Art In Wilder Park 2025 - Food Vendor Fee

ART IN WILDER PARK

May 3 & 4, 2025  10 am-5 pm

In partnership with the Elmhurst Park District 

Deadline for applications - Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Each year, the region's premiere outdoor festival season kicks off with Art in Wilder Park, the highly anticipated Spring event in the western suburbs. In 2024, the event was featured in numerous press outlets including the Chicago Tribune and WGN News, and attracted over half of its 11,500 visitors from outside of Elmhurst. Post-festival evaluations showed a high percentage of the attendees also visited and supported local restaurants, coffee shops, and other businesses.

Festival programming features nearly 130 booths of one-of-a-kind art, food vendors, and hands-on kid’s activities, in addition to a newly commissioned public art installation by a recognized contemporary artist that corresponds to the Elmhurst Art Museum's summer exhibition. Partnerships with dozens of businesses and organizations expands the festival's family-friendly offerings while inviting festival goers to experience what makes this community so vibrant, creative, and welcoming to all. 

Visit www.elmhurstartmuseum.org/events for further details.

• 11,000+ visitors over 2 days
• 50+ local businesses and sponsors on exhibit at the festival
• The museum’s PR team Silverman and Associates will promote the event with a campaign
• Major preview coverage last year by WGN TV, the Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald, Suburban Life, Elmhurst Independent and more
• 10,000 postcards distributed through local businesses, mailings, and our front desk
• Direct email campaigns to over 14,000 members, donors and EAM’s general list
• The Museum's extensive social media (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter) will be leveraged for maximum exposure and interaction, with template posts provided to all exhibitors

New Public Art Installation in 2025: "Terrific Transit", large-scale vehicle sculptures by contemporary artist, Bernard Williams. 

Limited space is available for Food Vendors to participate. All Food Vendor applications are subject to approval by the Elmhurst Art Museum.

Please note: Vendors must apply for their temporary food service permit in order to participate.

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For further information regarding this permit, please visit the DuPage County Health Department website: https://www.dupagehealth.org/726/All-Mobile-Food-Vendors

Display Specifications: 
Food Vendors must provide their own 10”x10” tent or food truck, tables, chairs and other display equipment. Stakes are allowed on the grass. 

Set-up will take place Friday, May 2 between 4-8pm and Saturday, May 3 from 6-10am. The food vendor space fee for both days for is $350 (nonrefundable) and is due on March 5, 2025.