Invitation to reserve space at the 17^th Annual Freedom Rally, Saturday, 9/16/06

 Dear Folks:

Mass Cann/NORML is delighted to inform you that the seventeenth annual Freedom Rally will be held on Boston Common on September 16, 2006 beginning at Noon and ending at 6:00pm. The Rally draws crowds estimated by Boston Police at tens of thousands. With promotional help from WBCN, High Times and a great line up of bands we hope to bring as many again.

We will provide businesses and organizations 12’x12’ spaces. We expect those who would like to reserve space(s) to donate these amounts:

Services: Hair Wrapping, Massage, and other pre-approved services – negotiable.

Registered Non-profits: $150 by 9/1/06 and 10% of gross receipts due at the end of the rally. If $150 is not possible, please call. (sites lettered A-Z)

Businesses: $400 per space until 9/1/06, $420 between 9/2/06 and 9/16/06 and $450 the day of the event, for three or more spaces the cost is negotiable. (sites numbered 1-50)

Sponsorship: $60 per square foot for banners on stage.

SPONSORSHIP SPECIAL OFFER, Good Only Until 5/15/06

Your custom logo given equal billing with other sponsors on the:

Official 2006 Rally Tee Shirt

All High Times Ads for Rally ‘06

On Stage, and

Two Vendor Spaces

ALL FOR ONLY $1,600!!

You can have tables, chairs and canopies delivered to your site. You will have to assemble the canopy yourself. For each chair we ask for a $10 donation, each table a $30 donation and each canopy a $75 donation. Add your donation to your space reservation donation and call (781) 944-2266 or email MASSCANN@comcast.net with the details.

Next you will find two maps of the Parade Grounds with numbered sites, one map for goods and services and the second for food and beverages. Take notes so that you can later indicate your first, second and third choices for a site. Selected sites will be assigned on a first come first serve basis based upon when we receive your donation (some sites have been reserved in advance by repeat customers). You will be mailed a permit with your site number. Bring it with you.

Goods and Services Vendor Map

Food and Beverages Vendor Map

Food and beverage vendors must fill in and return the Temporary Food Service Application (click HERE for the application form in PDF). If you are cooking you will need fire permits. Click HERE to see fire regulations. Sodas, water and ice are being trucked to the site by MASS CANN/NORML and vendors who want to sell beverages must buy them wholesale from MASS CANN/NORML.  This will relieve you of the burden of hauling that heavy stuff to the site yourself, assure a plentiful supply and allow you to buy at a low wholesale price. Leave a message at (781) 944-2266 and we will call you with the latest on what brands will be available at what prices.

Food and beverage vendors must provide at least two trash barrels at every space and must replace trash bags as they become filled. Food and beverage prices must be posted and cannot vary during the event. Food vendors will be subjected to Boston Health Department inspections.

Your permit will allow you to vend within the space(s) you’ve reserved only and does not allow for roving vendors. If you intend to fit more than one vendor in a space or in spaces, please be sure you don’t use more space than you have reserved. We are not providing tables, chairs or tents unless they are reserved in advance. Vendors who show up the morning of the event with cash will either be turned away or will be charged a premium and left with the very least desirable spaces to choose from.

 Arrive at the site as early as possible on Saturday, certainly before 9:30 AM. The entrance for vendors is at the corner of Charles St. and Beacon St.. When you arrive please:

• Check in with the Mass Cann volunteer at the corner or at the Mass Cann tent

• Ask for your vendor permit (if it has not been mailed to you already)

• Drive in to your site, set up and get your vehicle off the Common before 10:30 AM!

 We hope to see you all there,

Bill Downing, Director

CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR YOUR VENDING SPACE NOW