Tuesday, April 27, 2010

POP UP FLEA SUNDAY MAY 2nd

We are joining forces with SoGo – Dublin Arts Festival next weekend to bring you a once off POP UP FLEA MARKET in the centre of Dublin. Its gonna take place just a stones throw from Grafton st in the open air car park on Andrews lane. There will be 30 traders selling from their cars, food stalls, a kids area run by the SCOOP Foundation (www.thescoopfoundation.com) live grafitti artists and a performance area for buskers.

So get yourself down to do some alternative shopping in the city centre next Sunday May 2nd 12 – 5pm

AND If you are interested in getting carbootastic and setting up shop for the day we have a few car spaces left which you can apply for by filling out the form here.

Monday, April 26, 2010

***ROLLOVER RAFFLE***

Thanks to everyone for coming down to the flea yesterday and thanks in particular to anyone who bought a raffle ticket or made a donation to the funding of the new wooden frame canopies that we are hoping to buy from Germany. At the moment we have to rent the blue and white gazebos from Dublin City Council, who cannot guarantee their availability for every flea market day. We are one of the only markets in ireland to provide its traders with everything they need to trade - canopies, tables, chairs etc. By doing this the market is accessable to everyone, not just professional traders. So buying these canopies ourselves is something we really want to do and is absolutely necessary for the continuation of the market.

Plus, they look gorgeous!!


So if you bump into any of us around town sign yourself up for a few raffle tickets. Its a rollover for the whole summer, so as prizes are given away, more and more will be added each month. Here’s the lineup so far:

ELECTRIC PICNIC TICKET www.eletricpicnic.ie
BODY AND SOUL SOLSTICE GATHERING FESTIVAL TICKETS www.bodyandsoul.ie
MEAL FOR 2 IN UKIYO www.ukiyobar.com
MEAL FOR 2 IN GRUEL
‘ALL BAR NONE’ COCKTAIL AND DRINKS HAMPER www.allbarnone.ie
GUBBEEN FARMHOUSE PRODUCTS HAMPER www.gubbeen.com
MEAL FOR 2 IN THE HAPPY PEAR IN GREYSTONES www.thehappypear.ie
MEAL FOR 2 AT THE CO-OP CAFE
JAMES HANLEY ARTWORK www.jameshanley.net
MR STEVE MCCARTHY ARTWORK mrstevemccarthy.blogspot.com
FIRST EDITION SEX PISTOLS – NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS LP
BOTTLE OF PROSECO AND LUNCH FOR 2 AT THE CAKE CAFE www.thecakecafe.ie
FREE HAIRCUT BY JOHN MCCLOURY
DUBLIN FLEA MARKET SURPRISE BOX OF TAT!! www.dublinflea.ie

Monday, April 19, 2010

Outdoor Flea

Delighted, delighted, delighted to have finally gotten the go ahead to extend the market out onto the square. We were getting that little bit cramped inside and were in need of a bit of a stretch so we added an extra 20 stalls to the existing 40 inside the warehouse. We're glad to be bringing a bit of life to a square that is so under-utilised and an area that has been screaming out for a revival.
It was an early start lashing up all the canopies, scrubbing the furniture (still dirty from last years electric picnic) but the sun we ordered was right on time and everything was peaches from there on in.