Q: What is the Ritual Market?

A: Ritual market is a high vibe, eclectic market hosted in the kennebec valley that features a rotating variety of vendors and their offerings. We host multiple events a year to offer a supportive, welcoming environment to connect and allow vendors to share their products with the public. If you've never been a part of the market before and want to know what it's all about - I highly recommend you visit one of our events!

Q: How do I become a vendor?

A: Vendors are accepted by application and waitlist only. Applications for each market open anywheres from 3-4 months prior to the event. Please visit THIS page to see our event lineup for 2025 and when applications open for each event. If you happen to miss the cut off for applications for a market, a waitlist is created after applications close that is utilized when vendors drop out of the market. We often do pull from waitlist so be sure to keep an eye out in your email!

Q: How do you select vendors?

A: Every single vendor application is carefully reviewed and responded to via email. We truly appreciate the time, energy, and enthusiasm put behind applying to our events. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept everyone who applies. This year we have made the decision to downsize the markets significantly - and we also want to ensure we can provide the foot traffic and customer base to support the vendors we do accept. Our vendors do rely on these events as a source of income and my vendor's success is a priority. Lastly, we do try to limit the amount of vendors within each artistic category for similar reasons. We do our best to accept new vendors each market, but we also do value loyalty and past participation in our markets! If you do receive a denial to one or even more of our events, our line up is always changing from event to event - so I always encourage vendors to reapply to future markets.

Q: What is the cost for a booth?

A: Our spring, summer, and fall market booths are $125 for one day. Our mini markets at Absolem Cider are $80 for one day. Our 2-Day Holiday market is $175 for two days. We do offer payment plans and delayed payments.

Q: What if I need to drop out? Do I get a refund?

A: Refunds are awarded if you pull from the market at least two weeks prior to the market date and only if your booth can be filled. We typically have a 30-40 vendor waitlist, so while a refund isn't guaranteed we usually do not have any issues filling spots. HOWEVER, beginning in 2025 we are implementing a drop out fee of $15. This is to cover any fees associated with receiving and transferring the original booth fee and a small fee for the time to fill your booth. So you would be refunded $15 less than what you paid.

If you are wondering when our next markets are, when applications open, where each market is, or more details specific to each event, please click the button below.