Dear Vendor;

The Panama City Beach Convention and Visitor’s Bureau is proud to announce the 24th Annual Indian Summer Festival. Selected by the American Bus Association in 2003 as one of the “Top 100 Festivals in North America”, the event is held the second weekend in October. 2004 Festival dates are Friday, October 8th through Sunday, October 10th.

With a 22 year heritage, custodianship of the “Indian Summer Seafood Festival” was assumed by the Panama City Beach Convention and Visitor’s Bureau in 2002. The CVB ‘raised the bar’ of quality and presentation of the new and improved “Indian Summer Festival”, with matching vendor tents and local restaurants serving as food vendors in ‘A Taste of Panama City Beach’.

With over 150 arts & craft vendors, 20 local restaurants and 30 regional and national musical acts on three stages over three days, the Festival is one of the highlights of the season. The 2002 Festival attracted over 40,000 attendees, and despite inclement weather, over 50,000 persons attended in 2003. PCB Indian Summer Festivals, Inc. distributed over $55,000 to charitable organizations in 2002 and 2003. A new Fine Arts exhibition area, a cooking show, a Children’s Activities Area and a Sunday Gospel Show complement the event.

Headline entertainers for the past two years have included Travis Tritt, John Michael Montgomery, Colin Raye, Diamond Rio and Keith Urban. Nashville recording artists Chad Brock, Rhett Akins, David Kersh and Daryle Singletary will be featured on Friday October 8 as the ‘Honky Tonk Tailgate Party’. Saturday October 9 will feature 2002 Academy of Country Music ‘Top New Vocal Duo/Group’ Trick Pony. Sunday, October 10 features Gretchen Wilson with her current hit song ‘Redneck Woman’.

The 2004 Indian Summer Festival offers the ability to display products and services to a prospective audience of over 60,000 people. High attendance is ensured by a $400,000 regional promotion and a $100,000 local advertising campaign. This campaign consists of cable and network television, radio, newspaper, outdoor billboards and internet, and affords literally millions of advertising impressions. Due to space restrictions, the total number of Festival vendors will be limited, and decisions will be partially based upon merchandise, presentation, and past participation in the Indian Summer Festival.

Below are links to Vendor Application Pages and the Vendor Instruction Handbook. For additional information, please contact Laresa Scarbrough, Vendor Coordinator for the Indian Summer Festival, at 850-233-5070 or info@800pcbeach.com .

Thanks, and we hope to see you there.

Paul Goulding
Special Events Manager
Panama City Beach Conventions and Visitor’s Bureau
pgoulding@800pcbeach.com

VENDOR LINKS:

2004 Indian Summer Festival Food Vendor Application

2004 Indian Summer Festival Merchandise/Exhibitor Vendor Application

2004 Indian Summer Festival Vendor Handbook

Note: The vendor handbook is in Adobe pdf format - if you aren't able to see it, you can install the Adobe Acrobat Reader software at this link.