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***APPLICATIONS FOR 2025 ARE CLOSED.***
The application below is for our 2026 festival.
All vendor info (set-up times, guidelines, etc.)
are applicable for both 2025 and 2026.

A FESTIVAL OF ODDITIES 2026

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2026  11AM-6PM
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2026  11AM-4PM

COURTHOUSE SQUARE MUSEUM
100 W. LAWRENCE AVE.
CHARLOTTE, MI 48813

 A Festival of Oddities is now a two day event.

All vendors and food trucks must attend both days. 

Set-up begins at 8am (early arrivals will have to wait until 8am to check in!), and your booth must be ready before the start of the festival at 11am.

You may make arrangements to bring your tables and any other large items on Friday to get a head start on set-up if you’d like, and may leave anything overnight from Friday to Saturday that you choose. While we will have security, anything left overnight is done at your own risk. Neither Scream Queen Productions nor the Courthouse Square Museum is responsible for any lost, damaged, or stolen items.

Tear-down begins when the festival ends on Sunday. Mid-day tear down of booths will not be permitted. You are expected to attend the festival in its entirety.

Booth fees are non-refundable. The festival will be held rain or shine. If your plans change and you are unable to attend the festival, please let us know right away. *If we have to cancel the festival for any reason, all fees will be refunded.

All food vendors must submit an “intent to serve” application to the Barry Eaton Health Department at least one week prior to the festival. (If you are exempt from completing this document, please indicate this when submitting your application.) The form can be found at www.barryeatonhealth.org. If you have any questions or need help with this, please contact the health department directly.

Neither the Courthouse Square Association nor Scream Queen Productions can be held accountable for any lost, stolen, or damaged items or equipment. 

The first round of 2026 acceptance notices will go out no later than January 15, 2026. Acceptance to the festival is decided by a juried panel. Neither past attendance nor the order in which applications are received are deciding factors. If your application is accepted, you will be sent payment instructions via the email address on your application. Your space is not guaranteed and your business will not be advertised until payment has been received. If you submit an application and do not receive a response, that either means we are not currently processing applications (we review them in waves), or we have no available space and you have been added to the waitlist. Either way, we will reach out to you ONLY IF we are able to offer you a booth space. We are not able to offer electricity to vendors (aside from a select number of food trucks), and you will need to bring your own table and chairs.