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Food Vendor Registration
2024 Vendor Registration - Food Vendors
Registration Opens January 8, 2024
The KLMF 2024 Vendor Application Period is Closed
Important Dates
March 31, 2024* – Deadline Vendor Application Submission
(*The deadline may be extended if all the vendor spots are not filled)
April 15, 2024 – Successful Applicants Notified of Conditional Selection
Eligibility and Selection Criteria
In 2023, the Kemptville Live Music Festival (KLMF) welcomed approx. 20,000 visitors over four days in July. We are planning for another successful Festival in July 2024. This year’s event will be held over 4 days, July 18-21, at the Festival site at Kemptville College.
The KLMF is committed to providing our guests with a phenomenal selection of high-quality foods and beverages during the Festival and a unique Vendor Village experience. This year, the KLMF will continue to build on the past success of the Vendor Village and will host a diverse group of Food Vendors.
All applications will be assessed by the KLMF Vendor Jury. Applicants must provide a complete list of all food and beverage items that will be sold (e.g. a menu). It is recommended that applicants also provide photos of their Food Trucks/trailers.
The Jury will consider several factors, including:
Food and Beverage Products
- Relevance to the Festival theme and experience;
- Interest to Festival guests; and,
- Diversity and uniqueness.
Other Criteria
- Preference will be given to returning Food Vendors who have "good standing" with the KLMF;
- To avoid duplication of similar menu items, KLMF reserves the right to limit the sale of certain items; and,
- Successful applicants should have food service experience in a high-traffic event and have self-contained food trailers/trucks.
The decisions of the KLMF jury are final.
Hours of Operation for Food Vendors
Food Vendors must commit to being on site and open for business during the following “open” hours:
- Thursday July 18: 4pm – 11pm
- Friday July 19: 4pm - 11pm
- Saturday July 20: 1pm - 11pm
- Sunday July 21: 11am - 5:30pm
Vendors normally have access to the Festival grounds one (1) hour before opening to prepare their Vendor space.
Set-Up
Set-up is Thursday July 18 from 8am - 3pm
Fees and Services
The fee to participate is $600 ($531 + $69 HST). This fee includes:
- Food Vendor space in the Vendor Village (the size of the space depends on the size/type of vendor vehicle);
- Access to KLMF power and potable water supply (including grey water disposal)
- Two passes (2) to the festival;
- Free access to dedicated Vendor Wi-Fi;
- Access to the free public parking spaces;
- Food Vendor business name and location on the Festival program map and on the website; and,
- Support of the dedicated Festival Vendor Care Team- including receiving a copy of the KLMF Vendor Kit.
Please note the following:
- Additional passes (for additional staff) are available, free of charge, from KLMF;
- Food Vendors are required to provide their own shelter. Keep in mind that we are an outdoor event. Materials for display and weatherproofing are not provided.
Restrictions on Cooking inside a Tent
North Grenville Fire Services prohibits cooking (that produces greasy fumes- e.g. deep frying) inside a tent, unless there are approved ventilation and fire suppression systems in place.
If your setup includes cooking inside a tent, please ensure that you are compliant with all requirements.
North Grenville Fire Services uses the TSSA safety standards. You are encouraged to visit the TSSA website for more information:
https://www.tssa.org/food-truck-safety
How to Apply
- Complete and submit the online application form
- Applications must be received by midnight (Kemptville time) on March 31, 2024
If You Are Accepted as a Food Vendor
- Successful Food Vendor Applicants will be notified, by e-mail, of their conditional acceptance by April 15, 2024.
- The conditional acceptance e-mail will include instructions on how to finalize the application process. The following must be provided by the Food Vendor by the due dates to maintain their selection as a Vendor:
- Payment of $600 ($531 + $69 HST) by May 15, 2024;
- Proof that a Health Unit Food Vendor Application was submitted to the local Health Unit by June 15, 2024; and,
- Proof of $2M Liability Insurance by June 15, 2024.
- Food Vendors agree, as a condition of acceptance, to abide by all KLMF guidelines, rules and policies, including those outlined in the KLMF 2024 Vendor's Kit (which will be provided to all Vendors in advance of the Festival).
- Failure to send full payment by the deadline, or meet any other conditions, may result in withdrawal of the Food Vendor's conditional selection.
Colin James
“I’m opening doors for you –walk through them.”
-Stevie Ray Vaughan.
