| General Event Policies | Please review this page prior to attending an MDG event. You agree to comply with our policies and festival manual upon RSVP to our events. |
FESTIVAL DETAILS |
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| Dates/Times | Saturday, February 10, 2024 [Session 1: 1-3PM & Session 2: 4-6PM] |
| Location | PAX River Naval Air Museum 22156 Three Notch Rd, Lexington Park, MD 20653 [map] |
| Sponsors |
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| Setting | Indoors venue with tables set up around an aviation museum. |
| Ticket Details |
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-spirits-of-southern-maryland-tickets-796300575457?aff=oddtdtcreator |
| Documents | N/A |
| Average attendance | Approximately 400 people between 2 sessions |
| Volunteer information | Each Distillery is afforded 4 [four] passes for use by legitimate staff and volunteers only. They will be checked-in at the front gate. |
LICENSING & INSURANCE DETAILS |
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| Jurisdiction | St Mary’s County |
| License/Permit | Off-Site Event Permit – MDG is applying for a Non-Profit Distillery Festival Permit for the festival. Distilleries will attend under the state-issued Off-Site Permit. Distilleries must notify the Comptroller of their planned attendance by the 20th of the month prior via the protocols listed here. |
| Submission Deadlines | RSVP deadline: Jan 10, 2024 Insurance/Rental deadline: Jan 31, 2024 Off-Site Event Permit submitted to Comptroller: Jan 2024 |
| Insurance info *PLEASE READ CAREFULLY* |
The certificate must indicate that you have general and liquor liability (General = $1mil per occurrence).
Certificate Holder:
Maryland Distillers Guild
[ADDRESS TBD]
List the following as additional named insured:
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| Send information to: | Email insurance certificate to: Jennifer Yang (info@covalentspirits.com) |
RSVP / RENTALS / FEES |
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| RSVP & Commitments | |
| Rentals | Each Distillery is assigned a 8′ space. Bring your own tables, linens, and marketing materials. If you are planning to sell cocktails and bottles to go, you must provide your own POS system. Glassware will be provided. |
| Space fee | N/A |
SAMPLING & SALES |
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| Sampling Protocol | Ticketless sampling 0.5 oz pours |
| VIP Pours | VIP attendees will get to sample “premium” items, as well as get a cocktail (created/donated by one distillery). If more than one distillery is interested, we can do cocktail samples for VIPs. |
| Sales | Distilleries are allowed to sell bottles to go. |
| Minimum Age for Pourers | Off-Site Permit = 18 years old |
LAYOUT & SETUP INFORMATION |
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| Setup style | Tables will be scattered around the venue. |
| Sitemap and layout | All Distilleries will be in 8-foot spaces, Volunteers on hand to place Distilleries when they arrive Saturday morning.
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| Setup Schedule | 12:00pm Saturday morning |
| Electricity | N/A |
| Ice | Ice is available on-site. MDG will provide ice buckets |
| Water | Water is available on-site. |
OTHER INFORMATION |
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| Product donations | N/A |
| Demonstration details | N/A |
| Promotion | Hashtags: #MDSpirits #SpiritsofSouthernMD #SouthernMD #VisitMDMedia Files- coming soon! |
| Comp Guest Passes | MDG has complimentary guest passes for distilleries to share with VIPs and top wholesale customers. Please email us if you’d like to add names to the list. |
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