2023 Evergreen Festival Market Vendor Grant

CLOSED FOR 2023

The holiday season is fast approaching, and with it, comes planning for the 4th annual Evergreen Festival, taking place from November 24 to December 17, 2023.

Evergreen Festival is a 4-week-long outdoor winter showcase of Nova Scotia’s culture, food, spirits, craft, art, music, and performance. Dispersed along the Halifax Waterfront and throughout Downtown Halifax, Evergreen features a walkable, safe collection of outdoor experiences encompassing both businesses and public spaces.

Nestled within the Festival is the Evergreen Market, an open-air, European-style holiday market. Taking place in the Foundation Place Parking Lot (1549 Lower Water Street) on the Halifax Waterfront, the Market is made up of twenty-two (22) cozy, wooden chalets with vendors offering a variety of local food, drink, apparel, and gifts. The Market is slated to be in operation (weather pending) on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 4 to 9 pm; Saturdays from 11 am to 9 pm; and Sundays from noon to 6 pm.

And there are opportunities for Downtown Halifax businesses to license a chalet for the duration of the festival or a portion thereof as outlined in the 2023 Evergreen Market Vendor Opportunity document.

To help our members participate as a vendor in the Evergreen Market, Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC) is offering to subsidize the cost of the Evergreen Market Vendor License Fees with a maximum grant of $1,000.00 (excluding tax) per business. This opportunity is available to all Downtown Halifax businesses that can provide an offering that will celebrate Nova Scotia’s culture, food, spirits, craft and/or art. Eligible businesses must be located in the DHBC catchment area (see catchment map here).

There are multiple options of participation for vendors in the market including full participation (18 operating days) and partial participation (5, 8 and 10 operating days), and The Pop Can at Salt Yard (5 days). Vendors will also receive credit for attendance per day with money back, meaning that your license fee could be fully or almost fully covered by this grant program.

For more information about Vendor Options and License Fees, please see the 2023 Evergreen Market Vendor Opportunity document.

For more information about the 2023 Evergreen Festival Market Vendor Grant Program, please email Kimberly Dossett, Director of Operations and Finance at DHBC, at kimberly@downtownhalifax.ca.

To Apply

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To Apply: Email Kimberly Dossett, Director of Operations and Finance at DHBC, for more information and with your intent to apply to be an Evergreen Market chalet vendor at kimberly@downtownhalifax.ca. Interested market chalet vendors will then be required to review and follow the application process as outlined by Build Nova Scotia in the 2023 Evergreen Market Vendor Opportunity document. Please highlight that you are a member of DHBC or a business or organization located in Downtown Halifax when applying.

Your proposal will only be accepted at the sole discretion of Build Nova Scotia (your application is not automatically approved because you are a member of DHBC and/or a business or organization located in Downtown Halifax). Once an application is reviewed and approved by Build Nova Scotia, you will be notified by DHBC on how to be reimbursed for your License Fees.

Approved businesses or organizations will receive a maximum grant of $1,000.00 excluding tax towards their Evergreen Market vendor license fees. Reimbursement will take place after the 2023 Evergreen Festival has ended. Grant reimbursement will be based on actual Evergreen Market vendor license fees from Build Nova Scotia and supporting documentation will be required. To be eligible for the Grant, businesses or organizations must be a Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC) member, located in DHBC's catchment area, and can provide an offering that will celebrate Nova Scotia’s culture, food, spirits, craft and/or art.

There are multiple options of participation for vendors in the market including full participation (18 operating days), partial participation (5, 8 and 10 operating days), and The Pop Can at Salt Yard (5 days). Vendors will also receive credit for attendance per day with money back, meaning that your license fee could be fully or almost fully covered by this grant program.

The Grant is open until either all Evergreen Market chalets are full, or the 2023 Evergreen Festival is over (Sunday, December 17, 2023).

DHBC reserves the right to either deny payment of the grant recipient or pay an adjusted amount if it is determined with Build Nova Scotia that the recipient didn’t fulfill the requirements as outlined in the 2022 Evergreen Market Vendor Licensing Agreement.

Downtown Halifax businesses or organizations that have already been approved for a 2023 Evergreen Market Vendor License through Build Nova Scotia are automatically approved for this grant program and will be contacted by Kimberly Dossett for information on reimbursing their license fee.