Monterey Cowboy Festival, Now in its 20th Year, Seeks Food Vendors at its Nov. 3 Event at Monterey County Fair & Event C

1. Monterey Cowboy Festival, Now in its 20th Year, Seeks Food Vendors at its Nov. 3 Event at Monterey County Fair & EventCenter The Monterey Cowboy Festival, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year on Nov. 3, at the Monterey County Fair & Event Center, is seeking food, art and craft vendors for its popular midway and marketplace. Monterey, CA, October 05, 2018 — The Monterey Cowboy Festival, which celebrates its 20th anniversarythisyearon Nov.3,attheMontereyCounty Fair&EventCenter, isseekingfood,artand craft vendors for its popular midway andmarketplace. TheMarketplace,locatedontheMainLawnnexttothefoodanddrinkvendors,hosts some ofthefinest western art and gear vendors in the country, from customs saddles, fine leather boots and stunning paintings to handmadejewelry. To make a submission, each vendor should complete the submission form in its entirety.All submissions mustbeinthe Englishlanguage and mustbe receivedbytheclose ofthe submissionperiod, Oct.15. Incomplete submissions may be ineligible for consideration. All submissions are made on a non- commissioned basis and as such, do not create a fiduciary, confidential or contractual relationship between the festival andvendor, other than the contractual relationship established by the submission terms. Food and craft vendors can apply at https://marcatoapp.com/forms/mcf2018/fooddrinkvendorapplicationand https://marcatoapp.com/forms/mcf2018/artgearapp/new. Deadline for application is Oct.15. The 20th Annual Monterey Cowboy Festival, previously the Monterey Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival, takes place from 11:00 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. Saturday, November 3, 2018, at the Monterey County Fair & Event Center at 2004 Fairground Road, inMonterey. Tickets range in price from $19 for a Grounds Pass to $247 for a VIP experience, and are available online atwww.montereycowboy.org. The festival celebrates Monterey's contribution to our country’s western heritage, bringing people togethertoenjoy andlearnmoreaboutthe"cowboywayoflife,"includingitshistory,current values andculture.

2. The lineup includes “throwback” country artist Jon Pardi, Texas neotraditionalist country trioMidland, country singer Corb Lund, and cowboy poets Waddie Mitchell and Paul Zarzyski on the Main Arena Stage. Playing on the Garden Stage on the grounds will be Ernie Sites, Cow Bop, MikeBeck, Juni Fisher, Andy Hedges, Tom Swearingen, The Carolyn Sills Combo, Joni Harms, Almeda Bradshaw, and TheHasslers. Sinceitsinception,thefestival’sfoundationhas beencharity, givingmorethan$50,000tolocalcharities over the past 19 years as a registered nonprofit501(c)(3). Themajorityofthose yearswereledby thefestival'sfounderand formerMontereypolicechief,Gary Brown,wholost hisbattlewithlungdiseasein2016.BrownfoundedtheMontereyCowboyPoetry& MusicFestivalin1998inaneffortto preserve thecultureoftheAmericancowboy,whiledoingall he could to give back to thelocal community. Inanefforttocontinue Gary'scommitmenttogiving,thefestivalhasannouncedtheformationofthe Gary Brown Scholarship Fund, which will focus on students in seventh to 12th grade in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties who are looking to enhance their music education in the areas of school tuition, music camp tuition, private music lessons, or musical equipment purchase/repair. To donate to the fund, go to https://www.montereycowboy.org/scholarship. Ticket prices are as follows and are availableonline: Off-site parking,$25 VIP Floor Seating, Arena, $247 + $25.85 fee VIP Box Seating, Arena, $247 + $25.85fee Reserved Box Seating Arena, $123 + #13.37 fee GA Corral Arena, $91 +$10.15 GA Rear Arena, $48 + $5.83 Grounds Pass, $19 + $2.91fee Formoreinformationortobuytickets, go towww.montereycowboy.org. Contact: Marci BraccoCain Chatterbox PR Salinas, CA93901 (831)747-7455 http://www.montereycowboy.org