Indie Arts & Vintage Marketplace

I wanted to be impressed by the IAVM since I knew people who’d attended a few of them and liked going. My ]incorrect] guess was hoping it would be similar to the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange, but it wasn’t. My friend and I didn’t come prepared to pay $ 5 admission for it which was surprising. So upon paying, we were hoping to find some awesome Pinterest-​worthy finds. Unfortunately that wasn’t the case. The first few vendors were interesting, but the farther along we progressed down each line, the lesser we were impressed.
My friend spoke our thoughts correctly «they bought it at a garage sale for $ 1, and are trying to sell it for $ 5».

Really not super expansive for something you have to pay to see. Very expensive old stuff. Honestly like goodwill but in a Parkin lot. At least there are food trucks.

Next events:
September 1, 2014, at Broad Ripple Park during WARMfest.
October 4, 2014, at Glendale Town Centre.
$ 5 admission charge. :-(

I am loving these monthly markets.
Been coming across alot of items that are VERY decently priced and taking alot of things home.
Great place to find furniture (vintage or re purposed) as well as local artisans (uhh the Amish donut lady… best donuts this chubby man has ever had… I believe they were called Heavenly donuts).
Each one is different and a great Saturday event for everyone.

You do not want to be a vendor at this show. I paid my $ 125.00 and was not told that I would be in a room down the hall and around the corner from the main room. Most people go into the big main room and never made it to the room where we were. When I told the woman that we did not have many shoppers her response was well a lot of people came thru the door. She made no mention of perhaps charging less for the vendors in the back rooms or even offer a partial refund to those of us stuck in the back. They should have been upfront with vendors. The main room was very crowded every time I went in there but its also very dark room, hard to see what a lot of vendors were selling. The merchandise selection was ok. Another vendor I spoke with did not even make her booth fee so she won’t be back either. I wish them success with this market, just be aware if you become a vendor.

Lots of fun stuff to be had here. Love browsing through all of the handmade and vintage items, repurposed finds, and up cycled furniture. The food trucks are an added bonus!

You know where you’re perusing Pinterest and filling up wedding boards, long before you’re even engaged, and you see all the trendy vintage/​rustic/​barn-​y stuff and you think yourself «this stuff would be great for my future wedding, but where the hell do you find these items?» Here. You find them ALL here!
I’m living proof. I had all of the pins pinned and drooled over my eventual wedding. Then I got the ring and found the this new-​aged flea market with the best of treasures! And don’t be shy about old-​fashioned haggling and negotiating, the vendors are all for it! And most of them can charge credit cards to their phones.
They have food trucks and old jams playing. You can meander up and down the aisles for hours, HOURS. And now they are working on a new Friday night cocktail session… waaaaaah? So excited to check that out!

I make sure to leave the first Saturday of each month open for the Indie Arts & Vintage Marketplace. Even though the weather isn’t normally cooperative, I always come home with a load of stuff. It’s easy to find artsy and vintage pieces at any price range. The vendors are all very friendly. I can’t wait for the next vintage marketplace!

This event is so great that I wish I wasn’t a vendor. Every booth is filled with nostalgia and for someone in my age group upper 30’s it’s all childhood all over again. What a fun time. Half the year it’s usually at the Glendale East Lot and the other half it’s at the Fountains in Carmel. GREAT art and antiques, but you MUST come early otherwise those one of a kind pieces might be gone.

Indie Arts & Vintage Marketplace has a lot to offer. Great food, drinks and unique vendors who sell everything from cool furniture, to wall art, to clothing and jewelry. I was surprised at how big it really was. If it wasn’t for the rain (which we were shamefully unprepared for) we’d have spent a lot more time looking through everything the vendors had to offer. I made a couple of purchases from Ruffled Feathers Boutique, a smaller booth with some really cute items.
I was surprised at how affordable most of the items were. Anyone who hunts the internet for antiques and handmade items knows the range certain pieces are usually sold for, and it seemed most of the vendors at Indie Arts & Vintage Marketplace kept their prices below what you’d normally see on Ebay or Etsy.
There were several food trucks at the event, and it was a tough choice! We settled on two trucks, which I’ll review separately, but lunch turned out to be fantastic. I wouldn’t doubt that anyone could find at least one truck that appealed to them. Prices for food ranged from $ 3-​$ 10, so the choices were affordable, as well.
Finally, we enjoyed the Campground IPA from Upland, who had a booth set up with a DJ, and were selling two different brews on tap for $ 4.50/cup. It was great beer, and the DJ really added to the fun atmosphere of the marketplace.
We’ll definitely be returning to the Indie Arts & Vintage Marketplace next time (and we’ll be sure to check the weather and come prepared!) It was a great afternoon.

This place was awesome. They had so much neat stuff. We could have spent fortunes there. FORTUNES. If you are looking to redecorate, this is your place. If you are looking for anything vintage, cool, or re-​purposed, this is your place. A lot of the stuff was surprisingly cheap but some stuff was pricey. They also had several food trucks including The Flying Cupcake!!! This place was awesome! We came home with some stuff of course… :P I picked up a really cool owl thing (they had lots of owl things – owls are in style with the vintage stuff!) for only four bucks.

Yay, free Unilocal tickets. I love free, Unilocal,vintage, and food trucks! This was a nice little break from writing papers all week. We spent a few hours browsing beautiful vintage finds and enjoyed some tasty food truck offerings. Frittle Candy was there and I got to talk to Carrie about doing some wedding favors for us. ^_​_​^
If we were going with our original plan of a backyard tea party wedding, I know I would have found everything I needed here. I would have found a use for the vintage doll parts (table place holders?), mismatch tea cups, and old bird cages. Hmm, I might have to rethink our wedding plans…
Thank you Neal P. for posting the future dates! I will definitely be visiting this market again.

Take your time looking at everything then hit the food trucks at the back! I really enjoyed looking around at everything. All of the vendors seemed really friendly except those that were asleep ;-). This will probably be an every weekend spot to hit! Cool, cool!