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North Florida Fair in Tallahassee: Vendor Booths, Fees and Dates

Listing compiled by Darrin DeTorres, Booth Season · Last updated November 8, 2026 from the organizer's published information

How do you get a vendor booth at the North Florida Fair?

To sell at the North Florida Fair in Tallahassee, you send the North Florida Fair Association a vendor application with recent photos of your booth setup. Indoor Marketplace booths cost $400 and outdoor commercial space starts at $50 per front foot. The fair takes no payment with the application; approved vendors get a contract.

Fees are for the whole 2026 fair, from the fair's vendor page and vendor application. The fee column shows the lowest rate for each booth type.

How to apply as a vendor

1. Download the vendor application from the fair's vendor page and pick a type of exhibit: food sales, commercial sales, or promotional/informational (no direct sales).
2. List every item you'll sell or display with its sale price, or attach a menu or price list. The fair may cut items to avoid duplicates.
3. List the fairs and festivals you've worked, with a contact name and phone number for each.
4. Choose an indoor booth or outdoor front footage and the electricity you need. For an outdoor unit, add a diagram with its dimensions, including awnings, hitches, doors and tent stakes.
5. Attach recent photos of your setup. The fair does not consider applications without photos.
6. Return it with the photos and diagram to North Florida Fair Association, Inc., Attention: Exhibits/Concessions Department, 441 E. Paul Russell Road, Tallahassee, FL 32301-6996. The form also lists sales@northfloridafair.com and (850) 878-3247.
7. If space is full, the form lets you ask to be called about last-minute cancellations, and how many days' notice you need.
8. Don't send money. If you're selected, the fair notifies you and sends a contract. It doesn't publish when it replies.

The application doesn't ask for proof of insurance or a sales tax certificate. Ask the fair office whether your contract will.

When is the North Florida Fair?

The 2026 North Florida Fair runs for eleven days, November 5–15, 2026, at the North Florida Fairgrounds in Tallahassee. Gates open at 5 p.m. on weekdays (noon on Wednesday, November 11) and at noon on Saturdays and Sundays, and close between 8 and 10 p.m.

Regular gate admission in 2026 is $10 for adults 13 and older and $7 for ages 6 to 12, and children 5 and under get in free. Opening night, Thursday, November 5, is free, and Friday, November 6, is $5 for everyone 6 and older. Midway armbands are sold separately. The fair hasn't announced its 2027 dates; the 2025 fair ran November 6–16.

What vendors should know before they go

• Crowd: the fair says about 110,000 people from North Florida, South Georgia and the surrounding area attend the eleven days.
• Indoor or outdoor: both. Indoor booths are in the Marketplace Building; outdoor commercial and food vendors rent frontage on the grounds, and the food court has permanent booths.
• Marketplace hours are long: in 2026 the Marketplace is open 5 to 9 or 10 p.m. on weeknights and from noon on weekends and Veterans Day, for eleven days in a row. Plan on staffing every shift.
• Who comes: this is an agricultural fair. It runs youth livestock shows (beef, dairy goats, sheep, meat goats, poultry, rabbits and cavies), 4-H and FFA programs, competitive Creative Living exhibits and a carnival midway.
• Watch for scams: the fair warns that scammers are selling fake vendor space. Its staff emails always end in @northfloridafair.com. If you get an offer you didn't ask for, call the fair office at (850) 878-3247 before you pay.
• Not published: load-in and setup times, vendor parking, and an application deadline. Ask the fair office before you apply.

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How this page was made: this page was dynamically generated from the organizer's own website and documents, linked on this page, as of November 8, 2026. Details can change, so confirm the fee, deadline and rules with the organizer before you apply or pay. Run this event? Claim this listing to correct it.