Santa Barbara Requirements
Permits & Licensing
CITY Requirements: All participant who are selling taxable items must obtain a City of Santa Barbara Tax Certificate prior to the event date.
The fee is dependent on the type of business conducted, and if the business is based inside or outside the City of Santa Barbara. The tax is paid annually, so artisans can use the same tax certificate for multiple events.
- Please select sidewalk vendor as your type when applying for the permit!
Note - Santa Barbara doesn't have a one-time event permit, you need to apply for their annual permit based on your business type, the start date of it will be the weekend of our event.
Please send us your permit # when you have it:
(If this doesn't apply to your business, just write NA in the permit # so we'll have it for reference.)
STATE Requirements: While anyone vending in California should have a CDTFA account, we won't be collecting your details for this event.
Food Vendor Requirements: Vendors selling food products will be subject to a TFF Permit with the County of Santa Barbara. Jackalope Arts facilitates this TFF permitting process. You should have already paid your TFF application fee along with registration, so now we just need one of the following:
1) Upload your TFF to the dashboard homepage
2) Provide us with your Cottage Food or MFF registration # with the County of Santa Barbara. Email it!