submitted my application and paid the fees. Does this mean I'm automatically confirmed to vend for the event date(s)?"

  • No, applying does NOT mean you are automatically accepted. Submitting your application on our website and paying the fees associated with the application simply means that you've successfully applied to the event.
  • Once we receive your application (and fees), our team will review your application. You will receive an admission notification (accepted / waitlisted / rejected) within the stated amount of time on the vendor application page (see below). If your application is accepted, you're all set. If your application is rejected, we will fully refund your fees. If your application is waitlisted, you will have the option of staying on the waitlist OR withdrawing your application and receiving a full refund of your fees. 
  • What do we review? For every applicant, we will review your website (if any), Instagram (if any) and any additional content you shared with us about your work (photos, descriptions). Additionally, if you've done events with us before, we will take into consideration our past experiences with having you vend at our event(s). Please note that if you do NOT include a website our Instagram in your application, you should email us at events@sanjosemade.com with photos of your work and a description of your work and your business. Without this content, we will be unable to review your application and will automatically reject your application to vend. 
  • Why do we jury applications? Our goal in jurying applications is to ensure that the vendors who participate in our events are good fits for the event and, therefore, are positioned for success in both sales and customer engagement. If your application is not accepted, this does not mean we don't like your work. It also does not mean that future applications from you will not be accepted. We have had many, many, many vendor applicants whose application was rejected for one event, go on to do many events with us beyond that. Additionally, we jury applications so that we can achieve a healthy balance to the diversity of product types offered at an event (i.e. not having too much of a product type represented at the event). 

Admissions Notification

  • The Vendor Application Deadline is Jan. 12, 2026. All applications submitted before this date will receive a vendor application status notification (via email) on Jan. 16, 2026. This status notification will share whether or not the applicant's application has been accepted / rejected / waitlisted.
  • If your application is accepted, you're all set. You'll receive further instructions and information about vending in your application status notification email.
  • If your application is waitlisted, you will have the option to remain on the waitlist OR withdraw from the waitlist and receive a full refund of your fee. Your waitlisted application notification will contain additional information to help guide you through the waitlist process.
  • If your application is rejected, you will receive a full refund of your fee based on our Refund Policy (scroll all the way down below). 

Any questions?

Email us at events@sanjosemade.com with the following subject line:

SJMADE Fest 2026 - Vendor Inquiry: [INSERT YOUR BUSINESS NAME]

Notes for Vendors

  • Application acceptance is NOT guaranteed for vendors whose applications were accepted for a previous SJMADE event or for the SJMADE Fest series of events. Each year, each application is juried by our application jury regardless of what happened with your application in previous years. 
  • Booth assignments from previous years is not guaranteed upon acceptance for this year's event (or subsequent years' events). Additionally, we do not take specific booth location requests.

 

Pricing

Vendor Type

  • Non-Food/Drink (+$0). If you do not plan to sell food and/or drink items during the event, please select this option.
  • Low Risk Food/Drink (+$128). This option is for food/drink vendors NOT cooking on-site. If you plan to sell food and/or drink items during the event and your products qualify for a RC1 Low Risk Temporary Food Facility Permit from Santa Clara County Health, please select this option. This option includes both your booth fee AND your $128 Santa Clara County Health RC1 Low Risk Temporary Food Facility Permit Fee. To read more about Temporary Food Facility Permits, view the Santa Clara County Health's website. If you have any questions before applying, please email us at events@sanjosemade.com. A reminder that if you are a cooking food vendor / food truck, please use the Moveable Feast (our sister company) application to apply to vend at SJMADE Fest 2026.
  • Moderate Risk Food/Drink (+$191). This option is for food/drink vendors NOT cooking on-site. If you plan to sell food and/or drink items during the event and your products qualify for a RC2 Moderate Risk Temporary Food Facility Permit from Santa Clara County Health, please select this option. This option includes both your booth fee AND your $191 Santa Clara County Health RC2 Moderate Risk Temporary Food Facility Permit Fee. To read more about Temporary Food Facility Permits, view the Santa Clara County Health's website. If you have any questions before applying, please email us at events@sanjosemade.com. A reminder that if you are a cooking food vendor / food truck, please use the Moveable Feast (our sister company) application to apply to vend at SJMADE Fest 2026.

