General

Interested in selling at the James Bay Community Market? Playing to the public? The Market has space for up to 60 vendors a week. About 110 vendors sell at the market over the course of the season.

To vend at the market fill out an application form (see below) and submit it to info@jamesbaymarket.com . Products sold at the market must be homemade, handmade, and homegrown.

Policy Manual

The rules and regulations for all vendors can be found in the MARKET POLICY (PDF)

Vendors must become members of the James Bay Community Market Society to sell at the market.

Download the Membership Application here. (Adobe PDF)

Please note: The Membership Application form for 2018 is a fillable form. Download the form to your computer and then you can fill out the fields on your computer, save the form, and print it to sign it. If you prefer to fill it out by hand, simply print it and fill it out as in previous years.

Vendor Applications and Jury Dates for the 2018 Market Season

New Vendors and Returning Vendors with new product:

Jury sessions for new vendors and returning vendors with new product will be held by appointment only. Please send a request for a jury session to board@jamesbaymarket.com for a time and date for you to attend. The scheduled dates are:

• April 5th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm (at present this is fully booked).
• April 21st from 9:15 am to noon

at the JAMES BAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL CENTER located at 140 Oswego St. in James Bay.

JURYING WILL BE DONE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.

Please ensure you have your completed James Bay Market Society Membership and James Bay Community Market Vendor application forms as well as a sampling of all the products you wish to sell. The cost of jurying is $10 payable at the time of the jury session. For returning vendors, you only have to bring the products you are adding.

Returning Vendors:

All returning vendors for the James Bay Community Market. Please note the last date available for registering as a vendor for the new season.  

• April 5th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm.

at the JAMES BAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL CENTER located at 140 Oswego St. in James Bay.

You are asked to come in person to the date listed above to hand in your VENDOR APPLICATION form along with a cheque made out for the amount as outlined on the vendor application form.  The amount will depend on whether you want a half booth or a full booth and whether you will be an occasional vendor or a season vendor.  For those returning vendors who did not attend the AGM or have not sent in their membership application yet please bring that with you as well accompanied by a cheque for $20.

This last session will be conducted on a first-come, first-served basis.   We will have a number of board members on hand to accept your form/s and payment and give you a receipt for same so that this process works quickly and efficiently.

Please note: RETURNING VENDORS WHO DO NOT REGISTER BY APRIL 5TH WILL LOOSE THEIR PRIORITY AND WILL BE CONSIDERED AS BEING NEW VENDORS WHEN SPACES ARE BEING ALLOCATED.

If you are a returning vendor but wish to include a new, never before juried product in your booth for the 2018 season you must be juried for that product.   In that case please see memo above “New Vendors and Returning Vendors with new product”.