This May, the city of Santa Clara, in collaboration with San José Made and Moveable Feast, will be launching its very own night market series (with events happening in May, June and July)!
Celebrate Santa Clara Night Market—this 2-day night market series is the perfect event for the whole family. Featuring over 180+ makers, artists, designers, chefs, bakers, and creative small businesses in a new outdoor venue in downtown Santa Clara. Enjoy live entertainment and vibrant community art activities. Join us for a night celebrating Santa Clara’s rich cultural and culinary diversity!
Free admission for attendees. Located outdoors at 900 Lafayette St, Santa Clara, CA 95050. Parking options available nearby in the surrounding neighborhood. More parking info coming soon.
Event Details
- Event Title: Santa Clara Night Market
- Dates & Times: May 1 (4pm - 9pm) & May 2 (2pm - 9pm)
- Location: 900 Lafayette St, Santa Clara, CA 95050
- Details: Outdoor event. Free admission. All ages. Dog-friendly (must be leashed at all times).
- Parking: Free parking in the area
Does your work qualify for this event?
In order to participate in this event, a City of Santa Clara Business License is required. You can find info on how to details and costs associated with acquiring one on the City’s website.
Quick note: There is no charge if you are only operating from 1 to 5 days. If you are operating 6+ days, you will pay ~$46 per employee who’ll be operating you booth.
If you are a Cooking Booth and Food Truck, please read...
Through this application, we are not considering any applications for cooking food booths and food trucks. We define "cooking booths" as any booth serving food that could be considered a meal (i.e. lunch or dinner).
If you are a cooking food booth or food truck, and you're interested in participating in the event, please use our sister company Moveable Feast's food vendor application to apply:
Moveable Feast will be curating all of the cooking booths and food trucks for this event. If Moveable Feast decides to move forward with having you vend at the event, they will send you further instructions on confirming your participation and preparing for the event.
REMINDER: If you are a cooking booth or food truck, do NOT use this (SJMADE's) application to apply for the event. If you use this application page to apply to vend as a cooking booth or food truck, your application will be rejected and your booth fee will be partially refunded according to our Refund Policy for this event (scroll down below).
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If you are a vendor looking to sell packaged food products, baked goods, desserts, snacks, coffee drinks, tea drinks or fruit drinks, you can use this application.
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If you are non-profit organization or a for-profit business that would not qualify as a "maker, artist or creative small business", do NOT use this application. Please email events@mvbl.co with the subject line "Santa Clara Night Market - Non-Profit / Sponsor Booth" for pricing and information.
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Additionally, for any SJMADE curated 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 partially refunded according to our Refund Policy for this event (scroll down below).
Instructions on How to Apply - PLEASE READ
To successfully submit your application, you must go through the online checkout process. 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.
Instructions
- 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.
- 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. 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
- 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 April 2nd, 2026. All applications submitted before this date will receive a vendor application status notification (via email) by April 7, 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 refund of your fee per the Refund Policy. 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 refund of your fee per the Refund Policy for the event (scroll down below).
Any questions?
Email us at events@sanjosemade.com. Make sure the subject line is "Santa Clara Night Market 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 or Moveable Feast events. 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.
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.
- Food/Drink (+$121). If you plan to sell food and/or drink items during the event, please select this option. The overall fee for food/drink vendor applicants INCLUDES your $121 Santa Clara County Health RC1 Low Risk Temporary Food Facility Permit Fee. If what you sell requires a Temporary Food Facility Permit above the RC1 Low Risk permit, we will NOT accept your application to vend (e.g. food that requires on-site preparation and/or cooking). To read more about Temporary Food Facility Permits, view the Santa Clara County's page on them: https://cpd.sccgov.org/programs-and-services/temporary-events.
Booth Type
- Full Booth - Inline Location (10'x10') (+$300). 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 location.
- If you're a vendor who already knows with whom you want to share a booth with... Please select the Full Booth option described above to apply. You'll only need to apply using a single Full Booth application. 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. Please do NOT submit two separate applications.
Any vendors who have NOT been officially accepted to vend at Santa Clara Night Market 2026 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 and Moveable Feast events.
Additional Vendor Details
- Canopies, Canopy Weights, Tables & Chairs. Vendors will need to bring their own canopy, canopy weights, table(s) and chair(s). We will not be offering any rentals for this event.
- Electricity. We will not be offering any access to electricity at this event.
- Wifi. We recommend vendors use their mobile data OR a mobile hotspot to take transactions. Mobile wifi hotspots are available for free at some public libraries. There is no on-site wifi available.
- Canopy Weights. Your canopy must be sufficiently weighed down by its canopy weights. While the venue is not a normally windy venue, per the fire marshal's guidelines, your canopy should be weighed down to be able to sufficiently withstand strong gusts of wind. The fire marshal will ask you to take down your canopy if they do not believe it is sufficiently weighed down.
- Load-in. There should be plenty of parking spaces directly surrounding the venue, making it convenient for some to cart or carry their items to their parked vehicle from their booth space. However, if you need to bring your vehicle into the venue to pick up your items at your booth space, you will need to sign up for a specific vehicle load-out time. A link for you to sign-up for a specific vehicle load-out time will be included in your acceptance email if your application to vend is accepted.
Refund Policy
If your application is accepted BUT you need to withdraw your participation from this event, please email events@sanjosemade.com and include your business name, full name and, if possible, order number.
Refund Deadline: April 15, 2026
- If you withdraw from the event anytime before this date, you will receive a full refund on your booth fee.
- If you withdraw from the event anytime after this date, you will not be eligible any refund on your booth fee.
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 for consideration for the event being applied to. Please see the "Does your work qualify for this event?" section on this page (scroll up).
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.
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 more clearly define our expectations for the participating vendors at our events and how they exist within an event's community of vendors. 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. (*Depending on the event, we may also send communications from our parent company, Moveable, with an @mvbl.co email address.)
Please note that we cannot honor any vendor booth spaces that were purchased through channels that were not ours.