VENDOR INFORMATION

FORT MASON NIGHT MARKET
May 30 & June 27, 2025
Fort Mason Center

VENDOR ABCS

VENDOR ABCS

  • Go here for posters and logos to help you promote the upcoming market!

  • • All booth spaces are 10’x10’. 
    • No tents, tables, chairs, or electricity come with your booth space and are not available to rent. 
    • Booth spaces may not be shared or subleased. Please note and adhere to your booth space footprint and plan your displays accordingly (please see “Displays & Product” below).

  • WCC reserves the right to cancel the event due to unforeseen circumstances, acts of a third party, or other circumstances which may compromise the safety of staff, vendors, and attendees (e.g. COVID-19, poor air quality, heavy rain). 

    • Should WCC cancel the event: No refunds will be issued and credits will be forfeited. 
    • Should a vendor withdraw their participation: No refunds will be issued and credits will be forfeited.

  • • All fire retardancy certifications
    • Tent or canopy and weights
    • Displays, pedestals
    • Tables, linens
    • Fire Extinguisher
    • Extra masks
    • Gloves
    • Hand sanitizer
    • Disinfectant wipes
    • Small garbage receptacle
    • Wire, string, zip ties, monofilament, tapes, & tacks
    • Basic toolkit: hammer, pliers, screwdrivers, utility knife
    • Office supplies: pens, scissors, scotch tape, pad of paper
    • Payment reader
    • Tablet, phone, external battery source, & all charger cords
    • Basic self-care kit: painkillers, tissues, bandages
    • Water & snacks
    • Broom & dustpan
    • CA Seller’s Permit
    • Shims for leveling displays or shelves
    • Carpet, rugs, or floor coverings, & carpet tape

  • Your booth space needs to be “broom ready” upon your departure from the venue at the end of the show. There will not be garbage receptacles at the event. Plan on taking everything with you, including any garbage or waste created throughout the day. West Coast Craft expects vendors to remove all trash from the event site. Any vendor who leaves any items behind will be fined $250. 

  • An inherent risk of exposure to COVID–19 exists in any public place where people are present. COVID–19 is an extremely contagious disease that can lead to severe illness and death. By participating in West Coast Craft, you voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure of COVID–19. You further acknowledge that WCC can not guarantee that you will not become infected with the COVID-19. You understand that the risk of becoming exposed to and/or infected by COVID-19 may result from the actions, omissions, or negligence of yourself and others, including, but not limited to, WCC staff, WCC vendors, and WCC attendees.

  • Please leave the venue as it was found. If damage is incurred to the venue, the cost of the repair or replacement will be forwarded to the vendor responsible.

  • With the exception of vendors that applied as retailers, vendors may only sell items with their own business name. WCC is a curated show and may require the removal of any goods under a name other than that of the booth vendor. West Coast Craft may require the removal or adjustment of vendor’s displays/decoration at West Coast Craft’s discretion.

    Vendors may display their product in any way within their booth space, provided:
    • Vendor’s displays are not deemed offensive by West Coast Craft.
    • Vendors do not extend outside of their designated booth footprint. Please plan your displays according to the booth space you paid for.
    • Vendor’s displays adhere to the Fort Mason Center Fire Regulations, outlined below.

  • You may network and advertise yourself as much as you want within your booth space, but you may not roam the event handing out promotional materials of any kind.

  • There is no access to electricity at the market. You may bring a battery pack but cannot bring a generator.

  • Please view the Fort Mason Center Fire Regulations section below for a full list of policies.

    Violators will be required to comply to satisfy Fort Mason Center’s Fire Marshal. Compliance may involve display removal if displays are not treated properly and treatment certifications cannot be produced upon inquiry.

  • 4:00pm - 9:00pm

    You may arrive anytime between 1:00pm and 3:00pm on the day of the event. Plan to be show ready at 3:30pm.

    Your booth must be open for business during all market hours. You are not permitted to leave or pack up your booth prior to the market closing.

