GALALOCA: a Celebration of Local Abundance
An outdoor summer festival intended to strengthen our community as we build our local economy with a showcase of local brilliance and fun!
When: 
open to the public 11am - 5pm
Where: Sylvester Park in Downtown Olympia
We will come together to share our ideas, info and products. We envision including:
- Tastes of local farms and other inspiring foodshed highlights
OLY baZAAR: an artist marketplace for handcrafts
- Music and other live entertainment
- A Healing Arts/artists circle
- Local Services tabling
- Educational and interactive projects around recycling and other Earth-friendly living choices
- Children's craft area
- A silent auction to benefit the buy local program.
Please see our list of "pods" at the bottom of this page
We anticipate about 40% of booths to be occupied by local artists/makers. The balance will be a mix of local non-profits, service businesses, and other buy local coupon book participant businesses. If you have an info booth we invite you to offer some participatory element to complement the celebratory community building theme. The more creative and fun the better!
You are invited to apply for a booth space. We will fill the available spaces with the most creative and diverse assortment from what we receive by the application deadline: May 27th 2010. Your booth space will be confirmed by June 11th. See below for more details.
We are also looking for entertainers who are excited about our carnival under the trees theme... jugglers, clowns, acrobats, and musicians... We will have an MC and the gazebo stage. We are looking to fill time slots all afternoon. We are looking for movement arts practitioners to do demos too: martial artists, yogis, dancers, etc.
We will need a staff of volunteers to make this happen. Team leaders for each major area of attention are being sought. Many hearts and hands come together to make the magic of community! We can make this an annual Olympia event not to be missed! Please follow the link to submit a volunteer sign-up. Please make sure to inform us of special skills you have or resources you have available which could help us make this event enchanting, beautiful and fun! We plan to thank volunteers, vendors and entertainers with an after party featuring local food and beverages and time for socializing and trading.
This event is partially sponsored by Sustainable South Sound and the Buy Local Program with help from many friends. We are welcoming community co-sponsors. Call us to discuss possibilities!
Vending details:
We plan on setting up the park in distinct sections so all handmade is grouped together, all healing artists together, local retail member businesses together, non-profit tabling together, etc. Food will be also be focused in one area with recycling nearby.
We are asking that all participants help us promote this event. We will supply by email promotional materials for you to send to your own contact list. Let's cast this net wide and bring in as much of our community as possible!
Handcrafters, Artists, BLP participant business (not serving food) and Farmers
Booth spaces come in two sizes: 10' x 10' or 4' x 8'. Please indicate on your application which you require. 10' x 10' will cost $35.00 for Sustainable South Sound members. Non-members pay $50.00 or $35.00 plus one donated silent auction item with minimum value of $15.00. A 4' x 8' space costs $25.00 for SSS members, $40.00 for non-members (or once again $25.00 plus one silent auction item with minimum value of $15.00.)
Some services can be rendered on behalf of the event in lieu of booth fee, talk to us about your ideas! You must supply your own tables, chairs and display set-ups as needed.
Prepared Food Vendors
10' x 10' booth space: $120.00 for SSS members, $200.00 for non-members. We ask you to offer menu items which highlight local foods. We are encouraging food vendors to pair with local farms to showcase local deliciousness!
Application DEADLINE: May 27TH, 2010
Crafters and Artists:
Send us your name, contact info, business name, a description of your work, 2 or 3 photos (in JPEG format) of your work, also tell us where else you sell your work, and booth size required. Send this all in an email to Shari Trnka, team leader for this aspect of our event. Apply to: sharitrnka@gmail.com. You will receive an email confirmation of your application receipt. We will notify you of your acceptance by June 11th. Booth fees must be paid by July 1st, 2010
We will create a web listing for the Oly Bazaar section of our event and be actively encouraging Oly businesses to review this list in advance to encourage them to consider carrying work from local makers in their stores.
Food vendors, BLP participant businesses, farmers and non-profits:
Send us your business name, contact info, your ideas on participation including menu offered (if applicable), and booth size requested. Send an email with this information to Marie Poland at buylocalss@gmail.com You will receive an email confirmation of your application receipt. You will be notified of your acceptance by June11th. Booth fees must be paid by July 1st, 2010.
Pods
- Land Preservation and our relationship to place
- Food Shed: celebrating sources, seasons and diversity on our farms and in our gardens
- Economic development: cultivating connections
- Handmade market: a wellspring of local creativity
- Ecological Living: beautiful choices for a small planet
- Arts and Education: essential seeds of future flowering
- Healing and Wellness: serving Body, Mind and Spirit
- Restoration: creating New Stories of peace, possibility and opportunity
- at the center: HEART, celebration, amusement, inspiration, sharing
for more info:
please call:
Shari Trnka 360-951-1318 mailto:sharitrnka@gmail.com
or
Marie Poland 360-918-3740 mailto:buylocalss@gmail.com
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