The minds behind The Good Trade Makers Market, RI VegFest, Little City Thrifty Vintage Market, and Bloom Flower & Home. Ampersand Creative Co.
is best known for their curated large scale community events, including The Good Trade Makers Market, Little City Thrifty Vintage Market, Bloom Flower and Home Market, and RI VegFest. Ampersand's series of events generate an estimated $2.5M in revenue for participating small businesses annually. In addition to these events, Ampersand is also a creative and communications team who thrives off of br
inging people together and supporting small businesses through design, PR, and grassroots marketing. From web and graphic design, to video and photography, to marketing and brand consulting, Ampersand Creative Co. strives to help brands look their Sunday best.
Our good buds, Vito & Art from are opening their second restaurant on East Ave. in Pawtucket. It's called and we were Lucky Enough to design their logos and provide them with a brand kit. We sincerely cannot wait for this place to open! Give them a follow to learn more and watch the renovation unfold.
We can't wait to party with you all at the Hope Street Block Party, and it turns out that Rhode Island Monthly can't wait either!
After an unfortunate rain out forced it to cancel its original August date, the Hope Street Summer Block Party is back and ready to close out the
🦩T-Minus 60 to Little City Thrifty!🦩
That's right, Rhode Island's biggest vintage party is only two months away. Tickets have always sold out in advance, so if you haven't picked up your tickets yet, don't slack. Head littlecitythrifty.com now.
As always, with entry you'll receive a complimentary drink ticket to redeem for your choice of a small 5oz cocktail from Mad River Distillers, beer, or small hot coffee or non-alcoholic beverage. Want a full sized beer or cocktail? You can redeem your drink ticket for $2 off any full sized beer or cocktail from the bar menu!
In addition to the tasty beverages, we'll also have two restaurants and a bakery popping up on site to keep you powered up while you dig through 15,000 square feet of pre-Y2K vinyl records, housewares, art, jewelry, size-inclusive clothing, and so much more.
THE SHORT OF IT: The Hope Street Merchants Association’s Summer Block Party needs to be postponed due to the likelihood of thunderstorms on Sunday. We’ll be enacting our rain date of Sunday, September 15th and we hope you can all join us then!
THE LONG OF IT: Above all else, the HSMA and Ampersand Creative Co. care about helping small businesses, artists, and performers, and our goal with the Hope Street Block Party is to create a fun way for everyone to have a fun and a successful day. Hosting the Block Party involves thinking about a million small details, like delivery of rentals and supplies (product for the bars, portable restrooms, dumpsters, picnic tables, trash and recycling receptacles, a big misting tent to keep you cool, etc.) - and many of these have a cancellation period, after which there is no refund. We organize with the city (permits, street closures, bus rerouting, security and fire detail, etc.) and assemble a team of people to help set up and run the event - and we have to communicate with all of them in advance. Hope Street’s restaurants and the participating food trucks were about to start purchasing and preparing food for an enormous crowd, and they can’t risk the financial loss if we waited to cancel the event at the last minute. For all of those reasons, the HSMA Block Party team met last night, reviewed as much news around the weather as we could, and made the tough decision to reschedule. This was not taken lightly, as it impacts so many businesses and performers, and reorganizing all of the above is not a small or easy task for our little team. Putting participants at risk in unsafe weather conditions is something we can’t do.
We’ll be moving the event to our scheduled rain date of September 15th in hopes of a safer and brighter day for all.
VENDORS & PERFORMERS: Please check your inboxes for an email from us with more information regarding the postponement and next steps. If you have any questions at all, just reach out and ask!
Thanks for all of your support, patience, kindness, and understanding!
This year's Hope Street Block Party is one week from today on Sunday, August 4th! From 11am to 5pm we'll be working with Hope Street Merchants to close Hope Street to vehicles and open it up for a FREE massive five block party where you'll be able to not only explore all of Hope Street's incredible shops, restaurants, and arts, but experience over 125 makers, vintage dealers, non-profits, food trucks, street performers, family activities, and live music. You'll even be able to grab a cocktail, beer, or hard seltzer from Narragansett Beer, Moniker Brewery, ISCOSpirits, and Topo Chico Agua Mineral while you walk the street.