  • There will be no access to WiFi for market vendors. While 5G is accessible on the FMC campus, WCC recommends bringing a personal hotspot to ensure consistent wireless access.

    Please note: T-Mobile users occasionally have trouble connecting in this area, so please plan accordingly. Some vendors using T-Mobile have mentioned that Solis Mobile Hotspot worked well for them.

  • Fort Mason Center will provide lighting for this event, but we recommend bringing additional lighting to supplement or as back up in order to best show off your product.

    Here are a few optios should you decide to bring additional lighting:

    Globe Hanging Light
    Ball Outdoor Hanging Lantern
    Globe Light with optional colors
    Globe String Lights
    Small Globe String Lights

  • Load-in:

    • Load-in begins at noon on the Fort Mason Center campus on the day of the event.
    • Please check in at the WCC Information booth upon arrival. 
    • Pulling alongside your booth space is not permitted. Plan on parking in a nearby space and using a dolly or hand truck to transport your items to your booth space. 
    • Due to changes made by Fort Mason Center, once you have unloaded your vehicle, you must park outside of the FMC campus. There will be free public parking immediately outside of the campus in the lot along the Marina Green.
    • WCC expects all vendors to be show ready by 3:00pm.
    • The market is being held in the parking lot of the Fort Mason Center campus. Please be mindful at all times of other vendors, cars, and pedestrians while loading in.

    Load-out:

    • No early departures prior to the show closing at 9pm are permitted.
    • Load-out will begin promptly at 9pm and continue until 11pm.
    • Pulling alongside your booth space is not permitted. Plan on parking in a nearby space and using a dolly or hand truck to transport your items back to your vehicle.  
    • Please check out at the WCC Information booth before your departure.
    Please be mindful at all times of other vendors, cars, and pedestrians while loading out.

  • There is ample free parking very near Fort Mason Center along the Marina Green.

  • CA Seller’s Permit — If you are a business functioning in California, you should already have a Seller’s Permit. Please bring this documentation to the WCC Market. You may be fined at the show if you do not have this permit should there be a surprise inspection from the state.

    If you are a business outside of California, you must register your business to apply for a Seller’s Permit. The permit is free, but is California’s way of collecting its sales taxes. Learn more about the permit here.

    You are responsible for collecting your own taxes. When registering please list West Coast Craft as the entity holding the event. The address is 4104 24th Street, #352, San Francisco, CA 94114.

  • Restrooms are available in Building C, next to the marketplace.

  • Pop-up tents or similar coverings are recommended in order to keep you shaded and to protect your products, but are not required. Due to the potential for windy conditions near the San Francisco waterfront, and for the safety of all of our vendors, attendees, and the products being showcased, WCC requires all pop-up canopies, tents, or other forms of shelter in your booth space to be weighted down. All tents must be properly weighted with a minimum of 40lbs per leg (160lbs total). WCC reserves the right to take down any structure that is not properly weighted. See below for Tent Resources.

    Because outdoor events always have an element of unpredictability, we recommend planning ahead and being able to pivot when necessary. As the sun changes its position, be prepared to rearrange your product. If the wind picks up, be prepared to take down your canopy mid-show. Don't hesitate to find someone from the WCC team to help you with these changes, it's what we're here for.

  • By paying your booth fee, you agree to the Terms & Conditions listed below.

    01. Contract for Space: This application for space in West Coast Craft, subsequent formal notice of assignment by West Coast Craft (hereinafter referred to as WCC) and the full payment of booth space cost, or use of credit from a previously cancelled show, constitute a contract for the right to use Booth Space ("Space"). WCC reserves the right in its discretion to make such modification to the size or configuration of each Space as may be necessary, but any such adjustment shall be made equitably to each Vendor affected thereby.

    02. Payment for Space: Payment for Space must be made by a deposit in U.S. funds for the full amount contracted for and made payable to West Coast Craft (which will be credited as payment when Space has been assigned) within 24 of receiving an acceptance, or acknowledgement that credit from a previously cancelled show is being used.

