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The Front Market Fall 2024 Season: Day One

  • WATERLOO PARK 500 E 12th St Austin, TX, 78701 United States (map)

The Front Market’s Fall 2024 Season ✰✰✰

The Front Market will be back on NOVEMBER 23 AND 24 AT WATERLOO Park.

✹ 150+ vendors
✹ Waterloo park (500 E 12th St, 78701)
✹ November 23 and 24, 2024
✹ 11 AM to 5 PM each day!
✹ 100% women & LGBTQ+ lineup
✹ Rain or shine!

SHOP SMALL. SUSTAIN LOCAL. SHOW UP.

For the first time, The Front Market’s Fall 2024 Season will be hosted at Waterloo Park, a park and event space located in the heart of downtown Austin. (Learn more about our new Fall Season venue here. )

As always, we’ll be open for the weekend, with an exhibition of more than 150 women and LGBTQ+ creatives, small business owners, designers and makers across the Texas South. 

100% family-friendly and outdoors. Dog-friendly. Human-friendly. Free and open to the public.

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BEHIND THE FRONT MARKET

THE FRONT MARKET IS AN INDEPENDENT MARKETPLACE AND FAIR, CURATED BY FUTURE FRONT.

Welcoming 400+ vendors & 10,000+ guests across two seasons in Austin, we showcase women and LGBTQ+ creatives, designers, makers, craftspeople, small business owners and artists from Texas.

Show up to support the people, places and things you want to see in the world.

 

DAY ONE LINEUP

This FALL’S theme is RITUALS.

Pop-Up Shops:

Nov. 23 + 24 — 

Acquired Taste
AGBB Studio
Andrea Patin Ceramics
Anna Gadzhikurbanova Ceramics
APIECE
Backseat Love
Bee Kynd
BonkerCakes
Botany Buffet
buttercup
CB Clay
Chiquita’s Clay
Clay House Candles
Clouds Crafts Co.
cosmic chaos jewelry
Cousin Kenny's
dribget
Eden House Botanicals
Eesa Rani Style
Fiesta Feet
Fulanas Accessories
Future Vagabond
Glitter Gravy
Great Divide Candle Co.
HOOOP There It Is
Juliana Ceramics
June & Sage
KES Illustrations
Lei'La B's Boutique
Lexi Bruner
Luna Lupe Studio
lux + luz
Mad Glass Studio
Maggie Villamaria Jewelry
McKinley Mizar Fine Art & Jewelry
Mimi's Origamis
Naomi Natural Thread
Poetree: Fine Leather Goods
Redeemer Small Batch
Reem Jewelry
SaLone Adornments
Skin Contact Soap
Strawberry Milkweed Prints
Stuff by Chelsey
STUPiT FRESH
Team Jemini Designs
The Black Daisy
The Green Room ATX
The Little Gay Shop
Tsz Kam
Urbs Studio
Wadadli Naturals
Wavy Roller
Vida Antigua Vintage

Only Nov. 23 —

7th Street Candle Co
Agave Haus
AKINYI
Alison Skinher
ATX Terrariums
Aviv Collection
By Akki
Cake Shack Co
Cara Bella Designs
Cerami.cs
charity ridpath
Desired Objects
DYLAN WYLDE
Elena Marcozzi
Ester Z Handmade
Fletcher Ceramics
Girl and Cat Crochet
Good AM
Hear & Now
Hendrickson Handmade
Hey There Leila
Indigo & Lily Co.
Jeffrey Jin
KAF designs
Kari Breitigam
Kitty's Creatures!
Laurel Small Batch Goods
Lorita Makes
Malti B Lee Art
Maridad Studio
Maya Scully Studio
Mazapán Paper Co.
Mi Luz Jewelry
Milk Maiden
Mushroom Mamí
Mutt Motel
open.
PAISLEY AFFAIR
Queen Bee
Roommate Collective
Rosa Pottery
Rubylightnites
Sheyna Makes
Solid Soaps
Sweater P*rn x Yarn Matter
Tak Tak
Temazcal Life
The Happy Hooker
The Pampered Platypus
Villa Atelier
YEAR 901

Homegrown Menus:

Nov. 23 + 24 — 

Later Gator Coffee Co.

