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Apply to Vend at Foster City Summer Days 2025

Apply to Vend at Foster City Summer Days 2025

by San José Made
$55.00

Join us for this year's Foster City Summer Days 2025 happening on Friday, Aug. 15, Saturday, Aug. 16 and Sunday, Aug. 17. Located outdoors at the beautiful Leo J. Ryan Park at 650 Shell Blvd, Foster City, CA 94404. Featuring: 

  • Over 100 makers and artists vendors
  • Over 20 food trucks and food vendors
  • Carnival rides & games
  • Live music performances
  • Rubber ducky races (on Sunday only)
  • Beer and wine booths
  • Beautiful outdoor park right on the water perfect for picnicking

Why is SJMADE doing something all the way in Foster City?

In 2019, we were part of the event through our sister company Moveable, curating and placing food trucks at the event on both Saturday and Sunday. We saw first-hand how big and how significant of a community event this is for the Foster City / San Mateo County area so we're truly excited to be able to curate and create the artist & maker market for this year's Foster City Summer Days event. While SF Etsy–the curator of the artist & maker market in 2019–has taken a sabbatical from events indefinitely, we'll still be working with them to ensure that we can build on the success of the 2019 market experience!

We don't normally do things so far away from San José but we wanted to help out our friends at SF Etsy and, as we mentioned above, we really believe this could be a significant selling experience for artists & makers in one of the more scenic public parks in the Bay Area. We couldn't pass up the opportunity to help build this viable growth opportunity for our creative small business community!


Event Details

  • Event Title: Foster City Summer Days 2025
  • Dates & Times for the Vendor Marketplace: Saturday, August 16 (11 am to 6 pm) and Sunday, August 17 (11 am to 5 pm)
  • Location: Leo J. Ryan Park, 650 Shell Blvd, Foster City, CA 94404 (the event takes place both within the park, the park's parking lots and the road closure on Shell Boulevard between Hillside and South Road)
  • Details: Outdoor event. Free admission. Dog friendly. All ages.
  • Official Event Website: https://www.fcsummerdays.com
  • Parking for Attendees: Event Parking is available for $10 at Parkside Towers (1031 E. Hillsdale Blvd) and at City Hall (610 Foster City Blvd) from 8 AM to 8 PM on Saturday and 8 AM to 5 PM on Sunday. Shell Blvd closes Thursday, August 14 at 9 am through 5 AM on Monday, August 18.
  • Parking for Vendors: There is a free parking lot for vendors located across the street from Leo J Ryan Park at the Wells Fargo. Each vendor will receive one (1) vendor parking pass which they must display on their dashboard throughout the time their vehicle is parked there. 


Vending

IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR 2025 VENDOR APPLICANTS: Due to the ongoing construction of the new Foster City Recreation Center, the vendor marketplace for this year's Foster City Summer Days 2025 will be relocated to the street closure on Shell Boulevard as opposed to its normal location on the meadow near the Leo J Ryan Park amphitheater. This will mean all vendor booths will be located on the street. 

