DO NOT VEND AT DANCEFESTOPIA
DO NOT VEND AT DANCEFESTOPIA. Vending fees are pricey, which is to be expected on vending out a festival. Being a vendor here cost anywhere from $3000-$4000+ and you have to pay a deposit upfront of $400 but they won’t return it to you. We ended at Dancefestopia last year and had a great time and truly felt that it was one of our favorite festivals and we loved meeting so many different customers. However, they never returned our deposit, and we also reached out to so many other vendors while having so many other vendors reach out to us and no one received their deposit back without any explanation. We even tried to email them and get in touch and we know that other vendors try to as well and they never responded. It is completely unacceptable to treat vendors like this when they are investing thousands of dollars to be a part of the festival experience and then not return the deposit. Do not waste your time vending at Dancefestopia. There are plenty of other productions that are 10 times better that actually provide Wi-Fi, structures, security, staff parking, staff entrances, etc.
To top things off to they are reaching out to vendors to end and still have a deposit required in the contract and they never respond to any emails if you try to ask them for the deposit even to this day.