Jury Information

Hood River Valley Harvest Festival
October 10, 11 & 12, 2025
Hood River, Oregon

Application Dates
2025 Jury applications are now open (see link at bottom of the page to apply).

Applications will close on April 29th, 2025 and we will notify ALL applicants of their results regardless of whether they were selected or not.

Application Fee
$32.00

Festival Description

The Arts & Crafts.

80 artists gather under three giant “marketplace” tents, constructing sales displays within their vendor space using pop-up tents, mobile walls, lighting, shelving, and tables. All items sold by vendors are handcrafted and regionally made. Vendors are thoughtfully distributed throughout the event, spacing out makers of similar crafts.

*Farms, food pop-ups, and food trucks do not need to go through this jury process. If you have not heard from us by March 2025 and would like to be added to the outreach list and considered as a food vendor for the event, please reach out to Kelli at kelli@truewestpresents.com.

Show General Information

  • 2025 Dates and Times:
    Friday, October 10th (1pm-6pm)
    Saturday, October 11th (10am-6pm)
    Sunday, October 12th (10am-5pm)

  • Location: Hood River Event Site | Portway Ave, Hood River, Oregon

Exhibitor Amenities

  • Tent Coverage - the vendor marketplace takes place under three giant tents to protect from the elements and create a collective marketplace experience

  • Cross-promotional opportunities

  • 24-hour security on site

  • Vendors can leave their set up overnight

  • Day-before and day-of load-in options

  • Free parking during event hours (no overnight parking or camping)

  • No WIFI

Accepted Fine Craft Media
(all items must be handcrafted by the applicant)

  • Art

  • Hand Poured Candles

  • Fine Food Items; Food must be personally prepared in a commercial kitchen

  • Handmade Body Products

  • Basketry

  • Ceramics

  • Clothing

  • Fiber Decorative + Wearable

  • Furniture

  • Glass

  • Jewelry

  • Leather

  • Metal

  • Mixed Media

  • Paper

  • Printmaking

  • Stone

  • Woodwork

  • Photography Prints on paper goods or wall-art

Media/Products Not Accepted For Jury Process

  • 3D Printed/Cricut Products

  • Curated Shops consisting of other makers’ products

  • Drop-Shipped Items

  • Screen Printed/tie-dyed/etc clothing items where the individual garments are not handmade

  • Original art printed on mass-manufactured items

  • Co-packed food items, and products 

  • Imported handmade items

  • Culturally appropriated items

  • Commercial manufactured art

  • Work assembled (wholly or in part) from commercially available kits.

  • Production work by third-party printers

  • Commercially printed items

  • Embellished commercially made objects such as t-shirts, note cards etc.

  • Commercial etchings, web or sheet-fed offset printed work

  • Works that use materials acquired from the killing of endangered species

  • Buy-sell items.

  • CDs, DVDs, Books.

Contact Kelli at kelli@truewestpresents.com directly if you have any questions about accepted/not accepted media.

Jurors and Selection Process (Scoring Metric)
Jurors are selected from the Hood River and regional arts and events communities.

  • Vendors local to Hood River and the Pacific Northwest are prioritized

  • Saturation of vendor categories will be considered and there will be an estimated cap to each category

  • A determination if the products are handcrafted - follow-up questions for the artist may be asked about the creation process

  • Overall pricing distribution

  • Quality of booth presentation

  • Focus of products being sold - prioritizing excellence in one category versus a wide array of offerings 

  • Uniqueness of the overall product delivery

  • Experience as a vendor (this market has become more competitive every year it is not a place to get started but rather an achievement to reach) our guests are coming to meet you and the ability to be personable over such a duration is critical. This should not be your first multi-day market.

Application Instructions

  • Pay the $32 jury fee. When you submit your payment on Etix, there will be a link to the application form on the confirmation page. Click on it to view the application.

  • Fill out your application by April 29th, 2025. Only the most complete and appealing applications will be considered, so please do not skip questions or give partial answers.

  • Once you have submitted your application, please be patient until May 15th, 2025. On that day, we will notify applicants of their results. You will receive a response, regardless of the outcome.

  • If you are successful in getting through the jury process and are offered a spot at the festival, you will be given a specified window of time in which to register, after which the spot will be passed on to an artist on the waitlist. 

  • The event producers reserve the right to disregard email check-ins from waitlisted artists or from artists not accepted to the show. We are unable to provide an explanation for each applicant not accepted. Please review our jury process and accepted media list before applying to ensure your craft is accepted at this event.

Booth Options & Fees

  • 10x10 Arts & Crafts Booth - $350.00

  • 10x10 Arts & Crafts Corner Booth - $425.00

  • 10x20 Arts & Crafts Double Booth - $690.00

Booth Information & Requirements

  • Booth setup must stay within the allocated space provided

  • Booth setup cannot obstruct the view of other vendors

  • Exhibitors receive their booth assignments when they arrive at the event for load-in. Booth location preferences submitted in your application or far in advance (at least 1 month) will be considered, but cannot be guaranteed and booth location is not flexible once assigned on site.

  • You must bring leg weights if using a tent.

  • No WIFI available, but there is good cell service at the event site.

Cancellation/Refund Policy

  • All jury fees are final

  • If a confirmed vendor is unable to attend email us at kelli@truewestpresents.com and the decision to refund a booth fee will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Contact Information
Kelli McCloskey - Vendor Coordinator - kelli@truewestpresents.com

Step 1: Click on the link above, which will bring you to an Etix page where you can pay your jury fee.

Step 2: Once you have paid your fee, you should see a link to the application on the confirmation page on Etix, as well as receive a confirmation email with the link to the application.

Step 3: We will notify all applicants whether or not they have made the cut, so please be patient with our review process and wait for a response from us.

*Only artists that have completed their vendor applications and paid their Jury Fees will be considered.