100% of the bar proceeds benefit Hope Street Merchants' mission to support the small businesses of Hope Street through programming (like this event!) and street beautification projects all year round.
There’s a whole lot going on at this event, but here are some highlights:
🖤 Makers and artists from The Good Trade Makers Market.
🦩 Vintage dealers from Little City Thrifty.
🥁 On street performances from Extraordinary Rendition Band, Providence Drum Troupe, RI Kung Fu Club's Lion Dance, and more.
👽 An invasion from Big Nazo.
⚽️ Meet Slyde Fox from New England Revolution and play their Accuracy Kick game.
🎨 Kids activities with Ricky Rainbow Beard and Providence Drum Group Services.
🤼♀️ Professional wrestling from RWA - Renegade Wrestling Alliance.
🏋️♀️ Interactive games with Full Range Fitness.
🎤 A live local music lineup from The Parlour Providence.
🎧 An all-day set from vinyl-only DJ Greenwood HiFi
🔥 Glass blowing demonstrations with Gather Glass.
🍺 Beer, hard tea, and hard seltzer from Narragansett Beer and Moniker Brewery.
🍹 Cocktails from and Topo Chico USA.
💧 A misting tent to keep you cool on a hot day.
This event is free to attend and suitable for all ages! See you there!
Please note: Hope Street between Rochambeau and 5th will be closed from 6am to 7pm, as well as connecting side streets. If you can’t bike, walk, or bus down, you’ll be able to find plenty of parking in the area, just a short walk away.
We are so excited to announce that Bloom Flower and Home will be back in Providence, RI & Burlington, VT in 2025! We'll be taking over WaterFire Arts Center in Providence for a 4th straight year on April 5th & 6th, 2025, and Hula in Burlington for a 2nd year on April 26th & 27th, 2025.
We'll have A LOT more on these events soon, but for now, we're looking for the kindest and most community-minded petal pushers, houseplant hawkers, and decor dealers that we can find. Head to bloomflowerandhome.com to learn more about vending and to apply.
Not a vendor, but have a business that you'd love to see at Bloom?! Tag them below!
We're so excited to work with the Hope Street Merchants Association for the second year in a row on the big Hope Street Block Party! On Sunday, August 4th, we’re shutting down Hope Street in Providence and filling five full blocks with over 150 small businesses, bars, food trucks, restaurants, family activities, street performers, and a stage from The Parlour. You’ll be able to roam the event with beer from Narragansett Beer and Moniker Brewery or a cocktail from The Industrious Spirit Co. and Topo Chico and shop, eat, and party with us from 11am to 5pm. There’s a whole lot going on at this event, but here are some highlights:
In addition to a ton of makers and artists from The Good Trade Makers Market and vintage dealers from Little City Thrifty, we’ll have on-street performances and entertainment from Big Nazo, the Extraordinary Rendition Band, RI Kung Fu Club’s Lion Dance, the Providence Drum Troupe, kids activities with Ricky Rainbow Beard, live glass blowing with Gather Glass, local bands curated by The Parlour, and Renegade Wrestling Alliance will be back with live professional wrestling!
Clear your Sunday and come on down to Hope Street on August 4th. This event is entirely free and bar proceeds benefit the Hope Street Merchants Association's mission to support the small businesses of Hope Street through programming (like this event!), support, and street beautification projects all year round.
Please note: Hope Street between Rochambeau and 5th will be closed from 6am to 7pm, as well as connecting side streets. If you can’t bike, walk, or bus down, you’ll be able to find plenty of parking in the area, just a short walk away.
We're bringing The Good Trade back to Hula in Burlington, VT for the 3rd straight year on December 7th and 8th. With the addition of Vermont VegFest and Bloom Flower and Home, northern VT has quickly become our home away from home. This holiday party is a ton of fun in a beautiful space and we can't wait to do it all again at the end of the year!
We couldn't be more excited to announce The Good Trade's 4th annual makers market in PVD on November 23rd and 24th at WaterFire Arts Center!
