This year's Sucker Day Music, Arts, and Craft Festival promises to be one of the biggest events yet. More events, activities, stages, food trucks, and more, is something you are not going to want to miss out on.  Applications are now being accepted and the jury is meeting monthly to determine who will be eligible.

** REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED **​

 

ACCEPTED:

Hand-made items, crafts, art, decoration, etc.  

Homemade style foods, snacks, or drinks

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NON-ACCEPTED:

Manufactured items, store-bought items, packaged toys, etc.

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We are looking to have REAL good ole fashion handcrafted items and artwork.  The jury will have the final decision and all decisions are final. 

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We are so excited to have you as part of our event, we are even throwing you a party! 


PLEASE SEE RULES and REGULATIONS HERE

Sucker Day Arts, Craft, Food and Game Vendors
Date: May 20th - 22nd, 2022

Hours
Friday May 20th, 1:00 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday May 21st, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. 
Sunday May 22nd, 12 p.m. - 6 p.m. 
 
VIP BBQ sponsored by Gettin' Basted for all vendors on Friday near the Big Top Tent.
 
Booths must remain open at all hours! 
 
Setup and Breakdown Time: Exact times will be emailed out closer to the event. HOWEVER, you must keep your booth up until 9 p.m. on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday - breakdown times will be posted later.   


 Arts and Craft Booths with Power in ZONE A - Main Street - pavement (must provide 50ft extension cord) - CURRENTLY SOLD OUT! CONTACT US TO GET ON THE WAITING LIST FOR ZONE A.

• 10'x10' Space with Power                             $140.00                     

ONLY 31 SPACES IN ZONE A


Arts and Craft Booths withOUT Power in ZONE A - Main Street - pavement 
 

• 10'x10' Space withOUT Power                             $125.00     

ONLY 24 SPACES IN ZONE A NO POWER

EXAMPLE OF MAIN STREET PLACEMENT

• 10'x10' Space with Power                             $110.00                     

IF YOU NEED A 10X20 SPACE YOU MUST PURCHASE AN ADDITIONAL 10X10 BOOTH.
 ONLY 30 SPACES IN ZONE B



EXAMPLE OF GRAVEL LOCATION
 

Arts and Craft Booths Non-Powered in ZONE C - grass area

• 10'x10' Space Non-Powered                           $90.0

EXAMPLE OF GRASS AREA

• $10.00 Non-Refundable Jury Fee will be added to booth pricing.
• No refunds will be issued for cancellations after April 24^, 2022 at 12:00pm CST
• If more than 10 feet is needed, you will be required to rent two (2) spaces. 
• You must provide your own 50-foot extension cord. 
• IF YOU NEED MORE THAN 2 SPACES, PLEASE CALL ASHLEY - NIXA CHAMBER EVENT COORDINATOR - 417-200-4148

This year's Sucker Day Music, Arts, and Craft Festival promises to be one of the biggest events yet. More events, activities, stages, food trucks, and more, is something you are not going to want to miss out on.  Applications are now being accepted and the jury is meeting monthly to determine who will be eligible.

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We are so excited to have you as part of our event, we are even throwing you a party! 


PLEASE SEE RULES and REGULATIONS HERE

Sucker Day Arts, Craft, Food and Game Vendors
Date: May 20th - 22nd, 2022
Hours:
Friday May 20th, 1:00 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday May 21st, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. 
Sunday May 22nd, 12 p.m. - 6 p.m. 
 
VIP BBQ sponsored by Gettin' Basted for all vendors on Friday near the Big Top Tent.
 
Booths must remain open at all hours! 
 
Setup and Breakdown Time: Exact times will be emailed out closer to the event. HOWEVER, you must keep your booth up until 10 p.m. on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday - breakdown times will be posted later.   

Game Vendor Booths-Includes Power

• 10'x10' Booth Space                                   $150.00                 
  • ​After 3/31/2022 $165.00
• 10'x20' Booth Space                                         $300.00
  • ​After 3/31/2022 $325.00

• $10.00 Non-Refundable Jury Fee will be added to booth pricing.
• No refunds will be issued for cancellations after April 24^, 2022, at 12:00pm CST
• If more than 10 feet is needed, you will be required to rent two (2) spaces. 
• You must provide your own 50-foot extension cord. 
• These prices will go up after March 31^st, 2022

This year's parade is taking on new energy between the excitement of extending the festival and our partnership with the Christian County Shrine Club.  With their help in organizing and promoting our annual parade, we are sure to have a fun-filled, candy throwing, great music, lots of fun parade.  

