How to Get Involved
All the details you need to participate
One of the biggest events of the year!
Interested in being part of Market After Dark?
Great! Check out the information below for information on participating in a variety of ways.
Vendor Application Process
Vendor applications for Market After Dark 2025 will open in January 2025 below with an application and handbook.
When applying to Market After Dark, you will be asked to review the Vendor Handbook where you’ll find information on vendor fees, policies and procedures.
Beverage Vendor RFP
Brewers/Distributors, please see the below RFP for alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Return completed RFPs to events@cedarrapids.org for consideration at Market After Dark.
Is your Bar or Restaurant inside the Market After Dark venue?
We’d love to have you participate in Market After Dark as a Participating Establishment! This allows you to wristband patrons, offer beer and wine for taking outside your establishment, and gives your business promotional perks! Contact our events team at events@cedarrapids.org!
Volunteer at Market After Dark!
We couldn’t do this event without many helping hands! A volunteer sign-up link will be available here closer to the 2025 event.
Our markets run on volunteer power! Your gift of time allows us to continue operating the Market After Dark each year, and we’re so grateful. Shifts are available throughout the day, and are in two to three hour segments, allowing a volunteer to give of their time and energy but still have the opportunity to enjoy the market before or after they work!
Volunteers are given a flashy t-shirt to wear during their shift, and we prep you with a quick training you can do on your own time. Our staff will reach out to you a few days before with any important info you need to know, and we make sure your shift is fun and meaningful!
Help us make this season a success by signing up for a shift (or two!) A volunteer sign-up link will be available here closer to the 2025 event.
Minimum age for volunteering is 14. Ages 14-17 must be accompanied by an adult. Must be 21+ to work in a beverage tent.