Area craftspeople are invited to apply for registration in the 101st Annual Arden Fair.

Artisans interested in exhibiting may send slides or photos of what they make (with a self-addressed stamped envelope to ensure their return) to:
Arden Fair Craft Committee,
1501 Beech Lane,
Ardencroft, DE 19810
before June 1. Or click here to send an e-mail.
If accepted, registration forms are sent out the first week in June with one month to respond, but it is a first-come, first-served basis, with past exhibitors given preference to previous spaces. The fee per space has been $42 (to be enclosed with registration form) and 10% commission on sales of the day. We will set aside a cooperative booth for residents of the Ardens and Arden Club members if they would like to share an 8' booth that can accommodate 2-3 artisans; club-member fee, $30, to be shared but each vendor to donate 10% commission on sales of the day. Past exhibitors need not resubmit photos. Past exhibitors will be notified in early June with registration forms or rejection letters.

The 101st Arden Fair, Saturday, August 30, 2008

in Arden, Delaware,
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

photo: The Shakespeare Gild costumes come out of the closet for the Arden Fair. Photographs of the 100th Arden Fair were taken by Joe del Tufo (including the photo above), Gordon Hesse, and Danny Schweers. Click the links to see the photos.

Come enjoy our 101st Arden Fair!

• Free Admission
• Free Shuttle-Bus Service Park free at the Hanby Outdoor Center on Chestnut Road between Marsh and Darley Roads.
• Shakespeare Gild children’s games and rides, including pony rides (11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.). Inexpensive tickets can be purchased for all games and rides. Prizes: maybe you’ll take home a goldfish!
• Food Court with hamburgers, veggie-burgers, hot dogs, meatball sandwiches, sodas, iced tea, hand-dipped ice cream, fruit cups, smoothies, Hawaiian shaved ice, french fries, pizza, funnel cakes and more!
• Library Gild Book Sale with thousands of books
• Gardeners' Gild Plant Sale
• Presentations in Gild Hall
• Art Exhibit in the Backstage Gallery
• Baked Goods, Kettle Corn, Balloons, T-shirts and more!
• Free Music in the Beer Garden
  • Beer and Wine by the glass
  • Swim Gild Meatball Sandwiches, Dinner Gild Grilled Corn on the Cob, and Imperial Deli's grilled vegetable sandwiches, bratwurst sandwiches, bockwurst sandwiches, german potato salad, black bean salad, orzo salads
• Presentations in Gild Hall by Folk Gild
• Scores of Craft Booths with hand-made art, jewelry, crafts and more! If you would like to be one of our vendors in 2008,
• Antiques Market: over 50 vendors. To be one of the vendors, call Lynda Kolski at (302) 475-1658.
• Peddlers, Potions and Practitioners: Experience an alternative, self-discovery route for mind, body and spirit in the Buzz Ware Village Center.
• ATM Machine On Site.

Sell Your Crafts at the Arden Fair

Area craftspeople are invited to apply for registration in the 101st Annual Arden Fair to be held Saturday, August 30, 2008, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the grounds surrounding the Arden Gild Hall, 2126 The Highway, Arden, Delaware, seven miles north of Wilmington, Delaware.

Artisans interested in exhibiting may send slides or photos of what they make (along with a self-addressed stamped envelope to ensure their return) to the Arden Fair Craft Committee, 1501 Beech Lane, Ardencroft, DE 19810 before June 1, 2008, if possible. Or,

If accepted, you will be sent a registration form in June, with one month to respond. Acceptance is on a first-come, first-served basis, with past exhibitors given preference to previous spaces. The fee per space has been $42 (to be enclosed with registration form) and 10% commission on sales of the day. Past exhibitors need not resubmit photos. Past exhibitors will be notified in early June with registration forms or rejection letters.

We will set aside a cooperative booth for residents of the Ardens and for Arden Club members if they would like to share an 8' booth that can accommodate 2-3 artisans: club-member fee, $30, to be shared but each vendor to donate 10% commission on sales of the day.

PARKING:

There is plenty of free parking at the YMCA Hanby Outdoor Center with shuttle buses every few minutes. Click here for directions and maps. Location: Parking is on Chestnut Road, between Marsh and Darley Roads, just north of Arden. You can get good directions by using GoogleMaps and entering 121 Chestnut Rd., Wilmington, DE 19810 as the address. (The actual address is 35 Chestnut Rd., but that address gives a location over a block off when you use any of the on-line search maps.)

RAIN DATE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008, NOON-6:00 p.m.

Some previously featured artists at the Fair were:
Linda Parks (2006)
Hunter Clarke (2005)
Linda Celestian (2004)
David McClintock, Roberta Perkins and Danny Schweers (2003)

Links

• Arden Fair Links and Photos:
• 2007 Arden Fair (the 100th)
  • Joe del Tufo
  • Gordon Hesse
  • Danny Schweers
• 2006 Arden Fair:
  • 80 photos by Danny Schweers
  • 30 photos by Allan Kleban in the Beer Garden
  • Barbara Macklem's August, 2006, Arden Fair interview.
• Directions and Maps
• 65 photos from the 2004 Arden Fair
• 49 photos from the 2002 Arden Fair

Come to the Fair! You Are Welcome Hither!