A booth at a Utah Valley festival costs anywhere from $5 to a few hundred dollars, the applications close months before the event, and every vendor needs a Utah special-event sales tax number before the first sale. Those three facts decide more first seasons than the quality of the work. This page lays out what organizers published for 2026, show by show, so you can plan a 2027 season around real deadlines and real fees.
It is written for the maker. If you are shopping, our year-round makers' market calendar and the Christmas boutique guide are the pages you want.
Three ways a show can charge you
Before comparing fees, know which model you are signing up for, because a cheap booth and an expensive one can cost the same once the sales come in.
Flat booth fee, you staff it. You pay for the space, you sit at your table every open hour, and you keep every dollar you take in. The city festivals and farmers markets in this guide work this way. Lehi's 2026 handbook is blunt about it: vendors must occupy their booth during all market hours, and vendors who sell out must stay anyway, with no early take-down.
Booth fee plus commission, they staff it. The Beehive Bazaar in Provo charges a per-week booth fee and 20 percent of gross sales, runs a central checkout and does not want you standing at your booth. You tag every item with a price and your vendor ID, and the Bazaar pays you by direct deposit within five business days after the show. Its rules say an untagged item earns you no credit for the sale.
Free application, juried, fee only if accepted. Art City Days and the Springville Art Festival take applications with no payment, jury them, and collect the booth fee only from vendors they accept.
The commission model changes the math. At the Beehive's 2026 holiday show, a 3-by-6 booth cost $150 a week. Because the Bazaar keeps 20 percent, you would need $187.50 in sales just to earn back the booth fee, since 80 percent of $187.50 is $150. At Lehi's $75 flat fee, $75 in sales covers the booth, but you spend two full days at the table.
The 2026 fees, as published
These are the numbers each organizer published for its 2026 event, read in October 2026. Fees change every year; treat them as a guide to the range, and confirm with the organizer before you budget.
| Show | Booth | 2026 fee | Key deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provo Farmers Market, summer (Pioneer Park) | Artisans and makers | $35 a week, plus $40 application | Rolling, by application |
| Provo Farmers Market, winter (Provo Towne Centre) | Artisans and makers | $40 a week, plus $40 application | Rolling, by application |
| Beehive Bazaar holiday show, Provo | 3x4, 3x6 or 3x8 feet | $125, $150 or $175 a week, plus 20% of sales | Fee due October 24 |
| Art City Days, Springville | 10x10, arts and crafts | $200 | Apply by April 1; pay by May 1 |
| Springville Art Festival | 10x10 or 10x20 | $150 or $250 | Apply by June 12; pay by July 5 |
| Lehi Round-Up Market | 10x10 | $75, plus $50 for power | Apply by April 14; pay by May 26 |
A few details that sit behind those numbers:
- Provo Farmers Market. The market's application fee is non-refundable, and acceptance is by committee review. Its 2026 summer season ran Saturdays, June 6 to October 31, and the winter market runs Saturdays, November 21 to December 19 and January 9 to March 27. The winter market also takes "curated finds" (secondhand) vendors and Provo storefront businesses at $45 a week, case by case.
- Beehive Bazaar. Booths can be no more than 3 feet deep. The Bazaar supplies no tables. Its 2026 holiday rules required that vendors not sell at any other Utah County show overlapping its dates, and they bar artwork or products featuring imagery made with generative AI.
- Art City Days. Springville's packet charges a $50 late fee after May 1 and says vendors who miss the payment deadline forfeit their space. Food booths cost $300, commercial booths $250 and nonprofit booths $100. Arts and crafts must be handmade, though the packet allows digital designs printed on items that are not handmade, such as stickers and cards. Priority may go to returning vendors and Springville residents.
- Springville Art Festival. No application fee. The museum gives a $75 booth discount to artists who run a demonstration or hands-on activity and waives the fee for demonstration-only participants who do not sell. Cancellations by August 5 get a 50 percent credit; after that, no refunds, rain or shine.
