Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
deets for approved vendors.
INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE IS FOR APPROVED AND PAID VENDORS ONLY. THANKS,
Promotional Materials for June 21st Indie Mart
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FLIERS:
Please try to stop by one of our spots in the city where we stock fliers after Wednesday:
- DOWNTOWN- Shotwell SF, 36 Geary Street
- WESTERN ADDITION- Mini Bar, 837 Divisadero Street
- HAYES VALLEY- Timbuk2 Store, 506 Hayes Street
Large flier:
- direct link: http://i72.photobucket.com/
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Medium flier:
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Small flier:
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Full info without image codes:
The Indie-Mart is emerging from our winter cocoon of quiet, tame, indoor events and blossoming like a big, drunken butterfly to the summer marts. So here we go, let’s launch our 2 year anniversary and kick off to summer marts with a bang!
Sunday June 21st, from noon - six, get your sweet ass to Thee Parkside where we will be rocking over 100 vendors bringing you the best in vintage, local design, rad stores, tees & hoodies, skateboards, zines, records, handmade oddities and a ton of other cool things you couldn’t image making up yourself, all in an outside street fair setting with about 4,000 people joining you. We’ve got bands inside (um, hello, the Frail, The Red Verse & Shannon and the Clams!), DJ’s outside, fresh BBQ food, local foodies making you sweets & treats, D.I.Y. and a tons of interactive vendors sewing, creating, painting, screening…on command and in your face. We even have drink/ beer specials & fun stuff for your Dad (afterall, it is Father’s Day). We shut down the whole street so you can hang out all day. You can even bring your dog!
A sampling of our vendors: Shotwell, Nooworks, Four Barrel Coffee, Heathen, CC Riders, Mission Skateboards, San Franpsycho, Sita Rupe, Gangs of San Francisco, Coma and Cotton, Hamburger Panda and tons more. Peep some our fun booths from sponsors like PBR, Tricycle Records, Broke Ass Stuart, Timbuk2 and Bust Magazine giveaways. Don’t miss out!
Band Line-up:
1:00pm: Shannon and the Clams
2:15pm: The Red Verse
3:30pm: The Frail (Thanks Tricycle Records!)
DJ’s:
Resident DJ, Sarahdactyl, celebrating 2 years of DJing the Mart
Primo from Oldies Night @ The Knockout, 1964 @ Edinburgh..dirty!
The Indie-Mart Street Fair
Sunday June 21st, 12-6pm
Thee Parkside- 17th st & all down Wisconsin
Ride your bike, take the 22 Muni Line & ample parking for bikes and cars
ALL AGES- 21 to booze it up.
$2 suggested admission benefits the Avon Cancer Walk and gets you a free Zine!
www.indie-mart.com
www.twitter.com/indiemart www.facebook.com/people/Indie-
Short info without image codes:
Sunday June 21st, from noon - six, get your sweet ass to Thee Parkside where we will be rocking over 100 vendors bringing you the best in vintage, local design, rad stores, tees & hoodies, skateboards, zines, records, handmade oddities and a ton of other cool things you couldn’t image making up yourself, all in an outside street fair setting with about 4,000 people joining you. We’ve got bands inside (um, hello, the Frail, The Red Verse & Shannon and the Clams!), DJ’s (Sarahdactyl & Primo) outside, fresh BBQ food, local foodies making you sweets & treats, D.I.Y. and a tons of interactive vendors sewing, creating, painting, screening…on command and in your face. We even have drink/ beer specials & fun stuff for your Dad (afterall, it is Father’s Day). We shut down the whole street so you can hang out all day. You can even bring your dog!
The Indie-Mart Street Fair Sunday June 21st, 12-6pm
Thee Parkside- 17th st & all down Wisconsin
Ride your bike, take the 22 Muni Line & ample parking for bikes and cars
ALL AGES- 21 to booze it up.
$2 suggested admission benefits the Avon Cancer Walk and gets you a free Zine!
www.indie-mart.com
www.twitter.com/indiemart www.facebook.com/people/Indie-Mart/1330994393
OTHER TOOLS:
- The website- www.indie-mart.com
- Ask your friends to sign up for email list so they get updates & details!
- OFFICIAL Facebook event, please dont create your own: http://www.facebook.com/home.
php?ref=home#/event.php?eid= 88633299375&ref=mf - To join our facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.
php?ref=home#/profile.php?id= 1330994393&ref=profile - To join our Twitter: www.twitter.com/indiemart www.facebook.com/people/Indie-
Mart/1330994393 - To join our myspace: http://www.myspace.com/
missionindiemart - Flicker site to use and add images: http://www.flickr.com/photos/
30844328@N05/
PROMO IDEAS:
- Send an email blast to your friends, mailing list and peeps
- Use all the groovy tools above
- Send facebook, myspace and online messages
- Post fliers to your site and online
- Take fliers to work, your local coffeeshop, bars & when youre out
- Stick fliers in newspaper boxes (in front), around popular areas
- Make fliers into pasties and do it up dirty
- Tape fliers around your beer into a beer cozie
- Hang one in your car window. Or home. Or attach to your bike spokes.
- I always advise to be interactive- have a rad booth, make stuff there, customize, have fun displays, a unique setup, be energetic and create a buzz or something so unique that you will be a hit! People spend their money on a story, something rad or fun.
***Vendors who flier make more money. Pimp yourself out! We promote, but we also expect you to promote, we can’t be everywhere…it’s a tuff economy and we have had some GREAT sales for vendors at shows lately, despite. (Last event I had a vendor that promoted hardcore and made MORE than she has ever made at a large street Festival, in a teeny 5×5 space in the Independent!) However, that success also depends on you! So please, get it out there. This is a new OUTDOR Indie Mart, no lines, tons of room and we can fit thousands of people. Besides a ton of activities, KILLER BANDS & DJS…we have the most curated and awesome selection of vendors in the city!