    03. Cancellation Policy: This is an outdoor event and will proceed regardless of weather. WCC reserves the right to cancel the event due to unforeseen circumstances, acts of a third party, or other circumstances which may compromise the safety of vendors and attendees. Should cancellation for one of these reasons occur, the event will not be rescheduled and no refunds will be issued. No refunds or credits will be issued to Vendors who withdraw their acceptance.

    04. Rental Space Usage: All exhibits shall conform to all fire and building codes for the City of San Francisco, the State of California and the Federal jurisdiction of the National Park Service. Exhibits and Booth Vendors shall not do anything of a nature or operation that will disturb fellow Booth Vendors right to exhibit.

    05. Agreed Upon Space: All booths and combinations of booths are assigned by WCC and may be subject to change. Booths spaces are 10' wide x 10'. Custom signage and displays can be erected at Vendor's expense, but cannot interfere with other Vendor's space.

    06. Subletting Space: Vendors shall not assign or sublet its space without prior written permission of WCC. All activities, sales or demonstrations shall be done in agreed rental space. Vendor cannot show merchandise of others than those manufactured and handled by said Vendor in course of regular business.

    07. Restrictions in Operations of Exhibits and Artwork: WCC reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to restrict any exhibit or vendor which may, because of noise, method of operation, materials, or any reason become objectionable, and also to prohibit any exhibits or vendors which, in the opinion of WCC, may distract from the general character of West Coast Craft as a whole. This right of restriction extends to persons, patrons, things, conduct, printed matter or anything of a character which WCC determines in its discretion to be objectionable either before or during the event.

    08. Photography, Social Media, and Advertising: Vendor acknowledges that WCC will be engaging photographers and/or videographers at the show, and Vendor (and its employees, representatives, and contractors) may appear in show-related photographs and/or videos. If Vendor (or its employees, representatives, and contractors) or Vendor’s name, trademark, logo, products, and/or likeness appears in any show-related photographs and/or videos, Vendor hereby irrevocably grants WCC the right to post and distribute such show-related photographs and/or videos, in any format or channel now known or yet to be developed, including but not limited to social media, in sync with or compiled with other images and or audio, in connection with WCC advertising, on WCC’s website, and in connection with other marketing material. Vendor agrees that WCC’s use of such images will not violate the rights of Vendor or of any third party, including but not limited to copyright, trademark, the right of publicity, and the right of privacy.

    09. Care of Building and Equipment: Vendor and its agents shall not injure, deface or damage Exhibit Area building or equipment, walls, ceilings, carpet, floors of the building, the Exhibit Area, the Space, the booths or booth equipment. If such damage appears, Vendor is liable to the owner of the property so damaged.

    10. Liability: Neither WCC nor any of its officers or agents, nor any of its staff members, nor Fort Mason Center shall be responsible for the safety of the Vendor (or its employees or representatives) from injury, illness, or death, or for the safety of the property of the Vendor from theft, damage by fire, accident, or any other cause whatsoever. Each Vendor shall hold WCC, including their officers, directors, employees and agents, organizers, and Fort Mason Center (the "Indemnified Parties") harmless from any indemnity against all losses, liabilities, damages, deficiencies, taxes, costs, or expenses of any kind including interest, penalties, and reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements incurred in investigation or defense, whether based in contract, tort, or otherwise, arising at any time and in any manner whatsoever out of or in connection with an alleged or actual act, acts, omission, or omissions by Vendor in connection with any of the business, affairs or activities that are directly or indirectly related to the subject matter of this Agreement, including the rental of Space herein. Vendors are required to provide a Certificate of Insurance carrying the following: General Liability Each Occurrence $1,000,000, Damage to rented premises $100,000, Medical Expense $5,000, Personal and Advertising Injury $1,000,000, General Aggregate $2,000,000, and Products and Completed Operations Aggregate $2,000,000.