  • All accepted vendors will receive a 10'x10' booth space. Vendors are responsible for bringing their own canopies, canopy weights, tables and chairs. No rentals are available for this event. For event equipment rentals, we suggest considering iCelebrate Events or Stuart Rentals. If a canopy is used, sufficient weights must be placed on each leg of the canopy, otherwise the fire marshal will ask the offending vendor to take down their canopy until they can obtain sufficient weights. 
  • There is no access to electricity for vendors. There is no wifi available to vendors. We recommend vendors prepare to use mobile data and/or hotspots during the event (using mobile data worked perfectly fine for vendors in past years).
  • Each vendor will receive one (1) vendor parking pass for the vendor parking lot located directly across the street from Leo J Ryan Park near the Wells Fargo.
  • Non-food/drink Vendors Participation Fee: $55 base fee + 10% of your sales during the event. The base fee is paid upon submission of your application. The 10% of sales will be collected at the conclusion of the event in the form of cash, check (made out to "San Jose Made") or PayPal (sent to "billing@sanjosemade.com") [NOTE: The fees are ultimately to be remitted to the City of Foster City].
  • Food/Drink Vendors will need to fill out a San Mateo County RC1 TFF Application and pay an additional $123 fee (included here in the booth fees) on top of the $55 base fee  + 10% of your sales during the event. The base fee is paid upon submission of your application. The 10% of sales will be collected at the conclusion of the event in the form of cash, check (made out to "San Jose Made") or PayPal (sent to "billing@sanjosemade.com"). RC1 means no food prep on-site. We will not be accepting any RC2 vendors (food prep on-site). If you have any questions about your food/drink vending eligibility, please email events@sanjosemade.com before applying. [NOTE: The fees ultimately be remitted to the City of Foster City].
  • Vendors will be able to load-in and setup starting at 8 AM on Saturday, Aug. 16. Vendors can cart or carry their stuff from their parked vehicle OR they can bring their vehicle inside the premises between 8 AM and 10 AM. Starting at 10 AM, no vehicles will be allowed to enter the premises AND any vehicles on premises will need to leave or risk being towed. 
  • Vendors will be able to close starting at 6 PM on Saturday.
  • Security will be on-site to watch over vendors canopies and tables overnight. Vendors can leave their items on-site at their own discretion. 
  • Vendors will be able to store their products overnight between Saturday and Sunday in a lockable room within the City of Foster City's Temporary Recreation Center (the actual Recreation Center is under construction). This applies only to products. In years past, vendors have been able to store larger items overnight but for this year, due to the current construction of the Recreation Center, there is limited overnight storage space for vendors inside the Temporary Recreation Center. 
  • Vendors will be able to access this storage room on Sunday morning starting at 9 AM.
  • Vendors will be able to close starting at 5 PM on Sunday. Vendors can either cart or carry their stuff to their parked vehicle starting at 5 PM or they can bring in their vehicles starting at 5:45 PM.

Notes:

  • Any vendors who have NOT been officially accepted to vend at Foster City Summer Days 2025 will not be allowed to vend at the event. 
  • 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, both you and the vendor who bought the booth from you will be banned from all future San José Made events.


Instructions on How to Apply - PLEASE READ

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

Instructions

  1. Fill out the form of this vendor application page. 
  2. Select Booth Type.  
  3. Click "Checkout" or click the shopping cart icon in the top-right corner.
  4. Make sure the event date(s) in your shopping cart match the event dates you'd like to apply to. 
  5. 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.
  6. Our team will send you an admission notification (accepted / waitlisted / rejected) within the stated time (scroll down to the "Notification" section).

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. 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 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 application deadline is May 3, 2025. All applicants will be notified about their application status on May. 10, 2025.
  • If your application is accepted, you're all set. You'll receive further instructions and information about vending.
  • 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 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.  

Any questions?

Email us at events@sanjosemade.com. Make sure the subject line is "Foster City Summer Days 2025 - Vendor Inquiry". 

Notes for Vendors

  • Application acceptance is NOT guaranteed for vendors whose applications were accepted for a previous SJMADE event or for the Foster City Summer Days 2024 (or 2023) event. Each year, each application is juried by our application jury regarding 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.


Refund Policy

  • To withdraw your participation from Foster City Summer Days 2025, please email events@sanjosemade.com and include your business name, full name and, if possible, order number. 
  • If you withdraw from the event anytime before June 30, 2025, you will receive a full refund on your booth fee.
  • If you withdraw from the event anytime between July 1, 2025 and July 15, 2025, you will receive a 50% refund on your booth fee. 
  • If you withdraw from the event anytime after July 15, 2025, 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. 


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 2025 Vendor Code of Conduct
  • By applying to and being accepted to our events, each vendor is agreeing to adhere to the 2025 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.