Pittsboro Merchants Association
Doing Business in the Same Location since 1787

First Sunday Guidelines:

First Sunday is a monthly event sponsored by the Pittsboro Merchants Association.  Participants in First Sunday are guests of the PMA and the following guidelines must be met. Please contact the committee at pittsborofirstsunday@gmail.com with questions, concerns and for reservations to the event.

1)  First Sunday vendors must be approved by the Pittsboro Merchants Association and must make the items they sell;  items brought to First Sunday should be original in nature and are to not to be made from kits, molds or mass produced. The items brought to First Sunday are to be made by the approved artists. (no selling someone else’s handmade products.)

2)  First Sunday is a reservation-based event. Vendors are not to set up unless they have received a reservation in advance. The deadline to contact us to make your reservation is the Sunday one week prior to the event. You will receive an e-mail sometime during the week prior to the event letting you know where to set up. Vendors are not to share booth space with another artist unless approved by the coordinator in advance.

3)  Booth size is approximately 10' x 10'; vendors provide their own tables and chairs as well as any sort of shade device (such as a canopy or umbrella) that they want to use. Please make sure not to block any store doorways and allow enough room for people to pass by freely on the sidewalk; no street signage is allowed.

4)  Show hours are 12:00 – 4:00 and vendors should be ready by 12:00. If you sign up to be at First Sunday you are expected to stay throughout the entire event (unless prior arrangements are made). Vendors who leave the event early will not be placed in a “prime location” at future First Sundays and/or may not be invited back

5)  A booth fee of $20 will be collected by the First Sunday coordinator on the day of the event; checks should be made to Pittsboro Merchants Association Cash is also welcome.

6)  In the event of rain, each individual vendor can determine whether or not he/she wants to set up. Please try and contact someone to determine the status of the weather in Pittsboro because conditions can vary widely throughout the region. If you don’t attend due to weather there will be no booth fee charged to you. If conditions are favorable and you can't participate due to an emergency, please send an e-mail to pittsborofirstsunday@gmail.com to let us know that you won't be able to participate. Any vendor who doesn’t show up and hasn’t notified us in advance will not be invited to participate in the First Sunday event from that point on.

 7)  To show our support of non-profit groups in our area, we will waive the $20 booth fee for a non-profit group once per calendar year. If a non-profit group wants to set up at a subsequent First Sundays during the year they will be charged the $20 fee. All non-profits are to offer something handmade to sell, with allowance being made 2 times per year for distribution of free information. The Merchants Association feels First Sunday is an opportunity to raise funds for nonprofit groups. Items will vary from group to group and must be specific to your organization. For example: the Library may sell used books, T-shirts with organizations logos are permitted, bake sales, etc. The group must register and list what they intend to offer at First Sunday.  Beginning with the June 2007 First Sunday non-profits will be assigned spaces based on the ratio of vendors signed up. Groups may have to rotate months based on space availability and will receive confirmation of their space the week  prior to the event.

8)  After you have set up for the event please park on a side street so our visitors can easily get to us.

Please visit our website at  www.pittsboroshops.com for more information about First Sunday as well as about the Pittsboro Merchants Association.