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Goth Shopping – Goth Pride Market

We’re getting ready to welcome you to our third annual Goth Pride Market on Saturday, with 40 amazing artists and artisans from the 2SLGBTQ+ community. But there are some other fun markets taking place as well.

The Toronto Queer Market runs on Saturday at Barbara Hall Park in the gay village with a variety of vendors and drag performances.

If cute and cuddly is more your style, head to Scarborough for the Happy Cute Mart.

And if you’re in need of some witchy goodness, the Luna Events Summer Solstice Witches Market takes place in Cambridge, ON.

But obviously, don’t miss our fabulous celebration of everything dark… and rainbow bright!

Goth Pride Market
Saturday, June 20th
11am – 5pm
Ground Control
1279 Queen St. W.

Our market is family-friendly, our venue is fully accessible (except for the stage), the bar will be open so you can sip while you shop, and there’s an ATM on site.

Admission is free.

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Goth Pride Market – Tomorrow

Tomorrow – Don’t miss It!

Saturday, June 20th, 2026
11am – 5pm
Ground Control
1279 Queen St. W.

Please join us on Saturday, June 20th as we celebrate the fabulous diversity of our 2SLGBTQ+ Goth community with 35+ artists and artisans of dark, alternative wares to help you celebrate Pride or just revel in the joy and freedom of our open and welcoming society.

Our market is (mostly) family-friendly. Our gorgeous venue is close to parking and transit, is fully accessible, and has an ATM on site. The bar will be open for customers to enjoy a beverage while they shop.

Admission is free.

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Beach Party Market – Vendor Call Reminder

Join us for some sun, surf, sand, and don’t forget the SPF100 sunscreen!

Toronto Dark Arts Market is now accepting applications for vendors for our Beach Party Market on Saturday, August 15th.

We welcome applications from artists, artisans, and makers of dark, weird, alternative items including art, crafts, clothing, jewellery and accessories, taxidermy and oddities, literature, decor, housewares, toys and more.

Date: Saturday, August 15th, 2026
Open to the public: 11am – 5pm (free admission)
Ground Control, 1279 Queen Street West, Toronto

Cost: $40 – $200, depending on size
Fully accessible venue with wifi and ATM on site

Application deadline: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026, 1pm

All applicants, including those on the waiting list will be notified of their inclusion status no later than June 25th, 2026

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Goth Pride Market – One Week Away!

Saturday, June 20th, 2026
11am – 5pm
Ground Control
1279 Queen St. W.

Please join us on Saturday, June 20th as we celebrate the fabulous diversity of our 2SLGBTQ+ Goth community with 35+ artists and artisans of dark, alternative wares to help you celebrate Pride or just revel in the joy and freedom of our open and welcoming society.

Our market is (mostly) family-friendly. Our gorgeous venue is close to parking and transit, is fully accessible, and has an ATM on site. The bar will be open for customers to enjoy a beverage while they shop.

Admission is free.

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Beach Party Market – Call For Vendors

Join us for some surf, sand, and don’t forget the SPF100 sunscreen!

Toronto Dark Arts Market is now accepting applications for vendors for our Beach Party Market on Saturday, August 15th.

We welcome applications from artists, artisans, and makers of dark, weird, alternative items including art, crafts, clothing, jewellery and accessories, taxidermy and oddities, literature, decor, housewares, toys and more.

Date: Saturday, August 15th, 2026
Open to the public: 11am – 5pm (free admission)
Ground Control, 1279 Queen Street West, Toronto

Cost: $40 – $200, depending on size
Fully accessible venue with wifi and ATM on site

Application deadline: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026, 1pm

All applicants, including those on the waiting list will be notified of their inclusion status no later than June 25th, 2026

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Goth Pride Market – List of Vendors

We’re super-excited to share the list of amazing, talented vendors taking part in our third annual Goth Pride Market on Saturday, June 20th.

We’ve got 40 incredible artists and artisans serving up so many fantastic creations to help you celebrate this season of love and acceptance.

Leading up to market day, we’ll be running full profiles on many of these folks and their amazing work, but in the meantime, check the list below to see what they’ll have in store for you!

And then come and join us:
Saturday, June 20th
11am – 5pm
Ground Control
1279 Queen St. West

Admission is free.

Participating Vendors…

Armoire Chainmail
Ash Badwoods
BATS ARE PUNK
Black Rose Designs
Body Thudz Artisan Works
CARPENTERGOTHIC
Christian Baines
Crypt Thrift
Deadly Azure
Emo Critters
Eternal Night Candles
eX Press Art
Executive Demon
Fazooli
FeverDream Supreme
GRRRL Spells
Hazie Days
Heks Ornamental
House of Ourobelle
Hypnotic Oddities by Ash Plante
Itadakimassacre
JD Art Company
Knotty Impact
Lilo Joenck
Lowen Designs
Meliora meraki jewellery
Mg nails co
Nolan Brewer Draws
Patticake & Patrician
PRIESTESS jewelry
QT Literary Magazine
radlo studio
Roan’s Carabiner
Shinning Turtle Women
Solkius
Stitches and lace
Threaded Thrifts
Wired by Kerry
witchpussy
Zone 11:11

Vendor call for this market is now closed. Please do not contact us to be added, but visit our Vendor Information page to join the mailing list to receive notice of all upcoming vendor calls.

