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Hallowmas Market – Goth Shopping

Hey! We hope you came by today to check out our fantastic vendors, but if you missed us, or if you need more cool, spooky stuff (I mean, who doesn’t?), please have a look at this list of other upcoming markets over the next few weeks leading up to Halloween, and check out some amazing artists, artisans, and authors.

Friday, October 16th
Luna Halloween Market ‒ Vic Johnson Community Ctr, Mississauga (runs to October 17th)

Sat, October 17th
Dreadcon ‒ Holiday Inn Burlington, Burlington
Oshawa Halloween BooBash ‒ Downtown Oshawa
The Halloweener, Punk Rock Flea Market Hamilton ‒ The Cotton Factory, Hamilton
Toronto ShitShow ‒ Parkdale Hall, Toronto

Sun, October 18th
Bazaar of the Bizarre ‒ Parkdale Hall, Toronto
PRFM Peterborough ‒ Quaker City Square, Peterborough
Ghouls & Gays ‒ HamiltonQT Market ‒ Gasworks building, Hamilton

Thurs, October 22nd
Toronto Harajuku Style Trick or Treat Market ‒ SeeScape, Toronto

Fri, October 23rd
Luna Halloween Market ‒ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 234, Guelph

Sat, October 24th
Through the Cellar Door ‒ XTheGatheringX, Markets Ontario, Bowmanville

Sunday, October 25th
Alchemy & Harmony Halloween Witches Market ‒ The Village at Black Creek Pioneer Village, North York

Fri, October 30th
Luna Halloween Market ‒ Woodstock Fairgrounds, Woodstock

Sat, October 31st
Toronto Queer Market ‒ Barbara Hall Park, Toronto

And of course, you should mark your calendars for our next market, where we’ll have 40 new vendors with weird and creepy stuff for the holidays – we hope to see you there!

Early Holiday Market
Saturday, November 14th
11am – 5pm
Ground Control
1279 Queen Street West

Happy shopping! And Happy Halloween!

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Gothic Garden Market – Thank You

Thank you to everyone who braved the rain and came out to our Gothic Garden Market yesterday. Almost 750 of you (our second largest turnout ever) came through the doors and bought all the things. You made a whole lot of amazing talented artists and artisans incredibly happy.

Thanks to those same artists and artisans who do so much incredible work and devote so much time to creating the coolest stuff. The very best part of my day is seeing your joyful faces as you leave with way less stuff to take home than you came with.

Thanks, as always to everyone at Ground Control, who give us the coolest and most welcoming place to host our market. You take such good care of us and we love working with you.

If you missed us, there are some other great alternative markets in Toronto and Southern Ontario, coming up over the next few weeks…

April 25th: Tr*nny Market – Three Dollar Bill
April 25th: Into the Void Market, Halfway to Halloween – Slovak Centre, Windsor
May 1st & 2nd: Luna Events Canada, Beltane Witches Market – Ancaster Fairgrounds, Hamilton
May 2nd & 3rd: Punk Rock Flea Market Hamilton – The Cotton Factory, Hamilton
May 3rd: Bazaar of the Bizarre – Parkdale Hall
May 16th: XtheGatheringX, Tattoos, Tacos and Tarot – Markets Ontario, Bowmanville

We return to Ground Control on May 23rd for our first Book-ish Market – we’ve got 40+ vendors including authors, small press, zines, comics and graphic novels, as well as artists selling all manner of cool stuff with a focus on stationery, journals, stickers, and book and reading accessories. We’ll also have 3 of Toronto’s coolest tarot readers taking over our stage for private readings in our Reading Room!

Plus, vendor call for our Goth Pride Market on June 20th is open until April 21st, so if you are an artist with a dark side but a rainbow swirl, please visit our website to submit an application to take part.