All Side Street Artists events are designed to support local artists in our community, including Bonita Springs, Estero, Naples, Cape Coral and Fort Myers. We try to keep display space costs as low as possible while maintaining an advertising and event budget that promises great visitor numbers. We invite any artist in our community to contact us for more information or download our event application to apply for a space.

Here's a few things you, the artist, should know before you contact us:

1. All events are held on a RANDOM Saturday of each month, January through April. Please see our calendar for actual dates.

2. All Side Street Artist events are open to local artists only from Fort Myers to Naples by application approval only. "Local artist" designation requires a local mailing address for at least half a year. Sale of non-art items is prohibited. Commercial dealers and crafts not deemed “artist works” (such as kits, molds, heirloom items and scrapbooks) are prohibited.

3. Costs: Each event booth is sold on a first-come, first-serve basis, using the following fees:

• One 6-foot table:  $28
• One 8-foot table:  $35
• Two 8-foot tables in an "L" configuration:  $50
• Outdoor Tent Space for 10' x 10' Tent: $15

There is room for between 15 and 17 indoor display spaces (tables and chairs are provided), or 20+ outdoor 10x10 tents (tents and tables for outdoor spaces are not provided). All fees are non refundable and must be paid before an application will be approved. Indoor booth assignment location requests are not guaranteed, but we try to honor such requests and not place similar artists next to each other whenever possible. Artists may share spaces.

4. All artists must send a signed, completed application along with their event fees. Please download our Application & Rules form for more information.

5. Advertising: We will provide advertising via newspaper, television, radio, posters, flyers and postcards. Each artist will be given a supply of glossy 4x6 postcards to hand out to their own contacts. Because we are trying to provide a fee for artists that is very budget conscious, we ask that artists help us advertise by their own word-of-mouth, the advertising postcards we provide and any other method that works for you.

6. Side Street Artists events are sponsored in part by the Naples Daily News Newspapers in Education program. They provide advertising, and in exchange a raffle of art is held at each Side Street Event to support their program which benefits our local schools. A minimum donation of one piece of art from each artist is requested for each raffle. Applications will be approved based in part on the ability to donate art for this raffle, as this keeps our organization alive and provides huge advertising assistance for the events.

6. All artists who participate in events will have space on this web site for their bio, photos of themselves and/or their work and a link to their own web site. This web site exposure is included in the event fee. If an artist does not have their own web site and would like a one-page custom space on this web site to display more images and information, that is available for an additional fee. Please ask about this if you are interested.

7. All events are held "rain or shine".

8. Further information can be found in our APPLICATION & RULES form.

9. Side Street Artists is a nonprofit subsidiary of ME Parker Productions, LLC. All proceeds go directly into marketing and venue costs. No administrative fees are paid.

Click to download our APPLICATION & RULES form.
Please send checks and application at the same time.
(these events are not juried).
Checks will be returned if event is full for the date requested.

Contact Information:
M.E. Parker
(239) 498-0480
info@sidestreetartists.org