- Lehi Round-Up Market. Booth fees are refundable until June 2 and not after. The event runs regardless of weather.
The shows that did not publish a fee where we could read it
- Swiss Days, Midway. Utah Business reported in August 2026 that 500 to 600 businesses apply each year for a limited number of spaces, that the application deadline ends in February, and that the vendor committee reviews applicants' websites and social media and gives highest preference to vendors with an artisanal component. We did not find the booth fee published. A separate Midway city license applies to Midway businesses that host outside vendors on their own property during the festival: $100 to apply plus $50 per booth, per vendor, per day, filed at least 60 days ahead. That is a fee for the host business, not for a vendor in the official festival market.
- The Utah Valley Christkindlmarkt (December 10 to 12, 2026, at the Historic Utah County Courthouse) posts a vendor application and a preliminary market map through the Provo Farmers Market's site, but the fee was not on the page we read.
- The Holy Cow Boutique in Lindon runs four editions a year. We did not find its booth fee published.
For senior-center and church fairs, which run on simple table fees and often staff themselves, see the booth section of our Christmas boutique guide.
The calendar works backward from the event
The pattern across the 2026 shows is consistent: you apply in late winter or spring for a summer event, and in summer for a holiday event.
- January and February. Swiss Days' application window closes in February. Art City Days opens February 1.
- March to mid-April. Springville's art festival opens March 13. Art City Days closes April 1. Lehi closes April 14.
- Late April and May. Acceptance notices go out (Art City Days on April 20, Lehi by April 28) and fees come due (Art City Days May 1, Lehi May 26).
- June and July. Springville's art festival closes applications June 12 and collects fees July 5 for a September show.
- Late summer into October. Holiday shows close their applications. The Beehive Bazaar's holiday applications had closed by October 2026, with backup vendors still being accepted and the lineup announced by October 17.
If you are starting from zero in the fall, the realistic first booth is a weekly market (the winter Provo Farmers Market takes applications on a rolling basis) or a small church or school fair, not a juried summer festival whose window closed months earlier.
What organizers say about what sells
The honest answer to "which crafts sell" is that no organizer we read publishes sales data, and we will not guess. What they do publish is more useful than a guess: the rules that show where a market is already crowded.
- Lehi says it may limit the sale of any item to one vendor, first come, first served, and every product must be pre-approved. Adding a product after acceptance requires a written request by May 12.
- The Springville Art Festival says it selects artists in a variety of media and price points, and it rejects lotions, soaps, mass-produced goods and resale outright.
- The Beehive Bazaar says it arranges vendors so similar ones are not side by side and looks for work that is "out-of-the-ordinary, new, fresh, different."
- Swiss Days favors work with an artisanal component and, according to its vendor chair, has become more intentional about bringing in new vendors each year.
- The Provo Farmers Market bans permanent jewelry, which it classifies as a prohibited service, and prioritizes locally made, artisanal goods.
Read those together and the advice writes itself: the more your product looks like the ten booths a shopper has already passed, the harder it is to get in and the harder it is to sell once you are there. Our local makers guide covers how buyers judge handmade work, and the Cricut and vinyl guide works through the margins on one of the most common booth categories.
Taxes, licenses and food: the paperwork that closes booths
Sales tax. The Utah State Tax Commission's special-events page says all vendors at special events (fairs, festivals, art shows, swap meets, seasonal stands) must obtain a Temporary Sales Tax License. Since April 2025, every vendor also needs a Sales Special Event Taxpayer ID, a one-time number you give to each promoter. The promoter sends the Tax Commission its vendor list on Form TC-791, and you receive Form TC-790C, a temporary license and return good only for that event. You file it online through the Taxpayer Access Point or by mail, at the tax rate where the sales happened, and pay within 30 days after the event; in some cases Tax Commission agents collect on the last day. If you already hold a regular sales tax license, you still file the TC-790C and then back the event sales out of your regular return so they are not taxed twice. Lehi's handbook warns that vendors not compliant with the Tax Commission will be closed and removed without a refund.
