Where Craft + Community Come Together
As Pittsburgh’s original 100% queer-led market, we’ve been dedicated to fostering a thriving LGBTQIA+ community since 2017
QCM: Pride Edition - Sunday, June 28th
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QCM: Pride Edition - Sunday, June 28th ✸
Our Annual Markets
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February — Sexy Time
In partnership with PGH Vintage Mixer, we host an annual vintage, adult-themed pop-up around Valentine’s Day! Shop local vintage, lingerie, pleasure products, artwork, and more. Embrace all things kitschy, kinky, and sex-positive!
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June — Pride Market
Each June, the Queer Craft Market celebrates LGBTQIA+ creators and community. Featuring handmade goods and local talent, it’s a vibrant space to shop, connect, and honor pride, creativity, and the spirit of belonging.
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October — Spooky Social
An autumnal celebration of all things Halloween and fall! A more social event that includes a space to gather and enjoy food, beverages, tarot readings, and more!
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Holiday — Winter Bazaar
This holiday season, we welcome winter by bringing together LGBTQIA+ artists, makers, and creatives. With handmade goods and local talent, it’s a heartwarming space to shop, connect, and celebrate chosen family.
Help Us Help Queer Artists
We offer sliding-scale table fees and make sure no one is turned away for lack of funds. We also offer snacks and drinks to our vendors and handle any marketing and promotion. If we're able to fundraise over the top of our goal, we can start working on some more projects we've been hoping to start, micro grants for local queer artists to pick up supplies, and more!
faqs
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We will announce when applications are open on our Instagram, mailing list, and here! We strive to have applications open for a week to ten days, and applications come about four to six weeks before a market.
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Follow us on Instagram and join our mailing list! We'll let you know about markets as soon as we know.
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We do our best to bring a good variety to the market! We accept about a third new vendors and will let you know how many vendors we are accepting for each market. We generally receive twice to three times as many applications as we have spots and we're so sorry we can't bring everyone in! We try to rotate artists in high-saturation categories, so you might not make it in every round.
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We operate under a sliding scale/no one turned away for lack of funds policy. We'll let folks know a suggested table fee in the acceptance email but there's no pressure to pay. We do some fundraising/sponsorship to help offset these costs.
It Takes A Village
Co-organizers Katie + Jeffrey - whose friendship actually began when they shared a table at the first Queer Craft Market - have been leading the charge since 2021. They believe in fostering intentional, diverse, and accessible spaces where LGBTQIA+ makers can showcase their work, grow their craft, and build community. With the ongoing help of volunteers, artists, and community members, they’re proud to push the needle forward for queer futures in Pittsburgh, PA.
Media
Voice of the Arts Podcast: A Preview of the Queer Craft Market Winter Bazaar | Dec 2024 Listen Here »
CBS News: Queer Craft Market returns to Union Project | Dec 2023 Watch Here »
PGH City Paper: Jeffrey Krsul and Katie Oldaker lead Queer Craft Market into Pride Month and beyond | Jun 2023 Read Here »