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Our juried, urban Flea launched in June 2013 and is held outdoors* in the summer and fall every Sunday, and indoors* in Winter and early Spring with unusual finds, art, vintage fashion and accessories, local crafts, curiosities, antique and refinished furniture, food trucks and carts, live music and more. This will be our 5th summer season, and we're super-excited about it!
Suffice to say, we don't consider ourselves a typical flea market. We're more of an incubator/marketplace, inspired by the insanely popular, fun and famous flea in Brooklyn, New York. We're serving up a taste of vendors who embrace vintage as a lifestyle, together with a burgeoning maker community--both rich with talent, grit and promise. Our vendors are small- and micro-businesses in many cases using the Flea as a launchpad to grow, to meet their customers and to move on to the next level. Many of our vendors have indeed outgrown the Flea, and that's just fine with us. In fact, we're rooting for them.
Four years and 400 vendors later, you can find at the Providence Flea a treasure trove for vintage lovers, upcyclers and retro seekers, as well as those in search of all things handcrafted, handwrought and artisan-made. And that's not even mentioning our farm-to-truck food vendors and purveyors in carts and under tents as well. What you won't find is anything mass-produced or licensed, or typically sold through groups, clubs, franchises or independent salespeople on a large scale.
We also welcome local community non-profits with any mission related to the arts, youth, LGBT issues or animal welfare. We invite local musicians to play the boardwalk unplugged for our engaging, generous and appreciative patrons.
If this all sounds good to you, sign up for our Flea news and updates below to learn about upcoming markets, pop-ups and other exciting happenings. If you're a prospective vendor or musician, check out our Frequently Asked Questions page and market description under the Vendors link above.
(*Check out our Contact & Visit Us page for outdoor and indoor locations.)
Suffice to say, we don't consider ourselves a typical flea market. We're more of an incubator/marketplace, inspired by the insanely popular, fun and famous flea in Brooklyn, New York. We're serving up a taste of vendors who embrace vintage as a lifestyle, together with a burgeoning maker community--both rich with talent, grit and promise. Our vendors are small- and micro-businesses in many cases using the Flea as a launchpad to grow, to meet their customers and to move on to the next level. Many of our vendors have indeed outgrown the Flea, and that's just fine with us. In fact, we're rooting for them.
Four years and 400 vendors later, you can find at the Providence Flea a treasure trove for vintage lovers, upcyclers and retro seekers, as well as those in search of all things handcrafted, handwrought and artisan-made. And that's not even mentioning our farm-to-truck food vendors and purveyors in carts and under tents as well. What you won't find is anything mass-produced or licensed, or typically sold through groups, clubs, franchises or independent salespeople on a large scale.
We also welcome local community non-profits with any mission related to the arts, youth, LGBT issues or animal welfare. We invite local musicians to play the boardwalk unplugged for our engaging, generous and appreciative patrons.
If this all sounds good to you, sign up for our Flea news and updates below to learn about upcoming markets, pop-ups and other exciting happenings. If you're a prospective vendor or musician, check out our Frequently Asked Questions page and market description under the Vendors link above.
(*Check out our Contact & Visit Us page for outdoor and indoor locations.)
OUR VENDORS
Last year the Flea counted just over 400 local vintage vendors, artisans, makers and food purveyors who joined us in the summer of 2016 alone. We think our vintage vendors are amazingly good pickers. We think our artisans/makers are amazingly creative. And we know they are ALL amazingly fun to be around. (Can we say it again? Yes...they're amazing.) We wouldn't have it any other way.
Our market is juried, meaning there's an application process. And every week we bring you a fresh-picked lineup with new and returning vendors ready to welcome you to another Sunday-fun-day. Catch as catch can...and please, accept no substitutes.
Our market is juried, meaning there's an application process. And every week we bring you a fresh-picked lineup with new and returning vendors ready to welcome you to another Sunday-fun-day. Catch as catch can...and please, accept no substitutes.
OUR DOGS
Yes, our Flea has dogs. Well, they're not all ours--just the first little white one below named Happy. But we welcome the rest, as long as they are leashed and well-behaved (and don't pee on the vendors' tent legs). Send us a snap of your dog at the Flea and we just might feature your fur baby here. And we'll have you covered--with water and treats and poop bags at our Info booth.