We can't tell you how much we love this event. Being in a room for the weekend with some of the country's best, kindest, and most positive-minded makers really is something special. We'll be announcing vendors, sponsors, Plinko for a Cause beneficiaries, and more soon. For now, tickets are on sale at goodtrademakersmarket.com.
Tomorrow we're going to start unveiling this year's poster designs for PVD and BTV. Before we do, we want to re-introduce you to our great friend and illustrator, Pete MacPhee - the man behind Swamp Yankee Art and the designer of The Good Trade's posters since day one. You've more than likely seen his work before without knowing it. For decades, he's been designing posters for local bands and events all the way up to large bands and events like Def Leppard, Dropkick Murphys, and Boston Calling.
We love this year's designs and can't wait to share them with you! Thanks for everything, Uncle Pete.
How the plant-based sausage is made. Team field trip to our storage unit to completely clean, reorganize, take inventory, and prep for our fast-approaching event season. Not pretty, but how it’s done.
Keeping our '24/'25 event lineup rolling, we're thrilled to announce our 5th annual ! This is the event that started it all. After Robin spent many years planning, we threw our first RI VegFest in February of 2020 and we haven't looked back since.
We'll be back on February 1st and 2nd for two jam packed days of eating, partying, and shopping with over 85 plant-based vegan restaurants, food and beverage producers, artists, makers, retailers, and so much more. Tickets are on sale and vendor apps are now open at rivegfest.com or the link in bio.
Little City Thrifty, our big ole bi-annual vintage bash, is returning to WaterFire Arts Center on October 5th and 6th! We're so lucky to be able to party with some of the friendliest and most knowledgable vintage dealers from all around the country twice each year. The Inside Voices bar will, of course, be serving up cocktails, mocktails, and beer in LCT's famous pink flamingos while you shop an endless supply of pre-Y2K vinyl records, housewares, art, jewelry, size-inclusive clothing, and so much more.
Early Buying Hour and 12pm Entry Tickets are now on sale at littlecitythrifty.com. We'll start announcing our vendors shortly, so stay tuned!
We've been quietly working behind the scenes on our '24/'25 event season and we have A LOT of announcements coming in the next few days. We're kicking things off with the return of GFree Fest on March 22nd and 23rd!
The inaugural GFree Fest was only one-day, and we clearly underestimated the GF community because the event sold out almost two months in advance. This time, we've expended GFree Fest to two full days to allow more GFree Friends to eat, drink, shop, and learn all things GF with us.
VIP and 12pm Entry Tickets are on sale AND vendor apps are open at gfreefest.com.
Every year, we dedicate two weeks at the end of May to learn about the ~1500 applicants for The Good Trade. We love meeting new businesses, and hearing about how businesses we know have grown and evolved. Curating the events is exciting, but it also takes an emotional toll, as we can only accept about 10% of those who apply. We have to turn away hundreds of perfectly worthy businesses - and we know that there are caring, positive-minded, and community-loving people behind each application. It’s unbelievably hard.
The Good Trade started from our belief that makers need opportunities to introduce themselves to new cities and new faces in order to grow. This is why TGT isn’t only for “local” businesses; we aim for half of our vendors to be from the area that the event is held in, and the other half from all around the country. Locals get a chance to show off their city and play host, and as we expand to new areas, that favor can be repaid when the locals become guests in a new city. That’s "The Good Trade".
This balance gives new (and new-to-us) businesses a chance to join our community, keeps shoppers engaged, provides a positive, eclectic, and diverse environment, and helps the businesses who vend with us be as successful as possible. We strive to showcase both new and established businesses of all kinds who offer goods at different price points, and we work hard to ensure that no category is over-saturated. This year, we had roughly 300 amazing jewelry artists and 200 candle makers apply, but we have to limit each category. There are no right answers - we just try to do our best and know that many will feel disappointed. Turning away close friends, businesses we’ve loved working with, and businesses who have applied for a couple of years in a row that we’d love to work with is not a good feeling.
We'll be contacting all applicants by the end of the day tomorrow, June 1st. To those who applied, we truly appreciate you and what you bring to our communities. We hope this note helps you understand a sliver of our process and how seriously we take it. Whether you’ll be joining us or not, we can’t wait to see you soon.
