Ripley Food, Art & Craft Festival - The Back Forty Bazaar
Event Details
The Ripley Food Art and Craft Festival is an annual event that showcases local artisans and food producers. The festival is host to a variety of exhibitors and brings in over 400 guests each year. We can't wait to see you there!
Date: August 15, 2026
Time: 9:00AM -2:00PM
Location: Ripley-Huron Community Centre, 17 Queen St. Ripley
Admission: $2/person (children under 5 free)
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2026 Ripley Food Art and Craft Festival
Vendors
- Ain-Zy Design – Fabric dog accessories
- All Dressed Up – Doll accessories
- An Original by Jacqueline – Cutting boards, charcuterie boards
- Armstrong's Home Bakery - desserts and breads.
- Artilysweets - Chocolate covered treats and decorated sugar cookies.
- Aurora Designs – Gemstone bracelets
- Back Forty Baker - Unique dessert squares
- Bakery Bliss - Handcrafted baking mixes
- Bedford Candle & Bath Co.- handcrafted coconut wax candles
- BMKC Canada Inc – BBQ sauces, dry rubs, hot sauce
- Creations by Hunt - Bucket hats, cooling neck ties, etc.
- Cross Stitching by Helen
- Dar's Decor -Sublimated items, glass cutting boards, etc.
- Daily Grind - mobile espresso bar, Italian sodas
- Donna Marie’s Country Treasures - Handmade wooden home and garden decor and signs
- Farlot Farm / Lotton Lamb - Lamb chops, sausages, ground lamb, pepperettes, etc.
- Farm Chix Candle Co. - Hand poured soy candles, knit dishcloths, etc.
- Floccus Pocus – Needle felting
- Fizzies Dirty Soda Bar - Specialty beverages.
- Green Dragonfly Pottery - Wheel thrown and Handbuilt Pottery
- Gutenheit – Crochet and Jewelry
- Handmade Creations By Deb and Andrea - Stuffed animals, slippers, headbands, hats, towels, scrubbies and dishcloths
- Heart and Home Microbakery - Sourdough loaves, and other yeast breads
- Hill St. Bears and Company – Teddy bears
- KaLuKo Kitchen - handmade dog food
- Katzpa Kreations – Jewelry and cards
- KittyR Designs – Stone and crystal jewelry
- KnitzByAFitz – Crocheted plushies
- Knot Just For Me - Macarame
- Little Loves Sewing - breastfeeding top, fabric banners
- Loopy on Paracords - Paracord items
- Muse and Co. Creative – Custom sweaters and accessories
- Never Fleeting - Handmade concrete garden art
- Nicole Marie Pottery Studio - Functional pottery
- Pat Dilly – Painted rocks, cross stitch
- Piece of Time Creations – Laser tumblers, keychains
- Sandra Florence Art - paintings and cards
- Smile Wellness - fresh pressed juices
- Southampton Olive Oil Company
- Stoeckli Organics Teas & Herbs
- Stonebridge Flour
- Sunshine Acrylics – Mandala art
- TB Bouquets - eternal ribbon bouquets
- Wavy Wonders Beach Glass
- Wendy Behenna – Quilted products
Still Accepting Vendor Registrations!
There are just a few spaces left for vendors for the Ripley, Food, Art and Craft Festival - the Back Forty Bazaar on August 15, 2026 from 9am - 2pm.
Priority is given to handmade or homegrown products. See below for all vendor regulations and link to register.
Vendors can access the site to setup on Friday August 14th, 2026 from 2PM-6PM or Saturday morning from 7:45AM-8:45AM.
The cost to register as a vendor is $45 including HST. Please do not send payment until application to event is accepted.
Each vendor will have on 10X10 booth with one 8 foot table and two chairs. If you require additional space you must purchase a second booth. If you require an extra table or extra chairs please let us know in the special requests section of this form.
We will do our best to accommodate requests including booth location and vendor neighbours. For Vendor Registration information, please see below.
Vendor Regulations
- All work will be an original design, handcrafted items, and must be the artisans or crafters own work.
- Food producers/ vendors will be locally grown or homemade and must comply with Grey-Bruce Public Health Regulations.
- Set up and take down are the responsibility of the exhibitor during the permitted set up and take down times.
- Booth is to remain set up for sale & fully staffed until close of show.
- Collection of taxes is the responsibility of the registrant.
- Registrants are to provide display materials such as extension cords, stands, backdrops and lighting. Limited access to electricity is available – it is important to indicate on the application if you require electricity.
- Booth size/table allotment and location of booths will be at the discretion of the organizing committee
Registration Information:
- Registrations will be handled on a first come/first serve basis until show is full.
- Receipt of application does not guarantee your acceptance to the show.
- Once you are accepted into the show, no refunds will be given.
While you are here
There are many things to see and do in Huron-Kinloss! After you check out the Ripley Food Art Craft festival take a walk downtown to shop at the Wood Shop or Bruce County Wine Seller. Make a lunch reservation at FIG Studio Kitchen, grab a specialty coffee at Schooner's Bodega or a pizza to go at Jo's Pizza. Take some time to visit the Bruce Botanical Food Garden on Park St.
Downtown Lucknow is only a short drive away and offers many more unique retailers you need to check out! Lucknow Pharmasave, Everlasting's Flowers and Gifts, I Want That Bag, Cathy's Crafts, Farmacia Health Bar and Hodgins Home Hardware are a few shops you don't want to miss.
Stay a little longer? Head west and stop at Pine River Cheese Mercato N Pizzeria on Highway 21 for some fresh cheese. Make your way to Point Clark and take a tour of the Point Clark Lighthouse and request a reservation for dinner at West 81.
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