    11. Circulation and Solicitation: Distribution of circulars or promotional materials may be made only in the Space assigned to the Vendor presenting such material. Any organization or individual not assigned Space in the Exhibit Area will not be permitted to solicit business within the Exhibit Area. WCC Vendors are requested to inform WCC of their knowledge of any such occurrence.

    12. Amendments and Waivers: This Agreement (consisting of these terms and conditions and the Application), formal notice of assignment of Space, and the full payment of the rental charge constitutes the entire Agreement between WCC and Vendor relating to the subject matter hereof. No term or condition may be modified except as specifically made in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought. No express or implied waiver by WCC of any default hereunder shall in any way be, or be considered to be, a waiver or any future or subsequent default whether similar in kind or otherwise. If any provision of this Agreement is declared invalid by any tribunal, then such provisions shall be deemed automatically adjusted to the minimum extent necessary to conform to the requirements for validity as declared at such time and, as so adjusted, shall be deemed a provision of this Agreement, as though originally included herein. In the event that the provision invalidated is of such a nature that it cannot be adjusted, the provision shall be deemed deleted from this Agreement as though such a provision had never been included herein. In either case, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect.

    13. Governing Law/Arbitration: This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, applicable to agreements made and to be wholly performed therein. In the event any controversy arises between the parties to this Agreement pertaining to the subject matter hereof, the parties agree that the controversy shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Such arbitration shall take place in San Francisco, California. Any award made by the arbitrator(s) shall be final and binding upon the parties hereto, and judgements thereon may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. The prevailing party in any such arbitration, as determined by the arbitrator(s) shall be entitled to its reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.

    14. COVID-19 Safety Guidelines and Waiver: Vendors will adhere to all COVID-19 safety guidelines as communicated through email, the Vendor Information Page, in person, and by any other means by WCC or Fort Mason Center staff, and understand that all guidelines are subject to change. Failure to do so will result in Vendor being asked to leave the market, and no refund will be issued. Vendor understands that there an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are present. COVID-19 is an extremely contagious disease that can lead to severe illness and death. By participating, Vendor voluntarily assumes all risks related to exposure of COVID-19, and further acknowledges that WCC can not guarantee that Vendor will not become infected with COVID-19. Vendor understands that the risk of becoming exposed to and/or infected by COVID-19 may result from the actions, omissions, or negligence of Vendor and others, including, but not limited to, WCC staff, other WCC Market vendors, and WCC Market attendees.

    15. Correspondence: By participating in West Coast Craft, you agree to join the West Coast Craft mailing list and agree to receive emails from West Coast Craft. Your email address will not be sold or rented to any third parties. To unsubscribe, please write us at info@westcoastcraft.com.

TENT RESOURCES

TENT RESOURCES

The Fort Mason Night Market takes place outdoors, and though SF’s weather is generally mild, we suggest that you cover your booth from the elements.
With that in mind, we’ve created this resource to help you find the right canopy tent or covering.


IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTES:
Your tent or structure must be properly weighted down with a minimum of 40lbs per leg (160lbs total). Because of the frequent winds near the San Francisco waterfront, unweighted tents are a hazard to both you, your neighbors, and attendees. WCC reserves the right to take down structures that are not properly weighted.

Because outdoor events always have an element of unpredictability, we recommend planning ahead and being able to pivot when necessary. As the sun changes its position, be prepared to rearrange your product. If the wind picks up, be prepared to take down your canopy mid-show. Don't hesitate to find someone from the WCC team to help you with these changes, it's what we're here for.