Love,
The Good Trade
Alright makers, this is your last chance to apply for The Good Trade Makers Market in Providence, RI and Burlington, VT! Vendor apps close tonight at 11:59pm. If you're a good human who makes good things, we'd really love to see your application. All applicants will be updated of their status by June 1st.
Head to goodtrademakersmarket.com or the link in bio to learn more about vending and to apply now. 🖤
We’re excited to announce the return of the Hope Street Summer Block Party! On August 4th, we’ll be shutting down Hope Street in Providence with our friends at the Hope Street Merchants Association and filling it with five full blocks of fun: 150 small businesses, bars, food trucks, restaurants, family activities, street performers, and so much more.
Stay tuned for more details, but for now, vendor applications are open! If you’re a maker, pop-up shop, food truck, vintage dealer, non-profit, or Hope Street brick and mortar, click the link below to apply to pop up outside and be part of the party.
ampersandcreativeco.com/hopestreet
Our little side project, Inside Voices, will be popping up with our friends at Jordan’s Jungle on Saturday for Art In The Jungle!
Jordan’s has curated a few amazing artists and makers, and Inside Voices will be shaking up a slew of signature cocktails and mocktails along with wine, local beers, and New Harvest coffee, for a full day of plants, drinks, and art at the Jordan’s Jungle warehouse at 545 Pawtucket Ave. in Pawtucket, RI. Whether you’re looking for something special for Mom, or you’re a plant mom looking for something special for yourself, come hang with us this Saturday!
DON'T FORGET: Vendor applications for Little City Thrifty's fall vintage market on October 5th and 6th in Providence, RI close TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT. If you're a slinger of vintage and are interested in vending with us, this is your last chance to get your apps in! We'll be reviewing apps and updating all applicants by May 15th.
Not a vintage seller, but know one that you'd love to see at Little City Thrifty? Tag them below to give them a nudge. 🦩
RI VegFest and GFree Fest are teaming up with AAA's Travel Club Adventures for a fully vegan and gluten free tour of Northern Italy this August!
We’ll be traveling from Venice to the Lake Como region to Milan with plenty of stops and day trips in between. The trip includes 14 meals, a wine tasting, all lodging, an interpreter/tour guide, and all ground transportation. Click the link in bio for the full itinerary, pricing, and more info!
clubadventures.com/tour/italy-food-adventure
ATTENTION MAKERS: Vendor applications for The Good Trade Makers Market in both Providence, RI and Burlington, VT are NOW OPEN. We’re looking for independent makers, manufacturers, and artists from all over the US who care just as much about their craft as they do for their community. If you’re a good human who makes good things, then we want you to apply for The Good Trade.
Applications close on May 15th and all applicants will be updated of their status by June 1st. Head to goodtrademakersmarket.com/apply to learn more and apply.
Not a maker yourself, but have one that you'd love to see at The Good Trade? Tag them below!
As you may know, we always host a giant, free book swap at all of our events. You can bring in your pre-loved books and drop them right by the entrance, then help yourself to any that catch your eye. One of the questions we get asked the most is, "what do you do with all of the books at the end?" Well... this.
Today, we gathered as many leftover children's books from our book swaps as we could fit into the car (104 apparently) and brought them to our bank, BankRI (big shoutout to our banker, Richard Anderson)! Our eyes may be closed in the photo, but the Bank RI book drive for Books Are Wings is open! Books Are Wings is a non-profit in Rhode Island that works to get free books into the hands of children here in Little Rhody.
Thanks to all who have participated in our books swaps so far. You're not only getting to bring home some new-to-you books for yourselves, but you're able to help your community while you're at it. And thanks for organizing ways to give back, Bank RI. You rule.
We're going to do another drop-off soon, but if you're sitting on any kids books that you no longer need, bring them by your closest Bank RI!
It's Food Waste Action Week, which means that it's the perfect time to remind you that GFree Fest is 100% compostable thanks to Bootstrap Compost and World Centric! That’s right, all of our vendors, restaurants, and even the Inside Voices bar have agreed to serve food and drinks in fully compostable products. Bootstrap will divert our waste from the landfill by turning it into nutrient-rich compost.
