01Partnerships open
Become a Sponsor
Put your organization inside a founding-year East Texas tradition through festival-wide leadership, a named experience, hospitality, or community investment.
Explore sponsorships
One festival. Many ways to belong.
Find your place in the fest.
Choose the opportunity that fits you. Open applications lead to full details; developing opportunities lead to the official interest list.
Get involved
Help build the founding year.
East Texas Smoke & Soul Festival is bringing together food vendors, local businesses, volunteers, performers, families, and community partners to create a new Longview tradition.
Submitting an application or interest form does not guarantee acceptance, placement, selection, or participation. Final requirements and deadlines will be provided as each opportunity is confirmed.
02Applications open
Apply as a Vendor
Bring food, products, art, services, or community resources to a marketplace designed for discovery, connection, and local enterprise.
View vendor information03Food-vendor applications open
Join Smoke Row
Serve barbecue or another festival-ready specialty directly to guests from an approved booth, truck, trailer, catering setup, or live-fire experience.
Explore Smoke Row04Signups open · Ages 16+
Join the Volunteer Crew
Choose your roles, share availability and help welcome East Texas. Ages 16–17 serve under captain supervision with guardian consent.
Explore roles and sign up05Future interest list
Follow Who's Got the Smoke?
Receive updates as the festival explores adding a structured BBQ competition after the inaugural year establishes attendance, sponsorship, and operating capacity.
See the future competition vision06Interest list open
Perform or Entertain
Musicians, performers, hosts, and community talent can follow opportunities connected to the Soul Stage and other festival moments.
Request entertainment updates07Conversations open
Contribute Goods or Services
Support the festival with useful goods, equipment, professional services, hospitality, printing, transportation, food, water, or operational resources.
Start a partnership conversationNot sure where you fit?
Stay close to the smoke.
Join the official updates list and choose the festival news that matters to you, or contact the team with a specific partnership idea.