Brookshire council sets $100 vendor fee and selects one-day festival format for 2026

BROOKSHIRE, Texas ' The City Council voted Sept. 4 to reinstate and increase vendor booth fees for city-sponsored festivals to $100 per event and to adopt a one-day festival format for the 2026 calendar.

Parks and events staff presented background that the city had not charged vendor fees while restarting festivals, and recommended reinstating the fee and possibly increasing it from the prior $60. Council members discussed whether a fee should cover one-day or multi-day events and whether vendor fees should include administrative costs and food-handler permit handling. Staff clarified that the $100 fee would be per festival and would not replace the separate food-handler certificate (an online $7 fee vendors obtain themselves); the $100 would cover the city's vendor administrative fee and event permit for that festival.

A council motion to set the vendor booth fee at $100 per festival was made, seconded and approved by voice vote. Separately, the council adopted Option A for 2026 festival planning, meaning festivals will be structured as one-day events (with the expectation that some event hours may be extended to accommodate programming that had previously been split across two days).

Ending: Staff will implement the $100 per-event vendor fee, update the vendor application forms and move forward with planning and staffing under the one-day festival model for 2026; food-handler certification remains a vendor responsibility.