PLEASE do your part by putting your waste in the proper clearly labeled bins. If you have any questions about which bin an item belongs in, just ask! We’d be happy to help.
At our previous events, World Centric's compostable goods and Bootstrap's processing power helped us divert over 95% of the waste generated from going to the landfill. They make it easy to go compostable at events, restaurants, offices, and even at home. Be sure to learn more about both composting at GFree Fest in just a couple of weeks!
Are you a community loving slinger of vintage clothing, accessories, home decor, jewelry, books, records, furniture, textiles, or art? Then we want to hear from you! Vendor applications are now open for the next Little City Thrifty Vintage Market on October 5th and 6th at WaterFire Arts Center in Providence, RI. Head to littlecitythrifty.com or the link in bio to apply to vend now!
Not a vintage seller, but have a favorite that you'd love to see at Little City Thrifty? Tag them below to let them know it's time to apply!
Well... damn. You're flocking amazing. 🦩🦩🦩🦩
Just as a reminder, tickets for today are completely SOLD OUT. There are still a couple of tickets left for tomorrow at 3pm, but they'll definitely be gone shortly and tickets will not be available at the door. PLEASE double check your tickets before coming down to ensure you're not coming on the wrong day or the wrong time. We don't want any sad flamingos!
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📸: Carly Rae Photo
So honored to have Little City Thrifty named one of the best things to do in Rhode Island this weekend by The Boston Globe's Lauren Daley! Can't wait to see all your vintage loving faces real soon.
There are still a handful of tickets left for Sunday's 3pm entry, but they're on pace to sell out shortly. If you really want to join us, it's best to grab them while you can as they likely won't be available at the door. Tickets at littlecitythrify.com.
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📸: Carly Rae Photo
Thanks to our friends at Providence Monthly & Hey Rhody for sharing the GFree love! Read the article at the link below and follow them to stay updated about things to do, eat, and drink in Providence and beyond!
https://www.providenceonline.com/stories/gfree-fest-coming-to-providences-waterfire-arts-center-on-march-23,103004?
At RI VegFest earlier this month, we were able to work with World Centric, Bootstrap Compost, and our vendors to divert 1,368 pounds of waste away from the landfill! According to Bootstrap Compost, the waste was almost entirely "light bulky waste," meaning empty cups and plates. There was hardly any food waste in the nearly two dumpsters worth of compostable waste, which is incredible! We're THRILLED to host fully compostable events and can't wait for the next one.
Alright vintage lovers - doors open to Little City Thrifty Vintage Market next weekend! There is A LOT going on at this big ole rally of rummaged regalia, so swipe through and read below to get ready.🦩
TICKET UPDATE
Tickets are going quickly and many sessions have sold out! As of now, there are only tickets still available for Saturday's 3pm Entry (almost gone), Sunday's 12pm Entry (almost gone), and Sunday's 3pm Entry (still available). Tickets will not be available at the door for any sessions that sell out in advance. Get tickets at littlecitythrifty.com.
OVER 90 VINTAGE BOOTHS
That's right, we'll be packing WaterFire Arts Center in Providence with over 90 vintage booths with dealers from 10 different states. You'll find vintage clothing and accessories, vinyl records, housewares, home decor, barware, art, jewelry, tools, and more.
COMPLIMENTARY BEVERAGES
With entry you'll receive a drink ticket to redeem for your choice of a small 5oz cocktail from Mad River Distillers, a small 5oz beer from Rejects Beer Co., a small 5oz SPRAWL Hard Seltzer, a small hot coffee from New Harvest Coffee, or a Topo Chico Sparkling Mineral Water. Want a full sized beer or cocktail? You can redeem your drink ticket for $2 off any full sized beer or cocktail from the bar menu instead!
THE LITTLE CITY THRIFTY BAR
Speaking of the bar, we'll be serving up all sorts of fun Mad River cocktails in our trademark flamingos, and beer and hard seltzers from Rejects Beer Co. and SPRAWL.
RESTAURANTS
Hungry from all that shopping? We got you. JA Patty and Diego's East Side will be popping up inside with all sorts of delicious goodness, including vegan and gluten free options, too!
