Boothspace at the Bowling Green International Festival

Festival Cultural Display, Activity, Food & Merchandise Booths
A variety of vendors and exhibitors set up booths. Booths feature cultural displays, activities, food and merchandise. They are hosted by professional vendors, community organizations, businesses and individuals. In addition, festival organizers run several booths most of which are located near the fountain. Festival booths include: merchandise, information, children's activities and passports.

The International Festival is a great opportunity to promote YOUR business or organization to a regional audience. To participate choose "click here" next to the appropriate type of booth below.

Authentic Foreign Food: A wide assortment of authentic foreign foods are available at the festival from professional vendors, ethnic restaurants, area organizations and local international families.
	If you will serve food and your menu includes authentic foreign foods click here (general food booths see special interest booth below). No deadline. * Food booths must also follow Health Department regulations.

Internationally Themed Merchandise: Our international bazaar features arts and crafts, clothing and a variety of merchandise from around the world.
	If you plan to sell merchandise representing foreign culture click here (general merchandise booths see special interest booth below). No deadline.

Cultural Displays & Free Activities: Various organizations, businesses and families provide foreign culture activities and educational exhibits.
	If your booth's focus is a foreign culture display or activity based on a foreign culture and no money will change hands except in the form of a donation jar click here (general organizational displays see special interest booth below). No deadline.

Country Passport Tables: Booths representing various foreign countries and regions throughout time are created for our passport program. Pick up your passport at the USA/Passport booth to begin your journey around the world collecting flag stamps.
	If you would like to create a country passport display for our passport program click here. Deadline to apply August 30.

Special Interest: A limited number of spaces are alotted for booths which do not have a foreign culture theme. These include: favorite festival foods, general merchandise and displays for our sponsors as well as other area businesses and organizations.
	If your booth features food, merchandise, information or activities that do not represent foreign culture click here. No deadline.

Festival Booths: Organized and run by festival volunteers, the festival booths are created for fundraising, providing information and offering free activities.

Festival Merchandise:
	Souvenirs sold at the festival merchandise booth help fund the festival. Support the festival by buying our Restaurant Discount Card or tshirts. You can also shop at our online store.

Festival Information:
	The information booth is staffed with Board members and volunteers to answer questions about the festival. Brochures with a map of the grounds are available. All vendors and performers check in at the information booth.

Free Children's Activities:
	A variety of free children's crafts are available throughout the day at the children's activities tent. Make a keep projects like drums and storybooks or work on word puzzles and coloring pages.

USA/Passports:
	Begin your journey around the world at the USA/Passport booth. Pick up your passport book at get your first stamp, the flag of the United States of America. Return at the end of your trip around the world for your picture.

Pinata Bursts:
	Each hour on the hour pinata bursts are held near the children's activity tent. All pinatas are hand sculpted by artist Ronnie Jaggers and are displayed in her Chiseled Features Studio booth until time to break them.

Beer Garden:
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Volunteers:
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All vendors, performers and volunteers should enter the site at the Gate by the large parking lot on the State Street side of the park (top left on this diagram).