Artist Market & Family Resource Fair

Help us bring a new vision to life!

We’re always looking for ways to expand our festival in a meaningful way, without straying too far from our original mission. Our festival is very popular, and we want to make sure everyone is enjoying their time with us, there are a lot of activities to take part in, and we continue to support the local arts scene however we can…

We’ve been hoping to launch an Artist Market for a few years- and this year IS THE YEAR! 🎉 With a bonus of adding a Family Resource Fair as well.

We get so many applications for our festival, but can only host 21 tents right now; and we know there are so many more local artists out there who may not be interested in the workshop aspect of our festival, so we wanted a way to be able to provide a way for these artists and authors to reach out to the families in the Hamilton area too!

Another staple of our festival is the Community Tent- a place for local non-profit organizations to reach families in need. Again, our footprint for this is small- only 6 spots are available in our tent, but we’re hoping that expanding into a Family Resource Fair, we will be able to foster more connections for the families that join us at our festival each year.

And so, the Artist Market & Family Resource Fair was born.

For our first year, we’re opening up the market to professional artists and authors, arts-related businesses, as well as family-support businesses who may help support families in ways such as, but not limited to: tutoring, financial support, after-school programs, etc. If you think you’d be a great addition to our festival, fill out our form and we will approve applications on or before May 12, 2025. If you aren’t sure if you fall into these categories please don’t hesitate to apply, and we will let you know if you might be better suited to another year to come 🙂

There is a fee to participate in our Market- it is $50 for a 10×10′ space with 5′ frontage. A Tent, table and chairs will not be provided at this time- you must bring your own as it gets quite hot at the park! Our festival is completely volunteer-run, and all of our revenue through sponsorships, grants, and fundraisers like the market go 100% back into operating the festival each year.

Our Market Fair will be not be located centrally within the festival footprint itself (around the Bandshell). The Market will have it’s own space set away from the festival in the field leading up to the festival. Be patient with us as we explore this new avenue together 🙂

If you’re interested in joining the committee as our Vendor Market Coordinator for the 2026 festival season, check out our volunteer page or email vendors@imagineinthepark.com.

If you have any questions about the application or market in general; please email vendors@imagineinthepark.com.