Booth Type

  • Double Booth (20'x10') (+$1,025). This is the largest booth size we offer through the application process. If you're interested in a booth size larger than this, please first email us at events@sanjosemade.com with your business name, website / social media (if available) and a description of what you'd be selling however there is no guarantee that we will be interested in accommodating booths larger than double booths. All double booths come with one of the two booths placed on a corner. 
  • Full Booth - Corner Location (10'x10') (+$525). If you apply to vend using this option and your application is accepted, you will receive a full 10'x10' booth and you will be placed in a corner booth location. 
  • Full Booth - Inline Location (10'x10') (+$400). If you apply to vend using this option and your application is accepted, you will receive a full 10'x10' inline booth. Inline = non-corner booth location. 
  • If you're a vendor who already knows with whom you want to share a booth with... Please use one of the Full Booth options or the Double Booth option described above to apply. When filling out this vendor application, you'll be prompted to include information about your preferred boothmate (business name, name, email, website, Instagram, phone number, CA seller's permit number and any additional info). Please make sure to include your preferred boothmate's information otherwise we will not be able to consider them for the event. 
  • There is no Shared Booth option for this event for vendors who want to apply for a shared booth space without another boothmate at the time of applying. 

 

Notes:

  • Any vendors who have NOT been officially accepted to vend at SJMADE Fest 2026 will not be allowed to vend at the event. Any unaccepted vendors who try to vend at the event will be removed from the premises by security and banned from all future San José Made events. 
  • Booths are non-transferable. If you decide to withdraw from the event, you will not be able to sell or transfer your booth to another vendor. If you sell your booth space to another vendor, that vendor will be removed the premises by security and both you and the vendor who bought the booth from you will be banned from all future San José Made events. 

 

Additional Vendor Details

  • Load-in. There will be a Friday afternoon load-in window as well as a Saturday morning load-in window for the event. 
  • Tables & Chairs. Vendors will need to bring their own table(s) and chair(s) though there will be a rentals option for 8' table, 6' tables, table covers and chairs. If vendors would like to rent one or some of these items, they will need to sign up at least one month prior to the event. A link will be shared in the application acceptance email.
  • Electricity. There will be no access to electricity provided at the event. In order to use a generator at the event, a vendor must notify our staff at least 90 days prior to the event. Using a generator without approval from our staff will not be tolerated and the vendor will be asked to stop using their generator (if they don't, they will be removed from the event). 
  • Wifi. We recommend vendors use their mobile data to take transactions OR to use a mobile hotspot. Mobile wifi hotspots are available at some public libraries, such as Sunnyvale, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, and Oakland Public Libraries. It appears mobile devices using AT&T mobile data struggle during peak times of the event.
  • Security Overnight. You will be able to leave your booth setup overnight between Friday and Saturday AND between Saturday and Sunday. As always, we recommend taking home personal valuables and electronics. The venue will be secured overnight but you leave your items at your own discretion. 

 

Refund Policy

  • To withdraw your participation from SJMADE Fest 2026, please email events@sanjosemade.com and include your business name, full name and, if possible, order number.

Refund Deadlines for non-food/drink vendors

  • If your application is accepted, but you withdraw from the event anytime before April 7, 2026, you will receive a full refund on your booth fee.
  • If your application is accepted, but you withdraw from the event anytime after April 7, 2026, you will not be eligible any refund on your booth fee or any booth fee credits.
  • If your application to vend is NOT accepted, we will process a full refund of your booth fee upon sending you the notification email. 

Refund Deadlines for food/drink vendors

  • If your application is accepted, but you withdraw from the event anytime before March 31, 2026, you will receive a full refund on your booth fee.
  • If your application is accepted, but you withdraw from the event anytime after March 31, 2026, you will not be eligible  for any refund on your booth fee.
  • If your application to vend is NOT accepted, we will process a full refund of your booth fee upon sending you the notification email. 

Refund Terms for Rejected Applications

If your application to vend is NOT accepted, we will process a 100% refund of your booth fee upon sending you the notification email EXCEPT in instances where the application: 

  • Is a duplicate application (i.e. a vendor applies multiple times for the same event)
  • Is incomplete or fails to provide sufficient information for our team to jury the applicant. One example of this would be an application that is missing a website link AND the applicant has not emailed us their product photos before the application deadline. Another example of this would be an application that includes only erroneous website or Instagram links–either broken links or links to pages that do not represent your work and/or your business.
  • Does not qualify as a result of being a cooking booth or food truck (see: "For food/drink vendors and food trucks who require on-site cooking")
  • Appears to be for a vendor who is reselling mass manufactured goods (e.g. reselling items purchased from Amazon, Temu, AliExpress, etc.).
  • Appears to be for a vendor who is associated with a large corporate business or appears to want to promote a large corporate business.
  • Appears to be for a vendor who is promoting a business that cannot be considered to be involved in a creative or artistic discipline.
  • Appears to be for a vendor who is using AI to create the artwork featured in their products.
  • Appears to be for a vendor who is wanting to sell alcohol, drugs and/or weapons

If any of the above applies to your application, we will retain 3% of your booth fee and refund you the remaining 97%. If none of the above applies to your application, we will refund you the full 100%. 

