Birthday Poster

Luca Canu spends most of his time translating books from Italian into English, and some of his time designing things. We're very glad he's designated some of that time to designing our November poster.

November also happens to be our third birthday!! woop

luca.canu.lc@gmail.com

Christmas Markets

This year we're going to be doing two Christmas Markets - Our usual Christmas Market in Newmarket on December 18th and the Block T and Dublin Flea Christmas Cracker is back again in Smithfield on December 10th and 11th.

The Smithfield market is going to be Dublin's biggest christmas market with 120 stalls, food, music, coffee, christmas trees and the introduction of a whole new space.... BLOCK B. This will be the first time that Block B is being used as it is another one of those monstrous disused spaces over in Smithfield. Should be an amazing weekend...cant wait.

We'll be back in Newmarket then the week after for the annual Flea before Christmas in the Co-op, all the usual loveliness in tow.....maybe some added roasted chestnuts on an open fire.

If you want to apply for either Market there is a separate form to the usual application form which can be found on the homepage of our website www.dublinflea.ie or by clicking here.

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October poster

Alistan Munroe designed our Halloween market poster this month. Hoping to find some goulish bits n bobs at the market for dress-up on Sunday night. Ow Ow OOOOOOOOOWwwwwwww alistanmunroe.tumblr.com

September poster

Classic Block Print poster by Emily Turner this month. Thanks Emily! www.emilyturnerdesign.com

Flea-Feast

It was almost like those Brits with their funny hats... Thanks to everyone who came down with dishes and shared 'em out. Yum!

STREETFEAST

We're throwin a street party at the flea this Sunday!!

Streetfeast which is a great, great initiative happens to fall on the same day as the market this month so we're going to set up a big long table in the centre of the outside area and all we need is for you to bring down some grub and get stuck in. So many of you come down to the market every month and this time we want you just to stay a little bit longer and enjoy a Sunday lunch together.

It will be a rolling feast all day and everyone is welcome to join. The idea though is that everyone chips in and brings something to the table, even if its small, just to contribute to the event - it can be a dish, a salad, a cake, some biscuits, bread, dips, drinks, party hats or even just some flowers for the table.

And all the usual market banter going on around you. Cant wait!

August Market Poster

The hare with one ear for sale came about by thinking of the type of object that can turn up at a flea market ie. stuffed fox, old shoe, antique light bulb, original Albrecht Drurer drawing and so on, you really don't know what you're in for. There was an episode of The Simpsons where Homer picks up a violin in a flea market and reads the label on it "stradi-who-vious?" before flinging it into the rest of the pile, not realising he was holding a priceless stradivarious fiddle. The hilarity of it all is too much to fathom so I decided to turn Albrecht Drurer's famous drawing of a hare into a marketable object, the type that would look good on the shelf at home! I've seen the same hare for sale in an art gallery in Germany cast in a chocolate mould so someone's got there before me.

Colm Mac Athlaoich