Start making those early bird shopping lists for Porter Flea Holiday!! Our Vendors have been announced. Drum roll please! Check out the full lineup here!
Holiday Applications are CLOSED.
We cannot say thank you enough to all the AMAZING applications we received for our Holiday market. Its going to be very tough for our jury. And we mean VERY tough. Stay tuned for a 2013 Holiday Vendor announcement soon! Good Luck everyone!
Applications close this Sunday!
Friendly reminder that the application deadline for our summer market is midnight this Sunday, October 6th! If you have not already applied, we invite all designers, crafters, printers, illustrators, makers, and photographers to submit an application. Remember our show is curated and juried. Get those applications in today and good luck!
Apply Today!
Calling all crafty types! Applications are officially open for our holiday market! Spread the word to your creative friends! Click here to Apply!
BIG NEWS!
Porter Flea travels to Chestnut Hill this December for Nashville's third annual modern holiday market. If you're looking to complete your holiday shopping list with one-of-a-kind gifts by the area's most talented local artisans---and if you also enjoy Nashville's best food trucks, a live DJ soundtrack, and just the right amount of holiday cheer---Porter Flea Holiday will not disappoint. Mark your calendars for Saturday, December 7th, for our next holiday market. We will also host our second ticketed preview market on Friday, December 6th, to give holiday customers first dibs to shop in a smaller setting. We are always looking for partners and sponsors who want to enhance and promote Nashville's modern handmade marketplace. For information, please email brent@porterflea.com.
Summer Market Video
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Thank You!
The Porter Flea team would like to extend a heartfelt 'thank you' to everyone who participated in AirCraft today. Our vendors and visitors were amazing, as well as our sponsors and volunteers. We are so proud to call Nashville our home and we couldn't pull this off without the support of our wonderful community. Thank you for believing in handmade and local business! Sign up here for information on future events!
Map + Tips!
Porter Flea has got a specially designed map to pilot your way. We've partnered with some of East Nashville's hippest spots to guide you along your flightpath to AirCraft. Download here: AirCraftMAP.
Our Main Market is TODAY, Saturday, June 1st and is free admission, open to the public from 10am-5pm. Hope to see you there!
Tips for the Flea!
*Parking is free and will only be allowed in the Airpark (no street parking). Please carpool. Our friends at Rush Bicycle Messengers and Walk/Bike Nashville will provide free, secure bike valet as well as have organized a group bike ride to the market. Sign up here! *Airpark opens at 10am. Sorry, no early bird shopping. *Limited edition screen printed AirCraft posters and Porter Flea t-shirts, totes, and lapel pins will be available on Friday and Saturday. Look for the PF Merch booth in Hangar 2! *If you want a more leisurely shopping experience, try late afternoon. We close up shop at 5pm.
Bike to the Flea!
Ride your bicycle to Porter Flea! Walk/Bike Nashville will provide free, secure Bike Valet for all who ride. While supplies last, Bike Valet users get a free Porter Flea poster! Rush Bicycle Messengers offers same day delivery of your largest purchases right to your doorstep. Ride with friends and neighbors on one of three group rides to the market- check them out here!
Only 30 tickets left!
Ever wanted to be V.I.Flea? For the first time ever, you can be one of only 150 people to get first dibs on all of the amazing goods at Porter Flea. Enjoy local craft beer and tasty treats and get to know the area's most talented designers and artisans at this exclusive event. Join us as AirCraft takes off with a private preview market at Cornelia Fort Airpark on Friday night, May 31st, from 5-8pm.
AirCraft 2013 features our biggest and most diverse lineup ever, showcasing over 80 of the region’s best designers of modern handmade apparel and accessories, home goods, furniture, jewelry, prints, posters, and paper goods. Check out our amazing lineup with photos right here. Don't miss the opportunity to see them -- and to have first crack at this summer's hottest items -- the night before the crowds arrive for the free admission market!
