Tiny Farmer's Market Launches First After-Dark Pop-Up With 30 Vendors in Austin

1 articles · Updated · Community Impact · May 19

June 7 will bring the Tiny Farmer’s Market’s first after-dark pop-up to P6 in downtown Austin, with 30 vendors and three live bands.
A $10 donation will get attendees a drink ticket, and all proceeds from the night market will go to the Andy Roddick Foundation.
The Austin market grew from a single vendor to more than 30 within a year, and now draws enough interest to maintain a waitlist of about 300 applicants.
Founder Gustafson has shaped the event as a low-cost “third space,” adding free drinks and live music while giving early-career artisans room to test and sell their work.
After the night market, the group plans monthly summer dates on June 13, July 18, Aug. 15 and Sept. 12 as it expands the broader Tiny Project community.

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