From the prairies of Saskatchewan to sharing the stage with arguably the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time, Colin James still remembers those words of advice given to him by the late, great, Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Colin James has taken those words to heart. His career has spanned over 30 years, with a track record that includes 20 studio albums, 8 Juno Awards, 29 Maple Blues Awards and multi-platinum record sales. His latest 2021 release, Open Road, is a celebration of personal connections. It includes original tunes written with long time collaborators such as Colin Linden, Craig Northey and Tom Wilson and reinterpretations of covers by a diverse group of songwriters including Bob Dylan, Albert King, Tony Joe White and others.
His 2018 album Miles To Go garnered worldwide attention, debuting on the Billboard Blues Charts and holding a position on the RMR Blues Chart for 24 weeks, 14 weeks in the top 10. He continues to sell out shows across Canada with over 80,000 tickets sold on tours over the past 3 years. Colin was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame in 2013.
Looking back over Colin’s career, it’s a timeline rich in highlights. His 1988 self-titled debut, featuring his two self-penned hits “Voodoo Thing” and “Five Long Years,” was the fastest-
selling album in Canadian history. It won him his first Juno and an opening spot on tour with Keith Richards. His second album, Sudden Stop, featured his hit “Just Came Back,” which reached #3 on the U.S. radio charts and earned him the Juno Award for “Single of the Year.” Colin was next credited with launching the swing revival, thanks to his wildly popular Little Big Band, which has released four successful albums to date.
However, it wasn’t until 2016’s Blue Highways that James found himself on a blues chart: the album spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Roots Music Report’s Blues Chart. It also landed him one of his biggest hits: “Riding in the Moonlight,” a Willie Dixon song that garnered millions of streams on Spotify.
Over the years Colin has worked with some of the world’s most revered artists including, Bonnie Raitt, Albert Collins, Pops Staples, Robert Cray, Albert King, Keith Richards, Lenny Kravitz, ZZ Top, Mavis Staples, Luther Allison, Roomful of Blues, Bobby King and Terry Evans, John Hammond Jr., The Chieftains, Carlos Santana, Little Feat, Johnny Hallyday, Jeff Healey, and Buddy Guy. In addition to his own recording and touring Colin is a prolific songwriter, his music has been recorded by the likes of Maria Muldaur, Johnny Hallyday and Lucinda Williams.
Colin has set the bar for consistency and talent in Canadian music and even after 20 acclaimed albums remains at the top of his game, always challenging himself musically. A consummate professional and a superb guitarist, Colin is a musician’s, musician. The confidence that comes with maturity can be heard in his voice and seen in his electrifying stage performance. He does what comes naturally – he always has – he knows no other way and no other life.
Leah Marlene
Leah Marlene is a songwriter, artist, and producer with a deeply rooted desire to create art unlike anything you have heard before. With a unique, engaging voice and a songwriting style that combines elements of folk, rock, pop, soul, funk, jazz and more, she cannot be put into a box.
Leah grew up in a house full of music and guitars as her father, Derry Grehan, is a songwriter and lead guitarist with the Canadian band, Honeymoon Suite. He passed along his knowledge and passion for writing and performing. Leah began singing and writing her own songs at a very young age and never looked back! She has been performing professionally since the age of ten and releasing music since she was thirteen.
After graduating high school, Leah spent two years studying songwriting at Belmont University in Nashville. She then returned back to the midwest to produce her most recent album, “Many Colors.”
Now twenty-one years old, Leah most recently came off an incredible run on season 20 of American Idol, where she released her latest original single, "Flowers" and placed second runner up of the season!
Leah is a lover of people and her greatest hope is that her music may meet you exactly where you are at and help you feel whatever it is you need to feel in a given moment.
Head over Heels
Kevin and Vanessa Head are Head over Heels, an acoustic guitar/vocal duo from the Kingston, Ontario area. Veteran singer-songwriter-guitarist Kevin and his wife vocalist Vanessa, perform a diverse mix of Kevin's original music and interpretive covers of Roots, Jazz, Classic Rock and Contemporary tunes. Their musicianship, harmonies and playful onstage rapport has endeared them to many audiences in Eastern Ontario.
They've entertained audiences on VIA Rail, and at several festivals in the area over the years, including the Limestone City Blues Festival in 2018 and 2019, the 2018 Kemptville Live Music festival, and 2020's Kemptville Live at the Library.