2019-2020 SUMMER Night Market Trader Information Pack

2019-2020SUMMER night marketTrader information Pack

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2019-20 SUMMER NIGHT MARKETThe 2018-19 Summer Night Market season attracted over380,000 visitors, with an average of almost 23,000 people eachnight.Melbourne’s original Night Market is the place to meet everyWednesday night during Summer to feast on global street food, browsevintage fashion offers, experience emerging Melbourne designers andenjoy live performances from local and international acts.Entering its 22nd season, the Night Market has been on Melbourne’sSummer calendar since 1998.The 2019/20 season is set to run every Wednesday night from 20November 2019 – 11 March 2020 (excluding Christmas Day 25/12/19and New Years Day 01/01/20 ) between 5pm-10pm over 15 weeks.The Night Market will continue to showcase Melbourne’s rich anddiverse culture through: Food vendors providing a wide range of street foods with afocus on multi-cultural cuisines, all prepared and cooked fresh on-site. Showcasing a wide range of Victorian & Australian products,the Night Market will again be a fully licensed venue. Designer fashion and artisan stalls offering a diverse productmix with an emphasis on innovative, handmade and locally designedpieces. A dedicated ‘Spirit Zone’ area featuring massage therapistsand tarot readers with complimentary body and beauty products; aswell as a 'Book Nook' with local booksellers. Entertainment across two stages, roving performances and avariety of street performers showcasing the diverse local Melbournetalent.Queen Victoria Market is now seeking expressions of interestfor this iconic Melbourne event!3Queen Victoria Market - Summer Night Market Trader Information Pack

STALL INFORMATIONStall DimensionsStall dimensions at theSummer Night Marketwill be offered at differentsizes dependent onlocation, product categoryand type of stall. In yourapplication you will beasked to indicate yourpreferred stall size.Specialty Stalls3m x 3m or 5m x 4.5mFood Stalls5m x 4m or 6m x 3mFood CartsTo be negotiated4What is provided witha stall?PowerThe Market does havepower restrictions, whichwe’ll advise during theinterview process. Tooperate a safe Market, allelectrical equipment needsto be tested and tagged bya suitably qualifiedelectrician before beingbrought to the Market.FurnishingsTrestle tables are availablefor hire at 10 per table pernight GST. To keepsightlines clean and visible,we ask that all stalldisplays remain below2.4m.Queen Victoria Market - Summer Night Market Trader Information PackMerchandisingFood VendorsSustainabilityQueen Victoria Market’smerchandising standardsand guidelines aredesigned to assiststallholders in positioningtheir product to be assuccessful as possible.While we encourage eachstallholder to presentthemselves true to theirown brand, a level ofpresentation is expected toprovide customers with anenjoyable shoppingexperience.Make sure you tell us if yourequire coolrooms duringyour application. This willallow us to plan andallocate adequate space.Unfortunately coolroomsoperating off generators orengines are unable to beaccommodated.Queen Victoria Market iscommitted to ensuring thatour events have as littleimpact on the environmentas possible. The guidelinesbelow have been adopted tohelp us achieve this goal:While daylight savingsprovides enough light foroutdoors, the Sheds can getdark in the later hours. Inorder to showcase yourstall and products weencourage you to provideyour own lighting.For your own and thegeneral public’s safety, alltraders - whether you’retrading at the Night Marketor elsewhere, should beaware and ensure you areup to date and compliantwith the relevant standardsof all gas appliances set byEnergy Safe Victoria. Forfurther details and freeadvice you can contactEnergy Safe Victoria at:www.esv.vic.gov.auor 1800 652 563.Go plastic bag free & strawfree!It takes a minimum of 100years for a plastic bag todisintegrate. Help protectthe environment by usingonly paper, recycled or bagsfrom QVM’s preferredsupplier. Plastic bags andstraws will no longer bepermitted.ConsumablesFood vendors are requiredto serve all consumables(plates, cutlery etc) onsustainable wares.

STALL FEES & LICENCINGSuccessful applicants will beoffered a licence with QueenVictoria Market Pty Ltd.To confirm your position at theSummer Night Market, a fullseason’s payment will need tobe made in advance which is nottransferrable or refundable. Forall payments we use a direct debitsystem, but we’ll walk you throughthe process when the time comes.Queen Vic Market aims to providean equal opportunity for allbusiness to succeed. While weare unable to guarantee completeproduct exclusivity, we continueto search for a wide variety ofproducts, traders and style to offerour customers the best shoppingexperience possible.The exact terms and conditionsof the licence will be set out inthe licence document, a sectionof this will detail what we refer5to as ‘permitted use’ - this is tohelp reduce any similar productsmaking their way into the Market.The Market can be a tricky andbusy environment to navigate atthe best of times. During bump inand bump out, there’s a lot goingon so to ensure a safe workplacefor all, all stallholders are requiredto complete an induction priorto the season. This covers allOperational Health & Safetyissues that will make the Marketa safer environment for you, youremployees and Night Marketpatrons.Should you in any way breach anysection of the licence agreementor operational requirements, theQueen Victoria Market has theright to terminate the licence bygiving 7 days written notice.Queen Victoria Market - Summer Night Market Trader Information PackCategoryNightly FeeSeason’s Fee(15 weeks)Take Away Food VendorsFrom 1,235From 18,525Non Alcoholic DrinksPOAPOAIsland Stalls - standard (3m x 3m) 88 1,320Island Stalls - corner (3m x 3m) 110 1,650L Shed Stalls & L Shed Laneway(5m x4.5m Approx Size) 200 3,000Readers 110 1,650Masseurs 110 1,650Casual StallsPOATable Hire 11Food*applications will not be accepted for casual food tradersSpecialty Shopping*all amounts are GST inclusive

THE APPLICATION PROCESS TERMS AND CONDITIONSWhat Happens Next?Key Selection CriteriaThe selection criteria we apply in theassessment of all applications for the SummerNight Market is summarised below: In order to maintain a favourable shoppingexperience for both traders and customers,we seek a variety of merchandise and foodofferings. Stall presentation including visualmerchandising, branding, quality of product,fixtures and fittings and staff uniforms(if any). Your retail, business and market experience. The Summer Night Market is a very busyenvironment with many moving parts.Patience and flexibility are two key attributesthat are highly valuable when operating atthe Summer Night Market.The sequence of the above criteria does notimply any relative priority. Furthermore,these are not the only criteria upon which theassessment of applications is made.Applications close at 9am Monday 9thSeptember 2019. Due to the volume ofapplications unfortunately we are unable toaccept any applications after this date.The Queen Victoria Market will not beevaluating any application for the purpose ofentering legal relations. A legal relationshipwill only be contemplated if and when thesuccessful application signs a formal letterof acceptance prepared by the company. Thecompany reserves the right to act as it sees fitafter considering applications received. Thedecision of the selection panel is final and notopen to appeal.Should your application be successful, you willbe shortlisted and asked for an interview withQueen Victoria Market.For more information on the application, please visit qvm.com.au or email qvm.events@qvm.com.au6Queen Victoria Market - Summer Night Market Trader Information PackFirst round offers will be made early October2019 and we will endeavor to notify everyapplicant of the outcome as soon as possible.If you are unsuccessful this year, we stillencourage you to apply for future QueenVictoria Market Events.

APPLY ONLINE AT QVM.COM.AU/become-a-trader

3 Queen Victoria Market - Summer Night Market Trader Information Pack 2019-20 SUMMER NIGHT MARKET The 2018-19 Summer Night Market season attracted over 380,000 visitors, with an average of almost 23,000 people each night. Mel