Welcome to Market 5 Gallery

Market Festival: Artists, musicians and artisans have always been a part of the traditional "marketplace," and the Saturday festival on the Gallery's North Plaza was begun in 1978 to return this tradition to Eastern Market. The festival features painters, potters, jewelers, silversmiths, musicians, clothing designers, street performers, and other creative people who are not typically exhibited in concert halls or commercial galleries and gives them the opportunity to perform and sell their work. Vendors and shoppers come from Capitol Hill and the rest of the District, and from as far away as southern Virginia, West Virginia, and the Shenandoah Valley. The North Plaza, redesigned in 1989, permits a colorful and lively venue for vendors.

Rentals for spaces remain at an affordable $25 per vendor, and they help provide much needed income for the Gallery.

The Festival is a project of the Market 5 Gallery, Inc. a community-based, nonprofit (501(c)(3) cultural arts organization. The gallery welcomes craftsperson's, visual artists, performers, and vendors, with quality merchandise to participate in its year-round series of Saturday Festivals.

Report time: 8.:00am

Setup time: 9:00am

Permitted merchandise shall be limited to handmade, original works of art, or merchandise deemed by the Gallery to be consistent with the goals and mission of the festival.

Table size: Most spaces are approximately 7 feet L by 4 feet W. The gallery does not provide tables or chairs.

Parking: The area around the North Plaza is designated as a loading zone. From 8:00am to 10:00am vendors have 20 minutes have 20 minutes to unload and move out of the area. Cars belonging to vendors are prohibited from using 7th street parking meters after 10:00am. Cars parked in this area after 10:00am are subject to tickets and towing. Parking is available at the surface lot on C street.

Flea Market: The Sunday Flea Market is a continuation of more than a century of curbside selling outside Eastern Market. This weekly antique and collectibles show has an international flavor. Everything from mid-1800's furniture to Bolivian cocoa bags and dolls, hand woven textiles and trinkets from Africa, South American, Tibet and the Middle East, and good old American "junque" is always for sale. The project took flight, when, in 1980, the Gallery entered into an agreement with Tom Rall to manage the Flea Market. Under his stewardship, the project has continued to grow and pump vitality in the 7th Street business corridor. Where once the Sunday street scene was bleak, it now is crowded with browsers and diners who patronize the boutiques and eateries on Market Row.

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