THE LITTLE CITY THRIFTY FREE LIBRARY
Don't forget to bring your pre-loved books for the Little City Thrifty Free Library! We'll have a big table right next to our check-in where you can drop and swap your books, and we'll be kicking things off with a massive haul from our own collection. Don't have your own books to swap? Don't fret! You're still welcome to help yourself to whatever you like. All we ask is that you leave your encyclopedias and text books at home.
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ATTENTION MAKERS: Vendor applications for The Good Trade Makers Market in both Providence, RI and Burlington, VT are NOW OPEN. We’re looking for independent makers, manufacturers, and artists from all over the US who care just as much about their craft as they do for their community. If you’re a good human who makes good things, then we want you to apply for The Good Trade. Applications close on May 15th and all applicants will be updated of their status by June 1st. Head to goodtrademakersmarket.com/apply to learn more and apply. Not a maker yourself, but have one that you'd love to see at The Good Trade? Tag them below!
The 4th Annual RI VegFest is only one month away! We cannot wait to party with you plant eaters on February 3rd and 4th at WaterFire Arts Center in Providence. We're going to be eating, drinking, and shopping with over 85 plant-based vegan restaurants, food and beverage producers, artists, makers, retails, and so much more. VIP Tickets to this fully vegan event are now completely SOLD OUT and General Admission tickets are very likely to sell out in advance, too. See a full list of vendors, learn more about the event, and get tickets are rivegfest.com!
Door open to The Good Trade PVD in just one week! If you've never been to The Good Trade Makers Market, here's what you need to know: On November 18th and 19th, we'll be bringing nearly 100 of the country's best and most positive-minded independent makers under one roof for a weekend-long community shopping experience @waterfireartscenter in Providence. Join us for lunch and a coffee (or something stronger from our bar) while you meet and shop from innovators, designers, and makers from RI and 11 other states. Tickets are only $8 in advance and $10 at the door. With your entry you will receive a drink ticket that can be redeemed on-site for your choice of a small beer from Trinity Brewhouse or Proclamation Ale, a small cocktail pour from The Industrious Spirit Co. and Bootblack Brand, a small hot coffee from New Harvest Coffee, or an ice cream from Gather Farm. 🖤 Parking is free, easy, and plentiful. 🖤 We'll have food from pop-up restaurants JA Patty and Mings Asian Street Food. 🖤 You'll be able to play Plinko for a Cause where you're guaranteed to win prizes while supporting Riverzedge Arts. For tickets, a list of vendors, and more information, visit goodtrademakersmarket.com!
Vendor applications for the inaugural GFree Fest on March 23rd are NOW OPEN! If you're a gluten-free or gluten-friendly restaurant, pop-up, food or beverage producer, maker, retailer, or non-profit, we'd love to hear from you. We're looking for vendors who LOVE a party, but still take gluten allergies and sensitivities seriously! So, if you're interested in partying with us and a couple thousand gluten-free eaters, then head on over to gfreefest.com and apply now!
Bloom Flower and Home is back for a 3rd straight year and vendor applications are now open! That's right, the event where you won't be judged for having too many house plants is returning to WaterFire Arts Center in Providence, RI on April 6th and 7th. It's time for all of you petal pushers, houseplant hawkers, and decor dealers to submit your applications to vend with us! Head to bloomflowerandhome.com to learn more about vending and to apply. Not a vendor, but have a business that you'd love to see at Bloom?! Tag them below!
Look out, folks. On Monday we'll start announcing the nearly 200 businesses, our event sponsors, and the Plinko for a Cause beneficiaries that make up The Good Trade in PVD and BTV this year. We'll even throw in some rad prize pack giveaways just for fun. Find a business you love? Tell them by giving them a follow. Want to shop from everyone in person? Visit goodtrademakersmarket.com/tickets get your tickets.
Chair 2 Beer asked us to go kayaking with them. We obviously packed our cameras.
