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Spring Fest
Experience the best of the Artists & Fleas Maker Community during Spring Fest!
Celebrate creativity with our makers all weekend long. Over the course of Saturday & Sunday, April 13-14th, members of our merchant community will showcase their creative chops with workshops, demonstrations, and more. Plus, you’ll get to meet some of the merchants behind your favorite A&F shops in the process.
We’ve also partnered with local businesses to bring a taste of each neighborhood inside our marketplaces – follow us on Instagram for the most up-to-date additions for each of our locations.
See the full line-up:
- April 14 only: Join modern calligrapher Danielle Rothman for a calligraphy pop up and embossing demonstration. Everyone who stops by will receive a personalized name card in the color of their choice.
- April 13 AM only: All natural, freehand, & freestyled Henna by Margaret
- Sample a delightful mix of ice cream flavors from My/Mo Mochi Ice Cream
- April 13, 3pm–7pm: Live silk painting by Divine NY & Co. Sign up for this workshop!
- April 14 only: Custom, on-the-spot toe rings by Marina Pecoraro
- Make Your Own Pom Pom Earrings with Ariana Bohling
- Create your own custom essential oil roll-ons with Nicole Rose Studio
- Visit the LOID Noble booth for free organic product samples
- Live waffling and embossing at Hudson & Kings
- Free gift with $100 purchase at Nanako
- Meet & Greet with ISLYNYC’s owner and designer Carrie Morrissey as she launches her new new spring collection “Florals for Spring”
- April 14, 3pm–5pm: Discover the new spring collection “Bling on a String” at Dani & The Rings and watch the artist create new bracelets on the spot!
- Visit the Jewels by Atlantis booth for 15% off all gemstone purchases and 10% off other purchases over $50
- Free palm leaf boxer with $50 purchase at Curated Basics
- Free styling sessions with the artists at Alexandra Beth Designs, Jewels by Atlantis, and Rhea Kulcsar NYC
- Visit the Brooklyn Charm, YAH YAH Jewelry, Lewis & Pine, and PASTE booths for a giveaway and contest
- Flash tattoos with Live By The Sword, and get a free tee-shirt with purchases of $100+!
- Tarot reading by Extraordinary Tarot
- Kings County Distillery will be offering complimentary tastings of their spirits
- Visit the Aliens of Brooklyn booth to experience their “insta trap” photo booth
- Attend an Easter-themed typing workshop with Left2Write
- April 14, 11am–4pm: At Automic Gold, get a free styling session and headshot with their resident photographer with your purchase of any Automic Gold jewelry.
- April 13 only: Sample a delightful mix of ice cream flavors from My/Mo Mochi Ice Cream
- Get Spring Styling advice for your favorite vintage clothing at Thriftwares. Customize that old winter wear into springtime fashion!
- April 13, 12pm–5pm: Join Aris of By Aris in his workshop in Soho. He will demonstrate how he design and creates some of his favorite pieces.
- April 13, 3pm–5pm: Discover the new spring collection “Bling on a String” at Dani & The Rings and watch the artist create new bracelets on the spot!
- April 13 only: Custom, on-the-spot toe rings by Marina Pecoraro
- Visit the Jewels by Atlantis booth for 15% off all gemstone purchases and 10% off other purchases over $50
- Visit the Metrix Jewelry booth for 15% off purchases of $100 or more
- Visit the Dana Blair booth for a Free Duplicity Ring with a purchase of $50 or more
- Free palm leaf boxer with $50 purchase at Curated Basics
- Free styling sessions with the artists at Alexandra Beth Designs, Jewels by Atlantis, and (April 14 only) Rhea Kulcsar NYC
- Visit the A Handful Of and Newstand booths for a giveaway and contest
- Aura photography with The Kind Aura
- Delicious Maine lobster fare from Cousins Maine Lobster
- Go on a sensory experience with Meet the Plants, herbal tea experience, at the XoM3 Botanical Solutions tent
- Make your own Easter Basket with Adventureland Toy Emporium
- Create your own mini concrete planter with Plant Karma
- Paint your own handmade mug with RareBird, $35 per person
- Mobile cat cafe with Moon Cat Cafe! Moon Cat Cafe brings the cat cafe experience on the road to the public, with adoptable cats, great coffee, and cat-themed artisan goods on board!
- DIY your own necklace with A.M. Jewelry Studio
- Free gift with purchase from Peyote Coyote
- DIY earring demonstration with Romilt
- Register in advance to pick up a free tree courtesy of The New York Restoration Project on Saturday, April 13. Come stop by and take home a free container seedling tree to get your garden started this spring!
- Henna with Elementalvybe
- Interact with the Zero Waste Daniel installation and get on-the-spot custom patches from the artist
- The Reworks will be accepting any and all denim donations during Spring Fest – any size, any condition, any brand. All unwanted denim will be repurposed/reworked into fresh new garments and home accessories (rather then being thrown out, forgotten about & ending up in landfills). All donators will receive 15% off their next purchase at The Reworks!
- Celebrate spring with Branch Patty’s new flavor contest. Submit your best spring-inspired patty flavor idea and win a half dozen patties if selected!
- Olive oil tasting with PHILOKALIA
- Custom monogramming at Sixteen Sisters. Be the 16th customer at their booth and win a prize!
- Live origami demos and custom orders with Forty Seven Cranes
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Get your nature fix at Feather & Foxglove and enter their spring contest to win a vintage treasure.
- Join the founder of I.E. Spa Indulgences for a live demonstration on how to create a simple face mask with items from any pantry for all skin types.
- Discover the new spring collection “Bling on a String” at Dani & The Rings and watch the artist create new bracelets on the spot
- Simple Good Gifts will be giving out autographed bookmarks with every purchase of Kathryn Kellogg’s new book 101 Ways to Go Zero Waste while supplies last.
- Free palm leaf boxer with $50 purchase at Curated Basics
- Visit the LOID Noble booth for free organic product samples
- Free sage with any purchase from Rose Wolf Collective
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Urban Monk Balm is offering a build your own cologne/scent at their booth
- reign_wala will be doing custom fittings for new and returning customers and free hand-rolled incense with every purchase while supplies last
- Visit the Meraki and Gnome Enterprises booths for a giveaway and contest