City licenses. Lehi's handbook says an approved vendor application serves as a temporary Lehi business license for the Round-Up Market only. Other cities handle this differently. Our selling handmade guide and the Provo business license guide cover year-round licensing.
Insurance. Art City Days requires $1 million per occurrence and $3 million aggregate coverage, naming Springville City as additional insured, for food vendors and vendors with high-risk activities. Lehi recommends, but does not require, that craft vendors carry their own coverage, and says the city's policy does not cover vendors.
Food. The Provo Farmers Market lays out three routes for food made off site: a cottage food permit from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (preferred), a commercial permit, or a limited number of no-permit vendors under the Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act, who sell from a separate area with disclosure signs and pay higher weekly fees. Food made on site requires a Utah County Health Department temporary food permit, which the county asks you to request only after a market accepts you. Our guide to selling homemade food in Utah explains the permits.
Gear and set-up rules that catch first-timers
- Weights. Lehi requires 30 to 40 pound weights (sandbags, cement blocks or filled buckets) or four-inch heavy-duty stakes, and stakes only with a parks employee present. The Springville Art Festival requires at least 40 pounds on each corner.
- The tent. Springville's art festival requires a tent with a roof, sides and a back. The festival supplies string lights for each booth front and suggests extra lighting inside, since the sun sets around 7:30 p.m. in September.
- Power is limited. Lehi charges $50 for power. Art City Days says electricity is first come, first served and not available at every space.
- Hours. Read the staffing rule closely. Springville's own Art City Days documents disagree with each other: the information sheet says vendors are encouraged but not required to stay open all hours, and the policy sheet says booths must stay open and staffed during all official hours with no early tear-down without approval. When a show's papers conflict, follow the stricter one.
- Sundays. None of these shows sells on Sunday. Plan inventory for Friday and Saturday.
A sensible first season
- Get your SSE Taxpayer ID now, before any application asks for it.
- Start weekly. A farmers market booth at $35 to $40 a week teaches you what people pick up and what they put down, at the lowest cost on this list.
- Apply to one juried summer show in February or March, with clear photos of your work and, for Springville's art festival, a photo of your booth set-up (it asks for five images, one of them the booth).
- Try a commission show if you hate selling face to face. The Beehive's model trades 20 percent of your sales for not standing at the table.
- Keep every receipt for booth fees, weights and displays, and track sales by event so each TC-790C is easy to fill in. Our selling handmade guide covers the federal income tax side.
For dates on the shopper's side of these same events, see the Art City Days, Lehi Round-Up, Swiss Days and Provo Farmers Market guides.
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Sources
The facts in this guide were checked against these sources. Hours, fees and rules change, so confirm anything time-sensitive with the source before you go. How we make Provo.com.
- 2026 Art City Days Vendor Information, Springville City. Checked October 19, 2026.
- Art City Days Vendor Policies 2026, Springville City. Checked October 19, 2026.
- 2026 Springville Art Festival artist information, Springville Museum of Art / Springville City. Checked October 19, 2026.
- Round-Up Market at Wines Park (vendor page), Lehi City. Checked October 19, 2026.
- 2026 Round-Up Market Vendor Handbook, Lehi City. Checked October 19, 2026.
- Festival Market Business License Application, Swiss Days 2026, Midway City. Checked October 19, 2026.
- Special Event Sales Tax, Utah State Tax Commission. Checked October 19, 2026.
- Come Sell With Us, Provo Farmers Market. Checked October 19, 2026.
- Regular Application (Holiday 2026), Beehive Bazaar. Checked October 19, 2026.
- Utah Valley Christkindlmarkt, Provo Farmers Market. Checked October 19, 2026.
- Swiss Days 2026: What to know about one of Utah's largest festivals, Utah Business. Checked October 19, 2026.
