Chicago Vendor & Sponsor Application

Apply for CLVR LABs™ vendor and sponsor opportunities in Chicago at Chi’Tiva Downtown / South Loop and Wicker Park, including creative networking, vendor placement, and brand activations.

CLVR LABs™ × Chi’Tiva • Chicago

Put your brand
in the right room.

CLVR LABs™ creates curated vendor placements, creative networking events, sponsor opportunities, and real-world brand activations for Chicago businesses ready to be seen beyond the screen.

Vendor Placement

Curated opportunities for local brands, products, services, and creators.

Creative Networking

Creators, founders, tech, vendors, entrepreneurs, and new ideas in one room.

Brand Activation

Turn your setup into a live introduction to your brand.

Recurring Access

Build recognition through repeat placement instead of random one-off markets.

Approved application + payment = confirmed placement.

Fall + Winter 2026

Three recurring ways
to plug into CLVR.

Different rooms serve different goals. Choose the placement that matches your audience, product, brand, and energy.

Chi’Tiva Downtown / South Loop

Last Thursdays

6 PM – 10 PM

After-work energy for wellness, beauty, food, art, education, lifestyle, creative businesses, and cannabis-aligned brands where venue rules allow.

Chi’Tiva Wicker Park

Last Saturdays

6 PM – 10 PM

Weekend discovery for fashion, accessories, art, beauty, packaged goods, wellness, lifestyle brands, and creative vendors.

Chi’Tiva Downtown / South Loop

Third Sundays

3 PM – 8 PM

Creative Networking for creators, founders, tech builders, vendors, artists, entrepreneurs, startups, and people building something real.

Schedule

Fall + Winter dates.

Sunday • South Loop

September 20

Creative Networking • 3 PM – 8 PM

Thursday • South Loop

September 24

Vendor + Brand Activation • 6 PM – 10 PM

Saturday • Wicker Park

September 26

Vendor Placement • 6 PM – 10 PM

Sunday • South Loop

October 18

Creative Networking • 3 PM – 8 PM

Thursday • South Loop

October 29

Vendor + Brand Activation • 6 PM – 10 PM

Saturday • Wicker Park

October 31

Vendor Placement • 6 PM – 10 PM

Sunday • South Loop

November 15

Creative Networking • 3 PM – 8 PM

Thursday • South Loop

November 26

Vendor + Brand Activation • 6 PM – 10 PM

Saturday • Wicker Park

November 28

Vendor Placement • 6 PM – 10 PM

Sunday • South Loop

December 20

Creative Networking • 3 PM – 8 PM

Saturday • Wicker Park

December 26

Vendor Placement • 6 PM – 10 PM

Thursday • South Loop

December 31

Vendor + Brand Activation • 6 PM – 10 PM

Select fall and winter dates may include seasonal markets, holiday programming, wellness, creative technology, culture, and category-focused activations.

What You Get

Show up ready.
We handle the table.

Vendor table supplied

CLVR LABs™ provides the vendor table for approved placements.

Curated categories

We limit category overlap so the room stays useful for vendors and guests.

Public-facing venues

Our venue partnerships place brands inside active Chicago spaces.

Recurring opportunities

Single placements can grow into residency and brand activation opportunities.

Vendors bring their own tablecloth, signage, display materials, inventory, QR code or payment method, and product-specific setup materials.

Apply for Placement

Tell us what you are building, what you offer, and which dates fit your brand. Applications are reviewed for category fit, presentation, event fit, and venue requirements.

What to expect:
• 1 to 3 brands per vendor category
• Application review before placement
• Confirmation typically within 24 to 48 hours
• Approved application + payment = confirmed placement

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Which Fall/Winter 2026 Date(s) Are You Applying For?(required)
Preferred Placement Type

Payment completes your placement.

After submitting your application, complete payment through the secure Square checkout. Your placement is not confirmed until your approved application and payment are both received.

Terms & Conditions

By submitting this application, you acknowledge and agree to the following:

  • All vendor fees are non-refundable, including cancellations and no-shows.
  • Payment is due after submission to secure an approved placement.
  • Your placement is confirmed only after approval and payment are received.
  • CLVR LABs™ events are curated vendor, creative networking, and brand activation experiences. They are not traditional flea markets or smoking events.
  • Chi’Tiva events follow venue policies. Cannabis-friendly does not mean anything goes. Vendors must follow venue rules, product rules, age requirements, event instructions, and applicable laws.
  • CLVR LABs™ supplies the vendor table. Vendors bring their tablecloth, signage, displays, inventory, QR code or payment method, and product-specific setup materials.
  • Vendors are expected to support promotion of their confirmed participation before the event.
  • Vendors must follow all arrival times, setup instructions, venue requirements, and event guidelines.
  • Product sampling, food service, cannabis-related activity, health claims, infused products, and regulated products may require additional review or documentation.
  • CLVR LABs™ reserves the right to decline or remove a vendor whose products, setup, conduct, or presence does not align with the event, venue requirements, or CLVR LABs™ mission.

Partnerships

Do more than put
your logo on a flyer.

CLVR LABs™ works with sponsors and partners that want meaningful visibility inside Chicago’s creative, entrepreneurial, wellness, technology, and culture-forward communities.

Event Visibility

Brand presence inside select live experiences.

Activation

Create something guests can experience, not just look at.

Community Alignment

Connect with local creators, founders, vendors, and entrepreneurs.

Recurring Partnerships

Build visibility across multiple events instead of one night.

Talk to CLVR LABs™ about sponsorship or partnership opportunities

Vendor + Sponsor Feedback

The room matters.

“Best decision I made all summer. I bought 5 events up front and made all my money back on day one.”

Brielle M.
Lavish Threads

“CLVR felt different. It wasn’t just vending. It was brand-building. We left with sales and bookings.”

Malik R.
HighKey Naturals

“I sold out halfway through. Customers were still trying to buy after.”

Nina D.
Glow Haus Skincare

“Most events feel like browsing. CLVR’s crowd came to buy.”

Jasper V.
Root Theory Coffee

“Sponsoring CLVR put my brand in front of the exact crowd I’d been chasing. Worth every dollar.”

Tiana K.
BoldMuse Studios

“I got booked for 3 private gigs just from CLVR’s people. It’s more than vending. It’s alignment.”

Zoe B.
Shē Wellness Co.

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