Holiday market features
SPACIOUS BOOTH LAYOUT
Our Holiday Market offers generous booth space that allows vendors to spread out, showcase their work beautifully, and engage comfortably with visitors. The roomy layout makes it easy to navigate even during peak hours, ensuring that an excited crowd can explore, shop, and enjoy the event without feeling cramped. This combination of spacious booths and smooth crowd flow helps create a welcoming, energetic atmosphere that enhances the experience for everyone who attends.
UGLY HOLIDAY SWEATERS!
Our Holiday Market adds a playful twist to the festivities with an Ugly Holiday Sweater Contest that invites attendees to show off their most outrageous, over‑the‑top seasonal attire. It’s a lighthearted tradition that brings plenty of laughter and friendly competition, celebrating creativity, campus spirit, and the joy of embracing all things delightfully tacky during the holiday season.
LIVE MUSIC
Live music adds an energetic, festive backdrop to the Holiday Market, creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere for shoppers and vendors alike. Local performers bring seasonal cheer and lively sound to the event, helping transform the space into a vibrant gathering point for the University of Wyoming community. It’s a simple addition that elevates the entire experience and keeps the market feeling joyful throughout the day.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
This FAQ section is designed to give vendors, visitors, and campus partners quick, clear answers about how the Staff Senate Holiday Market works. It provides essential details on participation, logistics, policies, and what to expect, helping everyone feel confident and prepared as they take part in this annual University of Wyoming tradition.
You will see on the form four options: Ballroom, Hilton Salon/Hallway, Outdoor Area Vendor Booth or Truck, and Food Truck.
Ballroom: Select this option for the Main Ballroom on the UW Conference Center Side of the building.
Hilton Salon/Hallway: Select this option to have a table either in the Hilton Salons across from the main ballroom, the hallway outside the main ballroom, or the Grand Teton Ballroom on the Hilton Side of the building. This year we will have better signage and a handed out pamphlet with a full map of the market handed out at the main UW Conference Center entrance and the Hilton Lobby entrance to make sure we have better shopper flow to the extra spaces.
Outdoor Area Vendor Booth or Truck: Select this option if you would like a space out in the Hilton parking lot.
Food Truck: Select this option if you would are a food truck and need a location in the Hilton parking lot.
You can request booth space with this vendor application form.
Our tables are 3 feet by 8 feet and you get a few feet between you and the wall/vendor behind you. Including the table, it is about a 5 foot by 8 foot section.
For Holiday Market 2026, prices for a booth range from $75 to $100. Please see application for more details.
Monday, November 16th, 2026.
The 2026 Holiday Market will be at the Hilton Garden Inn @ 20th Street and Grand Avenue in Laramie, WY.
Yes, there will be several food trucks from Laramie that present a wide variety of awesome comestibles!
You'll need to fill out the University's supplier registration form in order to register your food truck.
Yes. But. Booth locations are assigned by the Senate Recognition Committee and are provided on a first-come-first-served order. Be sure to apply as soon as possible!
The date changed for a few reasons.
- The Hilton Garden Inn is starting some major renovations in December that would result in us not being able to hold the market. So, we kept the same venue but moved the date to Monday, November 16th.
- From the survey we sent out to campus following the last market, many people said they would love to shop but had already finished their holiday shopping by the December holiday market. They expressed that, had the market been earlier, they would have rather spent money at the market. Another insight from our survey showed us that many people leave town on Fridays to take advantage of a longer weekend. Many said they would have loved to shop but had left town. We are hoping that having to move the date up due to the hotel renovations also results in more shoppers for our vendors.
- We are hoping to expand the outdoor market this year. We are hoping that having it in November rather than December will lessen the likelihood of a blizzard and cold weather impacting vendors and shoppers shopping at the market and traveling to Laramie for the market. Though we understand it's Wyoming, and it's always a gamble when it comes to weather.
Following the September 25th deadline, the committee will meet the following week and review the list of registered vendors. All vendors will be contacted by October 2nd whether they have been selected or not. If a vendor is not selected, but payment has already been pulled, we will issue a refund. This is the only reason we will be issuing refunds other than extraordinary circumstances. Please see the terms and conditions document for details on refunds.
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