Only Nov. 23 —

3 small plates
Brown Sugar Bake Shop
Lyoness Pastry Boutique
Lyssie Lou's Cookie Co.
The Traveling Empanada
Peace Cheese

DJ Sets by:

Damino (12 to 2 PM)
DJ Helios (2 to 4 PM)

CREATIVE Surprises:

Nov. 23 + 24 — 

✰ Good Cocktails Bar with Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Moontower Rentals Market Lounges
✰ Small Business Map & Mural Tour Installation with Waymo
✰ Daily Giveaways with Future Front (First 25 In The Park!)
The Front Market Fall 2024 Season Best Booth Design Contest

Only Nov. 23 — 

✰ Free Clay Demonstrations with Anga Haus
✰ Drag N Draw with Sketchers Drawing Club
✰ Pop-Up Booth with Red River Cultural District

Pop-Up Art Gallery by Austin-Based Artists:

Child Appetite
Elena Marcozzi
Jeffrey Jin
Wavy Roller

 

HOW TO ATTEND

The Front Market is open to the public—free or by donation. When you RSVP, you have the option to donate to our work.

Proceeds will benefit our very own Creative Future of Texas Fund, a micro-grants program for women and queer creatives and small business owners in Texas.

Name your ticket price to donate below:

*If you are a Future Front member, please provide your name at the door for entry or head to members.futurefronttexas.org or futurefrontmembership.squarespace.com to access member rates for event tickets, applications & other perks at anytime.

 

PREPARE YOUR VISIT TO THE FRONT MARKET

Waterloo Park is part of Waterloo Greenway, a 1.5-mile park system with the power to bring the entire Austin community together. Amid epic gardens and rolling pathways, and a twinkling Waller Creek that links them, the environment, arts, health, and adventure will converge — and nourish authentic and uplifting experiences that reflect our city’s diversity.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW — thefrontmarket.com/faq

WHERE TO PARK — Parking will be limited and fee based ($20-$25) in all of the surrounding state garages. Waterloo Park guests can find parking at the nearby Capitol Visitors Parking garage located at 1201 San Jacinto Blvd. Paid evening/weekend parking is also available in State Garages A & F. Additionally, you can use the Trip Planner at capmetro.org/plan for public transit options. Personal bike parking is available at 15th St. & Red River St. and along Trinity St. between 12th St. & 15th St.

WHAT TO DO — When you arrive at the market, you'll have plenty of vendors to meet, plus a chance to browse our curated food court. DJ sets, workshops and live art installations will rotate each day, too.

WHAT TO EAT/DRINK — The Front Market's food court is immaculate; if you can't find something at the food court, though, there plenty of restaurants and businesses within walking distance.

AVAILABLE LANGUAGES — ASL interpreters can be provided upon request. Si necesita traducción al español para participar en este evento, envíenos un correo electrónico a hello@futurefronttexas.org.

OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY GUIDELINES —

  • All Future Front staff, volunteers and guests will be required to practice mutual respect, as well as demonstrate an alignment with Future Front’s code of conduct and values.

  • Capacity is limited to reduce crowding of any kind and all events will be held in primarily outdoor and open-air spaces or have access to proper ventilations and well-maintained A/C systems.

  • At Future Front events, all guests are expected to follow Austin-local health and safety guidelines for gatherings, as well as practice consideration with the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and any other legal, mind-altering or dangerous substances and objects. This also includes:

    • As Future Front strives to be a good neighbor, we discourage the use of tobacco products on the property of nearby businesses and residences, to improve air quality, throughout our events.

      • Tobacco use and electronic smoking device use are not permitted at any time within Future Front properties and event spaces at least 15 ft from entrances, exits, operational windows, or ventilation system intake vents. 

      • Littering of tobacco-related products on the grounds or parking lots is also prohibited.

    • Concealed or open weapons and firearms (including handguns) are not allowed at any Future Front venues.

GOT QUESTIONS? Shoot us a note at hello@futurefronttexas.org. We're happy to help and will get back to you!

 

BEHIND FUTURE FRONT

HOMEGROWN IN AUSTIN, FUTURE FRONT IS AN AWARD-WINNING CULTURE SPACE AND EXHIBITION SERIES—WITH WOMEN AND LGBTQ+ CREATIVES AT THE FRONT.

As an arts and culture nonprofit, we produce two community-led exhibitions, The Front Market and The Front Festival. Beyond our flagship showcases, we host year-round shows and workshops at our creative space in historic East Austin, welcoming 20,000+ visitors per year.

Through these programs and collaborations, we invite the public to dream of a future where creativity, curiosity and intersectional design thrive in Texas—where we see ourselves and our cultures reflected in our communities. Learn more at futurefronttexas.org.


THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY The City of Austin Economic Development Department, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Texas Commission on the Arts, Waymo, The LINE Hotel Austin, Pease Park Conservancy, the Red River Cultural District, Downtown Austin Alliance Foundation, Topo Chico, as well as Future Front’s donors and members. THANK YOU!

PS — We are fundraising for our future. We have a goal of $10,000 by December 2024 and are halfway there. Find ways to support below: