Elk Valley Pride Festival Vendors

Mark your calendars for Sept 17-21, 2025!

The Elk Valley Pride Festival is a vibrant, inclusive celebration that brings together 2SLGBTQIA+ folks, allies, families, and community members from across the region.

We invite artisans, food vendors, community organizations, retailers, health services, and interactive activity hosts to join us for this unforgettable event.

Who We’re Looking For

We welcome a wide variety of vendors and participants to apply to help make the festival a diverse and engaging experience for all attendees:

Artisans & Makers: Showcase your handmade goods, art, clothing, crafts, and more.
Food Vendors: Serve delicious meals, treats, or drinks to festival-goers.
Retailers: Offer inclusive and community-minded products.
Health & Community Organizations: Share resources, support services, and information with attendees.
Interactive Booth Hosts: Run games, demos, crafts, or other activities that create a fun and welcoming atmosphere.

Whether you’re selling, informing, or engaging, there’s a place for you at the Elk Valley Pride Festival.

Spectrum Queer Arts Day

Saturday, September 20, 2025 12 to 6pm at the Fernie City Hall greenspace

Spectrum is an all-ages queer arts and artist event at an outdoor venue. Fernie Pride and the Elk Valley Pride Festival is entirely non-profit and your donation (suggested minimum $20) to participate is reinvested into Festival expenses including entertainment, education, and outreach.

Interactive Tents

We encourage all vendors and organizations to consider hosting an activity or interactive element at your booth. Whether it’s a craft station, trivia game, or photo op, adding a hands-on experience helps make the festival more fun and inclusive for everyone. Fernie Pride invites community organizations and allied businesses to participate. We would like the festival to be an interactive experiences for all ages.

This is a great opportunity to:

Engage directly with the community
Build meaningful connections
Show your support in a vibrant, visible way

Below are some suggested interactive tent ideas.

Note that costs do not include tent/table setups, only estimated activity costs. Tent hosts will need to provide their own tent and materials.

Have another idea? Suggest it! These are just a few to get the creative juices flowing.

Activity	Difficulty	Estimated Cost	Available?	Description
Trivia Quiz	Medium	$50-$200	Yes	Create a 2SLGBTQ+ themed quiz for kids, one for youth and one for adults. Entrants can submit their answers to be entered into a prize draw. $$ varies based on prizes.
Postcard Writing Booth	Medium	$100-$400	Yes	Get custom Elk Valley Pride Festival + Your Brand postcards printed and have a station where people can write to themselves (out of town visitors) or to friends and family. Optional: provide stamps and mailing opportunity.
Ring Toss Game	Very Easy	$25	Yes	Fernie Pride can loan a ring toss game. Give out assorted rainbow stickers as prizes for successful ring tosses.
Bubbles & Giant Bubbles	Easy	$40	Yes	Borrow/buy/make a bubble station
Found Objects Rainbow Build	Easy	$40	Yes	Setup a backdrop of kraft paper or simlar on a table or fence. Provide adhesives (tape/glue) so that people can add found objects to create a rainbow. Recommend there is at least one item of each colour to get the rainbow started.
Rainbow Face Painting	Very Easy	$0	Yes	Fernie Pride has rainbow facepaint markers & temporary tattoos available for use.
Rock Painting	Medium	$60	Yes	Purchase rock painting pens, sealer and source river stones so people can paint their own stones.
Photo Booth & Props	Easy	$20-$100	Yes	Setup a backdrop and provide props (purchased, or from your own collection) for photographs. Tent staff take photos using peoples’ own phones/cameras.
Origami	Easy	$20	Yes	Provide origami paper and printed step-by-step instructions on how to make some origami items.
Scavenger Hunt	Medium	$50-100	Yes	Create an on-grounds scavenger hunt/bingo game. Participants can enter to win a draw prize at the end of the festival.

Vendor FAQ

What is the cost to participate?

The Elk Valley Pride Festival is a non-profit event. Vendors are asked to make a suggested donation of $20 in order to participate.

Is there power available?

No, there is not any power available. Food trucks are permitted to use generators.

How many people are usually in attendance?

The Elk Valley Pride Festival has over 1200 participants across its various events, with hundreds participating in the Saturday outdoor festival portion.