DE LA GUERRA STREET MERCHANT APPLICATION FORM

¡Viva la Fiesta!

Mercado De La Guerra 2025 will take place on:

Wednesday, July 30th – Saturday August 2, 2025

Hours of Operation: 11:00am to 10:00pm

We are excited to celebrate the 101st Anniversary of Old Spanish Days in Santa Barbara with you this year! Thank you for taking the time to apply to join us as a De La Guerra Street Merchant!

Instructions:

Mercado De La Guerra STREET Merchant Application

Please read the application carefully and fill it out completely even if you are a returning vendor.

This application registration window will close on Friday, July 18th, 2025. No exceptions will be made. The sooner you apply the better your location will be.

Business License

The State Board of Equalization requires all vendors selling taxable items to have a valid Seller’s Permit number. No vendor selling taxable items will be allowed to sell at Fiesta without a valid seller’s permit. Any questions regarding exemption must go through the State Board of Equalization.

If you will be claiming exemption, you will need to fill out, sign and return the form BOE-410-D Rev 6 available on the BOE website. CDTFA-410-D REV. 9 (3-23) SWAP MEETS, FLEA MARKETS, OR SPECIAL EVENTS CERTIFICATION TO OPERATOR Please contact the Old Spanish Days office (805 962 8101) if you have any trouble retrieving this form.

Insurance Requirement

To participate in the Old Spanish Days Mercados you must have adequate Commercial General Liability insurance with minimum coverage of $1,000,000 each occurrence/$2,000,000 aggregate including Products and Completed operations. Policies must be written on an “occurrence” basis and not on a “claims made” policy.

Old Spanish Days and the City of Santa Barbara must be named as Additional Insureds. The address for Old Spanish Days is P.O. Box 21557, Santa Barbara, CA 93121-1557. The address for the City of Santa Barbara is P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990

We encourage you to utilize your own resources for obtaining the required liability policy from your own insurance agent. However, you can purchase coverage under our insurance program for $98.

If you procure your own Insurance Coverage:

You must provide 2 forms: 1) A Certificate of Insurance and a 2) Additional Insured Endorsement. Both forms should name “Old Spanish Days in Santa Barbara Inc., its officers, employees and agents and the City of Santa Barbara, its officers, employees and agents” as additional insureds.

City of Santa Barbara Parking Lots

The City of Santa Barbara Downtown Parking handles vendor parking for Mercado De la Guerra. Closer to the event, they will mail out parking permit information and applications to all De la Guerra vendors.

Parking in the City Lot is optional but if you would like a pass at a discounted rate you will need to purchase it from Downtown Parking directly. OSD does not handle parking permit purchases.

Passes for loading and unloading in Mercado De La Guerra will be mailed by Old Spanish Days in mid-July. All unloading passes from OSD cannot be used as parking passes; they are not recognized by police or parking attendants.

Electrical Utilities

Old Spanish Days provides electrical service on De La Guerra Street at each Merchant booth. These utilities are to be used and shared by all merchants as needed and you agree to be accommodating in allowing your neighboring merchants access to these utilities.

12 GA ONLY or larger (smaller the gauge number the larger and safer the wire is). Anything under 12 GA may cause electrical shortages that will affect all booths. Only commercial grade/rated appliances allowed. Each vendor will only have access to one each 20 amp., 120 VAC circuit to run their equipment and should plan accordingly. (subject to inspection by the City of SB at any time throughout the event)

Old Spanish Days Procedures, Expectations and Code of Conduct

By filling out this form you agree to comply with Old Spanish Days standards and rules as set forth by the Mercado De La Guerra Committee, the Board of Directors of Old Spanish Days, the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department, and the City of Santa Barbara Code of Conduct. Click here for more information: City of Santa Barbara Code of Conduct

You further understand that Mercado De la Guerra is an invitation only event and the committee reserves the right to refuse participation of any person or organization at any time for any reason.