POP-UP CANOPY TENTS:

EZ-UP – multiple colors to choose from, trusted brand
EZ-UP Dome 10’x10’ – several color options, a 10’x10’ footprint with 8’x8’ shade range
Amazon Basics – basic pop-up tent frame with canopy
Slant Leg – good color options, a 10’x10’ footprint with 8’x8’ shade range
UniqueCanopy – tent frame with canopy, wheeled bag for transport ease
Eurmax – multiple colors to choose from, includes 4 weight bags (without sand)
UniqueCanopy Full Kit – multiple colors to choose from, includes 4 sidewalls, 4 weight bags, and wheeled bag
Tent Rental – weekend tent rental from The Sports Basement


BRANDED POP-UP CANOPY TENTS:

EZ-UP Tents – straight from the source, and the most popular canopy tent pop-up company. Choose from a myriad of ready-to-go colors, or go custom for the extra pop!
4imprint – offers a number of custom-printed canopies with different add-ons to meet your needs.


OTHER SHADE & COVERAGE OPTIONS:

Feel free to get creative! Your structure does not have to be a pop-up canopy tent. Some alternatives include:

Bamboo Pergola – smaller footprint, but endless possibilities with fabric, greenery, etc.
Pop-up Umbrella – wide color choice, tilt adjustment to fit space and adjust to needs
Rectangular Patio Umbrellas – good color options and price range
Metal Patio Gazebo – sturdy construction but still easy to set up


TENT ACCESSORIES:

Tent Walls:
10’ Tent Walls
10’ Tent Walls (set)

Tent Weights:
Weight Bags, set of 4
Weight Bags, set of 4
Hard leg weights


DIY TENT WEIGHT OPTIONS:

• Sandbags or buckets
• Cinder blocks
• Water jugs (5 gallons of water = approximately 40lbs)
• Gym weights
• Cement
• Cat litter pails

NOTE: In order to be effective, all weights must be secured to the legs of your canopy using Velcro straps, bungee cords, zip ties, rope/twine/cord, or heavy duty duct tape.

FIRE REGULATIONS

FIRE REGULATIONS

All West Coast Craft vendors are expected to comply with the following rules. Please bring all certifications and proofs of treatment to WCC.
Thank you for helping us keep West Coast Craft safe for all our vendors and attendees.


Booth Construction Material & Furnishing Regulations:

All booth walls and/or displays shall be either:
• Made from non-combustible materials
• Treated and maintained in a flame retardant condition by an approved flame retardant solution process and meet flame and smoke density ratings*

*Combustible materials having a flame spread rating of less than 225 and a smoke density rating of less than 450, as determined by ASTME 84 (Tunnel Test), and certified as such, comply with the NFPA codes listed below.
Please Reference NFPA 701 and 101-10.3.1, 10.3.5, and 12.7.5 (all) for more information.


Acceptable Materials for Booth Walls, Displays, & Furnishings (all must meet regulations as stated above):

• Treated wood
• Treated drapes, fabric, hangings, curtains, and props
• Treated poster paper and banners
• Treated dried flowers
• Cut flowers in water, in small quantities
• Potted plants in soil, in small quantities
• All other decorative materials, including plastics
• Foam core board (PVC) shall be a certified flame resistant type


Unacceptable Booth Materials for Booth Walls & Displays:

• Cardboard
• Plywood under ¼” thickness
• Oil paper
• Tarpaper
• Nylon
• Materials that cannot be flame treated
• Untreated material
• Cut flowers not in water


Product & Storage:

• Products (i.e. items for sale) do not need to be fire treated
• No candles or incense may be lit in the venue at any time
• Empty boxes must be stored outside the venue and not in your booth
• All product storage must be within your booth footprint. If you are in a booth along a wall, the space between the wall and your booth is a fire lane and must be kept clear.


Indoor Cooking:

• Sterno, hot boxes and electric hotplates are allowed, but all cooking and heat source arrangements must be pre-approved by West Coast Craft prior to the show and included in your food permit paperwork. Email info@westcoastcraft.com for more details.
• Properly inspected and tagged fire extinguishers (2 A 10 BC) must be provided by the food vendor.


Outdoor Cooking:

• Propane tanks and charcoal grills may be allowed outside the buildings with permission and approval of West Coast Craft prior to the show. Email info@westcoastcraft.com for more details.


Example of the Seal of the State of California Fire Marshal: