1. Is Firefly open to vendors outside of Colorado? Yes!  The majority of our artisans reside in Colorado, however, we accept applications from any makers within the United States. In support of our local community and economy, we will continue to emphasize Colorado artisans.

2. What product categories does Firefly accept? While Firefly is not limited to the following, our vendors generally fall into these categories:

  • Accessories/Apparel

  • Alcohol Sampling & Bottle Sales

  • Artisanal Food/Beverage - must be pre-packaged and made in a commercial kitchen

  • Ceramics

  • Home Goods/Decor

  • Jewelry

  • Kids/Baby (Toys / Clothing / Accessories)

  • Outdoor Gear/Apparel

  • Paper Goods

  • Pet Goods

  • Puzzles

  • Skin Care & Wellness

  • Textiles

  • Vintage Goods (quality, curated goods)

  • Visual Art + Design

  • Woodworking

3. How do you select participating artisans? Each market's applicants are juried by an impartial jury, independent of prior market selections.

4. What is your jurying criteria?

  • We look for handmade, unique, small-batch, eco-friendly artisan goods, and strongly recommend that applicants focus on one category of goods for our markets.

  • We do not accept mult-level-marketers (MLM), businesses who primarily sell cannabis-related products, Cottage Foods, traditional fine art & photography, goods not made by the applicant, or a collection of other artisans' goods curated by the applicant.

  • We look for a well-developed brand and signature style in every aspect of your work and display, including prominent, creative signage and presentation consistent with quality and creativity of goods.

  • We evaluate booth presentation/display and signage by requiring a professional quality photo of this. For those who don’t have an actual market setup image, we recommend a sample booth display be set up in home or yard. We need more than a table display.

  • Web presence is required, either website, e-commerce site, and/or social media. (Be sure the web links you provide work and that your sites are actually live. If your sites aren't live, don't include them on your application.)

5. Do you allow booth sharing? We don’t allow booth sharing.

6. Can I apply after the deadline? If the application is still active on our website you may still apply. To inquire about possible openings past the deadline for any market, use our contact form (please include your business name and website or other online site).

7. How many spots are available? We generally have 80+ spots available, depending on the size of the venue.  An average of 75% of applicants are repeat participants, with approximately 25% new/emerging artisans per market.

8. Are Cottage Industry food goods accepted? Cottage Industry vendors are not accepted.

9. Why wasn't I accepted?

  • On average, we receive about twice as many applications as we can accept. Some categories are more competitive than others (for example, jewelry). Our jury works very hard to curate each market to have strong, but not heavy, representation in each category.  

  • Artisan’s goods do not meet our criteria (see #4 above).

  • If you aren’t accepted to a market, and you believe you meet our criteria, feel free to apply to another market. We jury each market individually, based on the applications received.