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Book-ish Market – Thank You!

Oh my God, you guyyyyysssss!!!

On a day when Toronto is experiencing what feels like a typhoon, when bricks and mortar businesses are posting notices about closing early due to inclement weather, when it literally hasn’t stopped raining all day, you all still stepped up!

Yes, there were fewer of you. But those of you who braved the weather still came out and shopped. And for books!

Thank you to everyone who made the trek, wrecked their umbrellas, occasionally got drenched to the skin… and supported our vendors.

Thank you to the many authors, publishers, artists, and artisans who trusted us enough to take part in our first Book-ish Market. We fully believe that the lower turn-out was due to the weather and not the theme or merchandise, and we’re already planning more of these for next year.

And of course, thank you to everyone at Ground Control. We love you all to pieces and couldn’t possibly do this without your assistance and support.

We’re back at Ground Control for our annual Goth Pride Market on June 20th, featuring 35+ artists and artisans from the 2SLGBTQ+ community. We hope that you will join us for a market that is guaranteed to be joyous, welcoming, and fucking fabulous!

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Book-ish Market – Today!

Book-ish Market
Saturday, May 23rd
11am – 5pm
Ground Control
1279 Queen St. W.

Please join us today, Saturday, May 23rd from 11am – 5pm for our first Book-ish Market where we’ll be hosting 40+ authors, writers, and small press publishers, as well as makers of zines, graphic novels, and magazines, plus other artisans of all styles, with a focus on beautiful stationery, cards, journals, and other items essential to readin’ and writin’!

Meet authors and publishers of dark fiction, fantasy, romance, and thrillers, find your favourite new comic, periodical, or zine, or stock up on blank journals, stickers, bookmarks, and bags.

Also, don’t miss the ‘Reading Room” on the Ground Control stage where local tarot readers will read your cards, palms, or tea leaves.

Our market is (mostly) family-friendly, our venue is fully accessible (except for the stage), the bar will be open so you can sip while you shop, and there’s an ATM on site.

Admission is free.

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Book-ish Market – Goth Shopping

If you’re coming to check out our Book-ish Market on Saturday, why not make a day of it and visit some of the other cool markets and events taking place in the GTA on the same day?

Visit us first at:

Book-ish Market
Saturday, May 23rd
11am – 5pm
Ground Control
1279 Queen St. W.

Then check out these other events…

Horrorama runs all day Saturday at 918 Bathurst Street, with a selection of horror films, seminars, and vendors of horror-related wares.

The Toronto Queer Market runs on Saturday at Barbara Hall Park in the gay village with a variety of vendors and drag performances, and the Good Friends Market hosts their Gay Friends Market at Dundas Street West and Dovercourt.

Further from downtown Anime North is running at the Toronto Congress Centre, and the Ontario Markets Book Fair and Craft Market takes place at the Vic Johnston Community Centre, both in Mississauga.

We hope you visit us, obviously, and check out our 40+ authors, artisans and artists. We’ve got an amazing selections of books, magazines, comics and more, as well as a fabulous selection of handmade goods with a focus on writing material and reading- and literature-themed goods.

Also, don’t miss the ‘Reading Room” on the Ground Control stage where local tarot readers will read your cards, palms, or tea leaves.

Our market is family-friendly, our venue is fully accessible (except for the stage), the bar will be open so you can sip while you shop, and there’s an ATM on site.

Admission is free.

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Book-ish Market – Tomorrow

Book-ish Market
Saturday, May 23rd
11am – 5pm
Ground Control
1279 Queen St. W.

Please join us on Saturday, May 23rd from 11am – 5pm for our first Book-ish Market where we’ll be hosting 40+ authors, writers, and small press publishers, as well as makers of zines, graphic novels, and magazines, plus other artisans of all styles, with a focus on beautiful stationery, cards, journals, and other items essential to readin’ and writin’!

Meet authors and publishers of dark fiction, fantasy, romance, and thrillers, find your favourite new comic, periodical, or zine, or stock up on blank journals, stickers, bookmarks, and bags.

Also, don’t miss the ‘Reading Room” on the Ground Control stage where local tarot readers will read your cards, palms, or tea leaves.

Our market is (mostly) family-friendly, our venue is fully accessible (except for the stage), the bar will be open so you can sip while you shop, and there’s an ATM on site.

Admission is free.