We cannot wait to start announcing our vendors, sponsors, Plinko for a Cause beneficiaries, and the special things you'll see at The Good Trade PVD & BTV this year. All of that is coming soon, but first, we're excited to share this video from last year's Burlington event! BTV, you really showed up and packed Hula to the gills! It was a weekend of positivity and community support. You shopped, ate, drank, and brought all of the good vibes. We surveyed our vendors after the event, and we know that your support of their small businesses generated approximately $300,000 - a staggering number. But, you didn't stop there. You went on to help us raise much appreciated funding for The Vermont Professionals of Color Network through Plinko for a Cause, too. We're counting the days until we can all be under one roof again.
Little City Thrifty Vintage Market is BACK! Yep, our ridiculous rally of rummaged regalia is right around the corner on October 14th & 15th at WaterFire Arts Center in Providence, RI. Shop from over 90 booths filled with vintage and pre-loved clothing, records, books, art, furniture, home decor, and more, at all price points. Have a drink, pick through 15,000 square feet of buried treasure, and go home thrifty! Don't slack on tickets because Early Buying Hour and General Admission tickets have always sold out in advance. Early Buying Hour allows you to start shopping a whole hour before doors open for General Admission. If you want first dibs and a little extra elbow room at the event, Early Buying Hour is for you. Entry include a drink ticket good for your choice of a small cocktail from Bully Boy Distillers, a small beer from Trinity Beer Garden and Rejects Beer Co., a small coffee from New Harvest Coffee Roasters, or a bottle of Topo Chico Sparking Mineral Water. Trinity Beer Garden will also be running the bar for full sized pours - including their famous cocktails served in pink flamingos. Tickets, a list of vendors, and more info can be found at littlecitythrifty.com!
Tomorrow, we'll start announcing our vendors for In Between Days Festival on August 19th & 20th in Quincy, MA! In addition to all of the makers from The Good Trade and vintage dealers from Little City Thrifty, the weekend will be chock-full with 24+ bands including Modest Mouse, Lord Huron, Trampled By Turtles, Phantogram, Sunny Day Real Estate, and so many more. Come hang out with us for the weekend by getting your tickets at inbetweendaysfestival.com!
When the Hope Street Merchants Association reached out and asked if we’d help revive the Hope Street Spring Block Party, we said, “uh, obviously.” On May 20th, we’re shutting down Hope Street in Providence and filling five full blocks with over 150 small businesses, bars, food trucks, restaurants, family activities, street performers, and a stage from ASKEW. You’ll be able to grab a beer or hard seltzer from 'Gansett and Moniker or a cocktail from The Industrious Spirit Co., Fever Tree, and Topo-Chico and shop, eat, and party with us from 11am to 5pm. There’s a whole lot going on at this event, but here are some highlights: We’ll have performances from Big Nazo, ERB, Funky Submarine, Blackout Drum Squad, the Dan Blakeslee Trio, The Greg Sherrod Band, RI Kung Fu Club’s Lion Dance, The Providence Drum Troupe, Swampbirds, Project 401, Maddie McGill, Providence Deep Underground, and The Hope Street Fashion Show. Renegade Wrestling Alliance will even have a ring on the street for live professional wrestling! The New England Revs and their mascot, Slyde, will have their fun accuracy kick game set-up, Ricky Rainbow Beard and Drum Group Services will be hosting activities for kids, Vintage Pet Rescue will have some adorable dogs who are available for adoption for you to meet, Gather Glass will be hosting live glass blowing demos, you’ll be able to tour The Reuse Box Truck and learn more about living small and sustainably, Rochambeau Library will be giving away children’s books to those in need, and as always, we’ll be hosting a community book swap at our tent for you to share your pre-loved books with the community and pick up some fresh reads for yourself. We can’t wait to introduce you to our makers and artists from The Good Trade Makers Market and vintage dealers from Little City Thrifty, too. Clear your Saturday and come on down to Hope Street on May 20th. This event is entirely free and bar proceeds benefit the Hope Street Merchants Associat
ATTENTION MAKERS: Vendor applications for The Good Trade in both Providence, RI and Burlington, VT are now open. We’re looking for independent makers, manufacturers, and artists from all over the US who care just as much about their craft as they do for their community. If you’re a good human who makes good things, then we want you to apply for The Good Trade. Tag your favorite independent makers that you’d love to see at The Good Trade below or visit goodtrademakersmarket.com/apply to apply for yourself!
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