Paradise City Arts Festivals :: application information

apply now!

overview

northampton show info
october 9, 10 & 11, 2010

marlborough show info
november 19, 20 & 21, 2010

amenities
promotion
join artist mailing list

Send application to:
Paradise City, Inc.
30 Industrial Drive East
Northampton, MA 01060

Important notes:
Show applications must be submitted by postal mail with 5 images (digital or slides) enclosed. The show applications are not processed online. The application form has details about submitting your images and our procedure for viewing them. Please be sure to review this information, even if you are not a first-time applicant.

contact information

Paradise City, Inc.
30 Industrial Drive East
Northampton, MA 01060
toll free: 800.511.9725
office: 413.587.0772
fax: 413.587.0966
email your questions
website manager

Paradise City Northampton
  northampton, massachusetts
  october 9, 10 & 11, 2010
  columbus day weekend
  250 exhibitors

postmark deadline: april 1, 2010
notification mailed by may 1, 2010

booth prices and show schedule
download the application

about the show

The Paradise City Arts Festival is New England's most exciting and prestigious show of fine and functional art. Taking place during the peak of Fall Foliage, this event attracts a strong attendance, an educated clientele and extraordinary media coverage. 30% of the show’s attendees live in the region; 70% travel to Northampton from New England, New York and beyond.

This fall Paradise City partners with the area’s museums and colleges in a series of heavily promoted region-wide events and exhibitions on the topic of food. Events at Paradise City will include 'crEATe: food as artistic inspiration', a themed show-within-a-show open to all exhibitors.

Located on Interstate-91 just 15 minutes north of the Massachusetts Turnpike, Northampton is under an hour from Hartford, the Berkshires and southern Vermont; under two hours from Boston, Albany and southern Connecticut; less than three hours from New York City. Designated "The Best Small Art Town in America" and one of AmericanStyle Magazine's top "Art Destinations", Northampton is a cultural, dining and shopping destination for visitors from all over the Northeast.

the facility

The Three County Fairgrounds is set against rolling hills by the majestic Connecticut River, and is highly visible to the millions of tourists driving on I-91. The show is completely under cover, and takes place indoors, in the Arena and Morgan Buildings, and under a single large Exhibition Tent.

The indoor spaces are carpeted, with a mixture of natural and artificial light. The booths in the Morgan Buildings have built-in storage. One large white Exhibition Tent houses the tented spaces at the entrance to the show. A very large outdoor Sculpture Garden, set between the Morgan Buildings, provides exhibiting artists with a beautiful setting for landscape-oriented pieces. An open courtyard, formed by the intersection of the three buildings, the Exhibition Tent and the Sculpture Garden, provides placement for additional sculpture, greenery and a convenient resting area for attendees.

amenities

Paradise City furnishes wall-to-wall carpeting in all indoor spaces, free jewelry lock-up, dedicated exhibitor restrooms, storage, free and convenient exhibitor parking areas, and help with load-in and load-out. Advance color promotional materials are provided at no charge. Full convention services, including pipe and drape rental and drayage, are available. Paradise City's Festival Dining Tent, featuring some of Northampton's most acclaimed restaurants and live jazz, provides an upscale respite for collectors navigating the show.

show schedule
October 7 and 8..............setup October 9, Saturday.......10am • 6pm October 10, Sunday.......10am • 6pm October 11, Monday.......10am • 4pm
booth sizes and fees
indoors 10 x 10......$845 10 x 15....$1175 corners....add $250	tented 10 x 10......$695 10 x 15......$985 corners....add $250	A limited number of oversize booths will also be available
You can apply to both Fall 2010 shows with one application. (Filename: showappfall10.pdf - 40 K) back to TOP
application download notes: The application form will usually open online in Acrobat Reader, when your browser settings allow this. You can print the document from within your browser, or save the file to disk and print later offline. Depending on your computer's security settings, it is possible you MAY NOT be able to open the file online. Other browser settings can also prevent your opening it while online. If this is the case, please download the file to your computer first and then open it. Should you be unable to get the file to download, call 800.511.9725 and we can email you a copy. To download the file without viewing it, right click the link, and choose from the popup menu, either 'Save target as...'(Internet Explorer) or 'Save link as...' (Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox). In the resulting dialog box, choose a folder on your computer for the downloaded file. Then select 'Save'. Double click on the downloaded file to open and view it in Acrobat Reader. The application PDF file should print well in almost all current printers.