Online Applications Available for Mission Market Place at the 2024 Mid-State Fair! 20 Local Artisans and Producers Will Be Chosen to Participate This Summer!

(PASO ROBLES, CA) – Online applications for the 2024 California Mid-State Fair’s Mission

Market Place are now available. The Mission Market Place is designed to showcase the Central

Coast’s best products and locally made goods. It will give twenty artisans, growers, and

producers a home to showcase their items to over 330,000 fairgoers. Product examples could

include artisan cheeses, honey, olive oil, vinegars, almonds, walnuts, teas, coffees, dried fruit,

spices, jerky, preserved food, hand crafted and repurposed items, and products that have a

unique story to the Central Coast.

The Fair will provide each of the participants with product placement in the Mission Market

Place located in Estrella Hall, the Fair’s largest indoor commercial building, along with staffing of

the area. Vendors must provide the product and pricing, and the Fair will do the rest.

Vendor spaces cost $435.00 plus 20% commission on products and services sold. Vendors who

participate beyond product display by offering demonstrations, sampling, and product education,

will receive a discount of up to $100 on your participation fee.

Applications are due by Friday, May 31, 2024, online at www.MidStateFair.com. For more

information, please contact Teresa Dellaganna at teresa@midstatefair.com.

The 2024 California Mid-State Fair runs July 17 through July 28 and this year’s theme is “Wide

Open Spaces!”. Connect with them on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

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