Indie South year 'round!

Indie South Fair is branching out into mini-events that will take place throughout the year. We want to give artists a chance to market their wares year round, not just during peak sales seasons. These events will be smaller-scale, which means less work for us and more affordable for artists!  

Our first such happening was this past Valentine's Day at Little Kings Shuffle Club. We teamed up with the annual Zombie Prom to bring you a day of pampering, shopping, and more followed by the Zombie Prom. Cranking up at 9pm, the creatures of the night took over, with performances by Monsoon, The Humms, and The De Lux Interiors and an undead costume dance party!  

At the Handmade Lovers~A Valentine's Affair we had local artists offering handmade gifts including cards and sweets, a caricature artist to render your likeness, tarot readings from Autumn Weaver to engage your intuition and cultivate your genius, plus services from the stylists at Honey's Salon and the make up professionals at M.A.C.  We had a great time and are sure to do it again next Valentine's Day. 

 Stay tuned for other such events in the Summer and Fall.

 

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Eclectic Bazaar to begin again in March.

Indie South Fair has a little sister vintage market called the Eclectic Bazaar. Taking place once a month at the Vic's Vintage lot on Broad Street in downtown Athens, Eclectic Bazaar has a focus on quality vintage items but also welcomes artists and performers! We will be starting back up again in mid-March and spaces are only $15!

Contact us at athenseclecticbazaar@gmail.com to get the exact dates and times.

 

A Lovely Spring Day - by Indie South Fair - May 4, 2013

On May 4th we bring you A Lovely Spring Day, our annual Springtime market. We plan on incorporating even more interactive aspects to this show and are actively seeking demonstrators and artists to hold workshops. We are also expanding our food cart selection, and accepting more non-profits promoting worthy causes.

We are also cultivating a special art car section that we hope will grow to include regional artists from around the Southeast. As always, we want to encourage local school art groups to participate and be part of our show--if you know art teachers or art clubs that would like to have a booth, chances are, we will sponsor them, so spread the word!

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Bigger and Better for 2013!

We are planning our next events, and should have dates available soon. In addition to our Spring and Holiday Markets, we are venturing into new territory and planning other, smaller handmade happenings throughout the year. Details will be posted here very soon, but until then, enjoy your holidays and thanks so much for everyone's support this year!! We have grown and changed and look forward to even more expansion in 2013!

Photo Galleries are done! Over 300 snaps!

Hey friends and neighbors, I now have the photo galleries from the Indie South Fair Holiday Hooray!  There are over 300 photos online now, give our new Gallery a look!

 

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Indie South Fair's Holiday Hooray is tomorrow!

Indie South Fair's Holiday Hooray is tomorrow!  Lots of fun things going on tomorrow, strop in and check out the music, art, demos etc. 

Farm Cart will also be with us from about noon on, selling delightful lunch items made fresh from locally sourced ingredients!

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Ursa Minor Coffee (& much more) will be on hand serving hot drinks and sweet treats all day long, be sure to stop by and show your support for this fellow who has traveled from Asheville to be part of our event!

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DJ Mahogany, the Shoal Creek Stranglers, Black Moon, and Tom B Television performing live tomorrow.

There will ster Booth set up for folks to get pictures made at the event!

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Keara Connor will be making robot ornaments with the kiddies as part of our kids activities! You may know Keara from her workshops with Treehouse and Arrow, we are so thrilled she's joining us on Saturday!

Free "Make Your Own Ornament" Event this Saturday!

Katie H and Laura C will be hosting a free "make your own ornament from an acorn" table at Indie South Fair's Holiday Hooray this Saturday. Hosted by Ben's Bikes, located at 670 West Broad

Holiday Toy Drive this Saturday!

Please join Indie South Fair and the Eclectic Bazaar in our efforts to collect toys and art/craft supplies for the holidays.

We will have a collection box at the info booth at the show this weekend. Thank you all so much for your support.

Also, we have sponsored booths for two groups of kids--AthensArt4Schools (https://www.facebook.com/AthensArt4Schools)  and the Harmony Elementary School. Plus Jeremy Kiran Fernandes will be there selling his art. it means so much to these kids to have an opportunity to showcase their works to the community, please come out and show them that they and their art matters!