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- Set-up- 9am-11am: The event is from 12pm noon until 6pm. Set up is open for vendors after 9:30am. You are welcome to load in anytime but must be set up by 11am. The more Vendors are already set up, the fuller it is and more challenging to pull cars directly in by your space. We recommend vendors with larger or heavy set ups, come early. You ARE responsible for your own set up, tables, chairs, tenting, signage, credit card machines, bags and supplies. Tents are optional. Neither the venue or The Indie Mart have extras tables or chairs. You dont need lighting. You can unload on Wisconsin either at the 17th St or 16th St intersection. Spaces will be chalked out and numbered, as well there will be a check in booth if needed.
- The Event: Gets busy right at open usually, so be early and be prepared. Have a unique set up, offer something custom, be different…be fun! We like to only offer vendors that give excellent customer service and are nice to vendors, please be rad to customers. We do not welcome meanies back! Successful vendors are friendly, tell folks what about them/ their designs is different. Have a friend or make nice with neighbors for when you need a pee break or help. It can get busy and with our band line-up we expect some larger crowds than normal.
- Break down-6pm- 7pm: The event ends at 6pm.It is very important that you take everything with you and clean up your area.In order to keep getting permits for this event, we need to leave it neat, be nice to the venue and leave it as we found it…There are dumpsters for minor trash but DO NOT THROW AWAY PRODUCT, MIRRORS, PROPS, ETC. there at Thee Parkside.
- Weather: The event occurs outdoors, so please be prepared for wind- which happens every year. Just bring something to weigh down your racks (pantyhose filled with pennies or sand or your own McGuyvered items). Inside is protected from wind. Mornings are colder there and windier, every event the sun seems to come out as we open.
- To tent or not to tent: People ask me alot, but its up to you. It can get wind, so this can help. However be sure to weigh your posts down. It is not necessary and about 1/3 of vendors tent. You can get in touch with your neighbor and see if they want to split or share a tent. This is entirely up to you though:)
- Safety & Security: There is NO underage drinking and any can lead to arrest and shut down of our event. As well, so can brown bagging. The event does allow outside drinking with their plastic cups only. They have great deals on beers here guys and 2 bars open. The event does have children, dogs and crowds. Due to the large crowd that builds through the day, be aware and keep an eye on your stuff. We like to think everyone is honest, but there are thieves out there. As well, we recommend checking IDs and taking down DL numbers for any checks and credit transaction not rung through terminals- we did have a scammer come through last year. (boo on him)
- ALSO PLEASE LET AN EMPLOYEE KNOW IF WE ARE OUT OF TOILET PAPER, IF THERES A INCIDENT, 13 YEAR OLDS DRINKING BEER, ETC. We want to keep it nice and fun, no scary stuff or TP shortages.
- Food & Bev: You are not permitted to serve or sell food/ beverage unless you are an approved food vendor. Feel free to bring your own non- alcoholic bevs and lunches, etc to eat. The event does have full bar at dive bar prices and a full kitchen with BBQ. There is coffee in the am available for vendors and there is a Whole Foods and Starbucks a block away. (not so indie, huh?)
- Music: Bands inside all day, crowded in there. Dj’s outside but it doesnt blare through the entire event, so a small boom box/ ipod dock of sorts is ok. Just drive your neighbor crazy please:)
- We provide: A clearly marked space, promotion, fliers, info, killer bands, staffing all day, an event that is about community and not just making a buck, support if you need it:) We also offer a portable fitting room, we recommend due to the crowd, you have a mirror, but you can take IDs and let people try on if you like. You have to bring everything for you, but we handle the crowd. We have seating, porta potties, an ATM onsite and down the street at Whole Foods, signage, amazing bands, DJ’s, permits and lots of fun for everyone. There will be an Indie Mart booth selling shirts and affordable shopping bags, buttons, etc.. I am there the entire day, mingling and pumping up the crowd. We will have a team of volunteers and security through the venue, so help is not far.
What to bring: Here is a lit of basics and things you may forget about…
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- Table, chairs, displays, weights and signage
- Mailing list and cards
- A mirror
- Tablecloth and clothespins or tape to hold it down
- Plenty of change, receipts & credit card machines if offered
- Bags, boxes and supplies
- Basic emergency MacGuyver tools- string, tape, scissors, etc
- Sunscreen, shades, a hoodie
- Fliers for other events
Rules, oddities and helpful information for ya’:
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- We’re an indie event, we set up in the street and in a dive bar, we aren’t fancy, but we work hard, look out for safety and do months of work to be sure everyone has a good time!
- We can to be a bit rock and roll, and we fully encourage drinking at the Mart, so please don’t be offended if we curse. We do welcome kids, have a small coloring book and run around with puppies for adoption, but we are not always good at filtering our mouths. (We’re not pirates or anything guys…)
- The event is all ages and 21 to drink. Kids, dogs and monsters are welcome. I will kick ass of those underage and we will have undercover security.
- I love you all but someone always shows up without a table and chairs, make sure you bring them. Below is some advice on places to get them, what sizes work best, etc:
- Tables- all spaces will fit card tables & banquet tables. I recommend the Goodwill. If not, try Target and gulp, the devil- Walmart have good prices of folding banquet tables with handles.
- Racks- Target, Organized Living and other carry racks. I have been through tons myself and splurge for the wheely silver ones that fold up and are sturdy, the light ones tend to blow over and fall all over the place. Go sturdy over crappy, I saw a lot of vendors bummed out when their nice garments hit the street.
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