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We are looking for participants for the parade! Please see the information below with a link to sign up for this FREE parade for your business, organization, or group.  

Details

Friday May 20th

Parade starts at 6pm

See Map

Parade Line Up Starts at 4pm at Nixa Junior High

THEME: SUCKER DAYS!

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Parade Guidelines

The Nixa Sucker Day Parade Committee has established guidelines for this year’s parade which will take place Friday, May 20, at 6:00 p.m.   Any participant who registers and signs the entry form agrees to these guidelines and is responsible to see that everyone included in their entry abides by them.  Your safety and the need for an “on time” parade are important and the basis for these guidelines.   
 

• To be considered for entry into the parade, the participation entry form must be received by parade organizers by the established deadline, May 19th, 2022 

• All entries must be approved for size and content by the parade committee and must be fully described on the participation entry form. 

• Final confirmation of parade participation and final instructions will be sent to the contact person at the designated e-mail address in the days just prior to the parade.  Please make sure to notify us of any changes to e-mail address/contact person via the website.

• Roads used for the parade route and specified surrounding streets will be closed to ALL traffic one hour prior to the parade start time.  Please inform everyone involved with your entry to be there early or to make adjustments for this. 

• Parade entries, once staged by organizers, are final.  Changes to line up will be made at the discretion of the organizers on parade day for purposes of improving parade pace, street conditions, safety of each parade unit, etc.  Parade entries may NOT request specific line placement. 

• Check-in time begins at 4:00 p.m. on day of parade.  At the discretion of parade organizers, late entries (after 5:00 p.m.) may result in lack of participation in parade or placement at end of parade line.

• Judging of floats and cars will take place in the staging area between 5:30 p.m. and parade start time.  Failure to have your entry in the assigned staging area and fully finished will result in ineligibility for recognition. 

• Only parade participants are allowed in the staging area.  Congestion in this area hinders our ability to stage and begin the parade on time.  Please ask parents to leave children with designated adult supervisors and leave the staging area.  An entry including minors MUST provide adult supervision in the staging area AT ALL TIMES.

• Horns and/or sirens will be allowed as long as they do not disrupt bands and musical floats.  Please note the use of horns/sirens on your entry form so organizers can line you entry up accordingly.

• Recorded or live music on parade entries is acceptable and encouraged.

• Parade entries who are groups of walkers should have a banner to identify the name of the group/organization.

• Government officials are responsible for signage with their name (office optional).

• No inappropriate language or behavior will be tolerated.

• If you are planning to construct your own float, it must pass safely under traffic lights and overhead wires. The unit can be no taller than 13 feet AND to maneuver safely through the parade route, the unit should be no wider than a single car lane.
• Floats will be judged for Theme and Quality of Workmanship.     

• This is a natural pageant. Appropriate dress and make-up are a must. Appropriateness will be determined by pageant staff for each contestant.
• Contestants must have a positive attitude, a drive to help others, be concerned about her community, uphold the values of her school and be willing to strive to reach her personal and academic goals.
• Each contestant will perform in an opening dance number, on-stage presentation, and formal wear presentation.
• Each school-age contestant (K-8th grade) will need to provide a character letter from past or present teachers by the time of the practices.
• Each contestant MUST provide a photo of themselves along with the entry.
• Due to the lack of appropriate dressing room availability, no boys will be allowed to enter the contest.
• Entries must be received no later than May 6, 2022 to be guaranteed an opening number T-shirt.  Adult size T-Shirts are available at the time of registration.
• Due to the unknown number of entries and the number of spectators, final event times will be determined on when each age category will have its contest.  PLEASE PLAN TO BE FREE ALL DAY! 0-4 ages may have a morning time slot of 9a-10a and is determined upon the total number of entries in the categories.  The official date will be posted once we have the final number of entries.

• 11:30am-All contestants meet upstairs at the Main Event Center with Appropriate Streetwear and Provided T-Shirt (allow time for parking and walking to the event)
• 12:00pm-Participate in the Sucker Day Ceremonies under the Main Big Tent on Main Street. (Contestants will perform the routine).
• 12:30pm-Contestants head back to the Main Event Center to change and get ready for the show.  
• 1:00pm- Show time! 

• Baby Miss Main Street:       0-2 Years Old
• Tiny Miss Main Street:         3-4 Years Old
• Little Miss Main Street:       K-2^nd Grade
• Jr. Miss Main Street:             3^rd-5^th Grade
• Miss Main Street:                 6^th-8^th Grade