Participants Info & Application:

1 Basic Info

2 Choose Category

3 Info & Fees

Application

Step 2: Choose your category

(You can come back to this step)

The following links are from the 2011 event and are here for your reference only. Rates and policy changes may be pending for 2012 - thank you.

• Entertainers

  • Performers, music, bands, dancers, DJs... (including some commercial "art activity" registrants)
    
  • We do not typicallty pay for performances from "organizations"
    
  • Due to fiscal limitations, band compensation will be minimal in 2011 :(
    
    Entertainers - continue >
    

• Arts & Crafts Vendors

  • Original, hand-crafted work by the artist who is required to be present on the day-of the event. Arts and crafts (aka handicrafts) comprise a whole host of items that have been skillfully made, completely by hand or using only simple hand-powered tools. The individual artisanship of the items is a paramount criterion, Items made by mass production or large-scale machines are not handicrafts.
  • Unacceptable are mass-manufactured items, kits, imports, mass-manufactured reproductions of your own work, foods, or recorded media of any kind. If you are a designer who has objects manufactured, or otherwise do not meet the guidelines above, please apply as a commercial vendor.
    
    Arts & Crafts Vendors - continue >
    

• Commercial Vendors (3 types including martial arts)

  1. Commercial - Art Activity: "hands-on" activity such as martial artists, face painters, henna artists and/or any "other" art/craft projects including but not limited to the "non-tangible" such as palm or tarot card reading, psychics, spiritual healing and more.
  2. Commercial - Activity: Commercial activities such as inflatables, rides, petting zoos, slides, etc.
  3. Commercial - Sales / Service / Information
     
     Commercial Vendors - continue >
     

• Food vendors (2 types)

  • Limited to four primary food items / new vendors are required to provide a deposit
  1. Pre-Packaged Food: Food or beverages served to customer in original, unopened package - including sampling, demonstration and food prepared off-site in a licensed food preperation facility.
  2. Food prepared on-site: Food served to customer for immediate consumption without packaging (also known as "full service" sales,) sales or give-a-way.
     
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• Non-profit and Government Organizations (3 types)

  • Any organization that can provide proof of nonprofit status or pending status at the time of application; including candidates running for election / re-election for the current voting year. Rates for this category had not been raised since 2004; disappointing we had to break the $100 threshold in 2011
  1. Nonprofit: Information and/or Fundraising
     Distribution and/or collection of information only - no sales of any kind
  2. Nonprofit: Food
  3. Nonprofit: Food prepackaged
     
     Non-profit and Government Organizations - continue >
     

• Parade

  • The parade "kicks-off" the Solano Avenue Stroll at 10AM. It is down-hill and goes the full length of Solano Avenue (one mile) and is a complete blast and we encourage you to participate.
    
    Parade - continue >

• Not sure?

  • Take a guess, you can come back to this page.
  • Choose the most likely category, there's more info on the category page.

• Still have questions?

  • Try the official Solano Avenue Stroll FAQ page

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