October 22, 2011 6:30 AM – 4:00 PM, Rain or Shine

The Syrup Sopping Day at Loachapoka is located in downtown Loachapoka, Alabama on Park Street, Daylily Street and Hwy 14 in October each year on an Auburn away football game weekend. The date is set each year after the Auburn Football schedule is set, usually around January for the following year. Syrup Sopping is a one day event starting very early in the morning in order to get freshly made biscuits by Hardee’s on site served with sausage and homemade syrup. Some 20,000 or so visitors travel from all over to enjoy the homemade arts and crafts and fresh sugar cane syrup being made at the Syrup Sopping Mill in downtown Loachapoka. Canned quarts and gallons of sugar cane and sorghum syrup are sold on site as well as sugar cane stalks, along with some 150 vendors selling their handcrafted goods and lots of great down home food and fun.

Procedure for Reserving a Booth At Syrup Sopping:

1.         First you will receive this Application and Procedure information. Save this to fill out and mail in with your booth fee of $100 if you get approved for Syrup Sopping Day @ Loachapoka 2011. If you were a 

            vendor last year and your work is the same type of thing as last year just mail in the application with your booth fee. You do not need to be approved. 

2.         You must submit photos of your work. (3 current photos) All new vendors must submit photos of your work to be approved by the committee. Photos of new items by previous vendors must be submitted as well.

            Mail the photos to Syrup Sopping Day @ Loachapoka, P.O. Box 352, Loachapoka, Alabama 36865.  

2          When you are accepted for Syrup Sopping 2010 you will receive a phone call and a packet of vendor information around mid August.     

3.         Once you are accepted you may mail in your application fee along with your application to the address on the form.

4.         If you are an exhibitor from 2010 you may have your same site as last year. New exhibitors will be assigned lots after previous vendor registration has been completed.

5.         Applicants are accepted on a first come basis until full. We have approximately 150 booths for Syrup Sopping Day @ Loachapoka.

6.         All vendors must have their vehicles removed from the park area by 6:00 AM.

7.         Syrup Sopping is from 6:30 AM til 4 PM Saturday, October 22, 2011. Cars will not be allowed in the park area to take down your booth until after 4 pm. Please do not disassemble your booth until AFTER 4 pm.

8.         Registration will occur off of the dirt road coming in from Auburn on Daylily Street. All vendors must come to the registration booth to get their lot assignment. It is most helpful if vendors can register on Friday      afternoon or night before Syrup Sopping. (Oct. 21, 2011) Set up is allowed and encouraged on Friday as well. We will mail you a map with your letter of acceptance.

9.         Dry camping is allowed in town on Friday night or at the school house for $10. The Syrup Sopping park will be monitored but will not be responsible for damage, theft, or loss to your property, nor will Syrup Sopping Day @ Loachapoka, LLC, or any member, or volunteer, or employee of theirs be responsible.

10.       Booths are 12 x 12 feet in size.

It is our hope that we can maintain the integrity of the event by having original and handmade items. Ready made items are allowed by Committee approval on an individual basis.

I have read and agree to abide by all festival rules. Exhibitor releases Syrup Sopping Day @ Loachapoka, Inc. from any liability for any damage, injury or loss to any person or goods which may arise from the rented park space.

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