The exclusive Preview Market is a pre-paid, ticket-only event (no pay at the door entry allowed). Your ticket grants you access to our Friday evening Preview Market, which includes local fare like The Bloomy Rind and Sweet Betweens and craft beer from Fat Bottom Brewing. Other Preview Market-only surprises will also be included! Twenty percent of ticket sales will benefit Friends of Shelby and Rosebank Neighbors. This preview market event is 21 and up.
Click here to purchase tickets. These limited tickets will go fast - get yours today!
Presenting Sponsor!
Our Presenting Sponsor Native is on a mission to #makenashvilleawesomer. We think they do just that. Thanks friends for your support!
Premier Sponsors!
Giant thank you's go out to our three Premier Sponsors! The East Nashvillian is a bi-monthly magazine dedicated to the uniqueness of East Nashville & Inglewood with a focus on events, charities, businesses and people in the local area. Written by East Nashvillians, for East Nashvillians! Brand Imaging Group is dedicated to offering products and services that enable your business to maximize the principle of visual selling with 100% consistency to your consumer targets. These folks do all-star printing for Nashville and beyond. Nashville Arts Magazine is dedicated to celebrating, honoring, encouraging and promoting the arts and creative spirit of Nashville and Middle Tennessee.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Field of Dreams!
Check out the views from our amazing new location! In addition to the very interesting history of Cornelia Fort and the airpark that bears her name, the new venue's wide open hangars, greenway connections, and huge vistas guarantee that AirCraft will be the most enjoyable and accessible Porter Flea yet (no more lines!). All the extra space means more room to showcase our largest and most diverse array of Vendors in double-wide, stroller-friendly aisles with open circulation for easier browsing. And out on the tarmac? A full squadron of Nashville's favorite food trucks and covered tables. Summer officially takes off next weekend!
PhotoBooth!
Bring all your summer sweeties to Porter Flea: AirCraft! Claudia Kay Photo will be back with a paper plane filled photo booth for you to grin in!
Native mag!
The Porter Fleas are pumped our Presenting Sponsor: Native magazine will be bringing the cornhole heat to Porter Flea! Start practicing now for all the fun! See you Saturday, June 1st!
There are still a few Friday night Preview Market tickets left! Enjoy shopping crowd free and getting first dibs on wares, while sipping on Fat Bottom Brewing brews, noshing on local fare, and plenty more surprises! Click here to purchase!
Sponsor Post!
Thanks to Sky Blue Cafe for providing our Vendors with delicious breakfast treats at Porter Flea: AirCraft! Our friends at Sky Blue have been with us since our very first Flea and we HIGHLY recommend you check out their delicious restaurant on the East Side. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! Tell Chad we said howdy!
Sponsor Post!
Thrilled to have Brand Imaging Group sponsoring the Flea again! Stay tuned for photos of their incredible banners and signage they will be printing for us. Thanks BIG!
Food Truck Roundup!
So many good things all rolled into one amazing Food Truck round up for our AirCraft event! Pick your favorite savory truck then enjoy a dessert treat from one of our sweet trucks. Thanks to all of our Food Truck Vendors. We can almost taste the local food goodness now!
The Bloomy Rind
The Bloomy Rind. located in the heart of East Nashville, will be bringing the tastiest of specialty cheese treats to our Preview Market on Friday May 31st. This is a pre-paid ticket only event. Tickets are available for purchase here and will include FBB craft beer and local fare (including The Bloomy Rind), along with other fun surprises! The Preview Market is your chance to shop crowd free, meet and greet the artists, and get first dibs on all of their fantastic wares. Join us!
Sponsor Post!
Be sure and give the latest issue of Nashville Arts Magazine a peek. Nashville Arts Magazine is dedicated to celebrating, honoring, encouraging and promoting the arts and creative spirit of Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Sound familiar? That's why you should check them out. Thanks for your support Nashville Arts mag!