 

Terms

  • SAFETY: Participant will act with the highest regard for the safety of the attendees and other participants of the Event, and will adhere to all laws, policies, rules, and regulations applicable to the goods and/or activities of Participant, including obtaining all licenses, permits, and approvals that may be required to enable Participant to conduct its activities at the Event and fulfill its obligations under this Agreement.
  • LIABILITY: San José Made will not be responsible for any loss or damage to Participant’s property, injury to, or death of the Participant (or its agents, employees, and/or personnel), or Participant sales. Participant expressly assumes all risks of loss, damage, liability, injury, or destruction resulting from any cause whatsoever, including but not limited to acts or omissions by Participant, and hereby releases and waives any claims against San José Made related to such loss, damage, liability, injury, and/or destruction. 
  • INSURANCE: Participant represents that it has, or will have at the time of the Event, appropriate insurance to cover liability for the types of activities Participant will conduct at the Event. Participant covenants to be fully responsible for any of its liabilities, actions, or omissions, and will indemnify, defend, and hold San José Made (and its officers, employees, agents, vendors, affiliates, and representatives) harmless against any claims related to Participant’s liabilities, actions, or omissions.
  • RIGHT TO CANCEL: Per its Code of Conduct, San José Made will in good faith attempt to resolve any vendor's transgressions of the Code of Conduct (as well as any applicable laws) in order to preserve their ability to participate in an event. However, San José Made reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel the participation of any vendor at any time before or during the event. This decision may be based on, but is not limited to, failure to comply with the Code of Conduct, inappropriate behavior, violation of applicable laws or any action deemed detrimental to the event's success, reputation, or safety. In such cases, no refund of fees paid will be issued (unless the cancelation occurs during an applicable refund eligibility window), and the vendor agrees to comply promptly with any instructions from the event organizer regarding the removal of materials and departure from the event premises.

 

Vendor Code of Conduct

  • View the Vendor Code of Conduct
  • By applying to and being accepted to our events, each vendor is agreeing to adhere to the Vendor Code of Conduct.
  • We are asking everyone to read this document before participating in any SJMADE events this year and to try their best to adhere to the following vendor code of conduct. Failure to do so may negatively affect the jurying of a vendor's future applications to our events. Egregious flouting of the vendor code of conduct may result in a vendor's removal from the event in question. 
  • We will exhaust every opportunity to avoid these situations (because we love having y’all at our events!); however, as our events have grown, it's become clear that we need to define our expectations for the participating vendors at our events and how they exist within an event's community of vendors. San José Made will in good faith attempt to resolve any vendor's transgressions of the Code of Conduct (as well as any applicable laws) in order to preserve their ability to participate in an event. 
  • However, San José Made reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel the participation of any vendor at any time before or during the event. This decision may be based on, but is not limited to, failure to comply with the Code of Conduct, inappropriate behavior, violation of applicable laws or any action deemed detrimental to the event's success, reputation, or safety. In such cases, no refund of fees paid will be issued (unless the cancellation occurs during an applicable refund eligibility window), and the vendor agrees to comply promptly with any instructions from the event organizer regarding the removal of materials and departure from the event premises.
  • If you believe you'll be unable to adhere to this code of conduct, please let us know and we can discuss.

 

Scam Alert

Please feel free to share with any of your fellow vendors or vendor communities. We have seen a reported increase of instances on Facebook and Instagram of people attempting to scam prospective vendors by purporting to be "selling" the last few vendor spaces for our previous events.

In many of these cases, the scammer asks for payment via PayPal, Venmo, Zelle or some other form of digital payment after filling out a Google Form. Please note that these people (i.e. the scammers) are not associated with San José Made in any way.

We never sell vendor spaces through social media direct messages or even text messages for that matter. We only sell vendor spaces through our official website (sanjosemade.com).

If you ever encounter communication online from a non-SJMADE account purporting to be associated with SJMADE, please feel free to contact us at either events@sanjosemade.com or info@sanjosemade.com. We would be happy to verify for you whether or not the communication you've received has officially come from us. 

Please note that we cannot honor any vendor booth spaces that were purchased through channels that were not ours.