About TXFVA

Formed by festival-hardened food vendors to help pave the way for the rest of us.

Texas vendors deserve a clearer path through permits, paperwork, bookings and event-day expectations. TXFVA gives serious operators a practical standard, and gives planners a faster way to verify who they are working with.

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The problem

Texas has no single vendor standard.

Every city has its own rules. Every event asks for documents a different way. Good vendors lose time proving the same things over and over.

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One standard

One credential people can check.

A TXFVA ID, public verification profile and QR badge. A planner, venue or city contact can check a vendor's standing in seconds from any phone.

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How it helps

Less chasing. More working.

Make good vendors easier to find, easier to trust, and harder to replace with guesswork. Permits, insurance and cards kept with their dates in the TXFVA app, sent as one link and a PDF when a festival or city asks, and a member card a planner checks in four seconds.

Don't take our word for it

Check a member right now.

This is the same lookup a planner uses. It takes about four seconds. Type the TXFVA ID from the member card, or the business name, and the answer is active or not, the level, valid through, and whether TXFVA has checked their papers.

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The founding class · now forming

The founding class.

Take a founding seat

Founding-class members help write the bylaws every Texas vendor will follow.

Principles

What we hold to.

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Built by operators

Formed around the realities of festivals, markets, pop-ups, catering jobs, fairs and private events: setup, rush, weather, inspection, service and breakdown.

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Receipts over talk

If it cannot be verified, it does not belong on the badge. Trust comes from active membership, documents on file, clear status and honest records.

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Stronger together

The more organized the trade becomes, the harder it is for serious vendors to be overlooked, undercut or treated like an afterthought.

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Built for the trade

TXFVA exists for the people who keep Texas events fed, organized, permitted and moving. If that is your work, this association was built to help you prove it, protect it and grow it.

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