Booth Season: Find Vendor Events to Sell Your Shirts

Booth Season is a new directory of markets, craft fairs, festivals, pop-ups, and race-day vendor villages that are accepting vendors. Each listing shows the event date, the booth fee, the application deadline, and how to apply. Browsing is free for vendors, and listing an event is free for organizers. For a DTF or custom T-shirt shop, it is a single place to find the next weekend where a table of shirts can sell.

Booth Season is run by Darrin DeTorres, who also founded DTF Database, and is owned by Notice Me Marketing and Media, an Ocala, Fla., print shop and marketing agency. This post explains what the site does, who it is for, and how a shirt business can use it.

What Booth Season does

Most vendor calls live in scattered Facebook posts, and vendors often find out about a market the day after applications close. Booth Season gathers those calls into one searchable directory, checks each listing by hand, and keeps the details current. As of Nov. 8, 2026, the homepage showed 65 open vendor calls across 16 areas, with listings in Florida, Tennessee, and Utah. The site is national: vendors anywhere in the U.S. can search by state, by area, or by distance, and listings are added market by market.

Event types on the site include:

• Holiday markets
• Farmers markets
• Craft and art fairs
• Festivals
• Race vendor villages
• Pop-ups, flea markets, bazaars, and expos

Every listing is built around the four things a vendor needs before applying: when it is, what the booth costs, when applications close, and where to apply. Booth fees on current listings range from free and $18 at weekly farmers markets to $250 for a multi-day holiday market.

Two goals: vendors find booths, organizers fill them

Booth Season was built to solve both sides of the same problem.

For vendors, the goal is finding open booths before they fill. Browsing, filters, and a weekly vendor email are free. The weekly email lists new events in the reader's area, deadlines in the next two weeks, and one featured booth. For event organizers, the goal is filling vendor spots. Listing an event is free through the List your event form. Organizers enter the date, venue, booth fee, booth size, deadline, whether the event is juried, the vendor types wanted, and how vendors apply. Booth Season says it checks every submission and usually publishes within two business days.

Advertising for more reach

Basic listings and vendor browsing stay free. Booth Season plans paid options for organizers who want more applications and businesses that want to reach vendors. According to the site's advertising page, organizer upgrades start with a $29 featured listing that places an event at the top of its city and month pages and in the weekly vendor email, with higher tiers adding social posts and dedicated emails. Sponsors such as tent suppliers, payment processors, and insurance agents can buy placements aimed at vendors.

Booth Season reaches almost 1 million people every month between its websites and Facebook groups, according to Notice Me Marketing and Media, which runs a network of city-specific websites starting with OnlyInOcala.

Why it matters for shirt printers

Booth Season is a good place to learn about opportunities to print and sell shirts. In-person events reward exactly what a DTF shop does well: short runs of local, seasonal, and niche designs that can be pressed the week of the event.

• Holiday markets in November and December fit gift shirts, family matching sets, and ugly sweater designs. Our Black Friday plan for T-shirt shops covers what to stock.
• Race vendor villages put a table in front of runners who just finished, which suits race-themed and city-pride shirts. The Jingle Bell Run and ugly sweater race guide and the December marathons guide list the busy dates.
• Farmers markets that repeat weekly let a shop test designs on low booth fees before committing to a big festival.
• Festivals and craft fairs draw buyers who want something local they cannot get online.

Knowing the booth fee and deadline up front makes the math easier. A shop can compare a $25 booth against its cost per shirt and decide how many it needs to sell to break even. Our DTF transfer cost and business economics guide walks through per-shirt costs, and the T-shirt booth display and packaging guide covers setting up the table once accepted.

Frequently asked questions

Is Booth Season free for vendors?

Yes. Browsing listings, using the filters, and signing up for the weekly vendor email are free. Booth Season also offers an optional Pro plan for $5 a month or $50 a year that adds instant alerts for new vendor calls, deadline reminders, and 48-hour early access to new listings.

How do event organizers list an event on Booth Season?

Organizers submit the event through the free form at boothseason.com/list-your-event. The form asks for the date, venue, booth fee, booth size, application deadline, vendor types wanted, and the application link or email. Booth Season reviews each submission and usually publishes within two business days.

What kinds of events are on Booth Season?

Booth Season lists holiday markets, farmers markets, craft and art fairs, festivals, race vendor villages, pop-ups, flea markets, bazaars, and expos that are accepting vendors. Each listing shows the date, booth fee, application deadline, and how to apply.

Where does Booth Season have listings?

Booth Season is a national directory that vendors anywhere in the U.S. can search by state, area, or distance. It started in Ocala, Fla., and as of Nov. 8, 2026, had vendor calls in Florida, Tennessee, and Utah, with new markets added over time.

Is Booth Season connected to DTF Database?

Yes. Darrin DeTorres runs both sites. Booth Season is owned by Notice Me Marketing and Media, the Ocala print shop and marketing agency behind OnlyInOcala and other city websites.

Where it fits in the DTF Database

Booth Season answers where to sell. DTF Database covers how to make the product. Shops getting ready for their first market can start with the custom T-shirt business guide, find a transfer supplier in the supplier directory, or check press settings in the DTF temperature and time chart.