Champlain Weekend Marketplace – Vendor Info and Application

About the Marketplace

Champlain College has numerous alumni, students and faculty/staff running their own businesses and side-hustles, and we want to celebrate that entrepreneurial spirit during Champlain Weekend. Over the last two years, the marketplace has been a highlight of Champlain Weekend and we hope to grow it even more this year!

The Champlain Weekend Marketplace takes place on Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 11:00am – 2:00pm. You, your business partner, or your family member, must be an alum, current student, faculty or staff of Champlain College in order to participate in the marketplace as a vendor.

Location

For 2025, vendor booths will be located in the SD Ireland Family Center for Global Business and Technology (391 Maple Street) which houses the Stiller School of Business, Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry, Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, and Sarah Ramsey Innovation Lab (iLab). This will allow the marketplace to be right at the center of campus!

Important Dates

Support Provided by Champlain College

• All vendors receive free admission to Champlain Weekend, including food vouchers to the food trucks at the carnival.
• Volunteers will be available to help with set-up, clean-up, etc.
• Tables, linens, chairs and parking will be provided.
• Marketing on our website and through social media will be available.

Marketplace Rules

1. You, your business partner, or your family member, must be an alum, current student, faculty or staff of Champlain College in order to participate in the marketplace as a vendor.
2. You may only display and sell items in the categories in which you are entered.
3. You must be the hands-on creator of everything you are selling, you must personally attend your exhibit. No buy/sell is permitted except for those under the category of “causes” which allows products & publications to be sold in support of a cause. Any exceptions to this for special reasons must be arranged in advance.
4. Your booth must be open for all hours of the Marketplace. Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 11am – 2pm.
5. You must collect and pay VT State sales tax (currently 6%).
6. This requirement is ONLY for Packaged Food & Body Care applicants: You will need to send us proof of insurance.
7. Please bring your own change for cash transactions.

Marketplace Categories

• BODY CARE: Handmade soaps, lotions, etc.
• CERAMICS: Original clay work handmade & individually signed by the artist. No work from commercial kits, molds or patterns allowed.
• CLOTHING: Shirts, onesies, sweaters, etc.(no resale items)
• DRAWING/GRAPHICS: Pencil, charcoal, chalk, pastels, etc.
• FIBER-ACCESSORIES: Bags, purses, hats, belts, scarves, including those made from leather.
• FIBER-OTHER: Wall hangings, quilts, rugs, mats, pet items, etc.
• GLASS: No molds or other forms of mass production.
• JEWELRY: Jewelers must be the designers & hands-on makers of their work.
• MIXED MEDIA: Work where the primary intention is the union of two or more media, such as collage or dried floral.
• OTHER: Candles, books, paper, etc. (no resale items)
• PACKAGED FOOD: Handmade salsa, breads, mustard’s, jams, etc. Packaged and intended for off-premise consumption.
• PAINTING: Oils, acrylics, tempera, watercolor, etc.
• PAINTING DECORATIVE: Applied to glass, wood, slate, objects as decoration.
• PHOTOGRAPHY: Prints made from artists’ original work.
• PUBLICATIONS: Original Books, Devotionals, Picture/Illustrated Books, etc.
• SCULPTURE: 3-dimensional original work done in any medium.
• WOOD: Original hand-tooled, machine-worked or carved work.