The Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market is a fantastic diversion for locals and visitors alike, a massive outdoor shopping adventure close to Times Square and rocking a uniquely New York feel. On top of 170 vendors selling antiques, collectibles, fine crafts, handmade jewelry, decorative arts, and vintage clothing, this fall will also see weekends full of great events. Read on for what to see and do (and shop!) at the Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market this fall.
September 17-18. Vinyl Market: The History of Rock at the HKFM. It's a crate-digger's paradise at the Hell's Kitchen Flea Market, which celebrates a weekend of record collecting with vintage vinyl.
September 24-25. Vintage Fall Fashion: Flea Chic for Fall, plus Special Artisan Exhibit and Demonstration by Hell's Kitchen Artist Judy Negron
In the coming weeks, the Hell's Kitchen Flea will welcome many new vendors and artisans, including Hell's Kitchen's own mosaic artist Judy Negron, who will exhibit at the Hell's Kitchen Flea on Sunday, September 25 and demonstrate her mosaic techniques from 12-2pm. Negron's magnificent mosaic pieces are currently on exhibit at the Jadite Gallery at 660 Tenth Avenue (46th-47th Sts.) and she recently won a visual arts grant from The Hell's Kitchen Foundation.
October 1-2. Fall Harvest Market
October 8-9. Vintage Fall Fashion in the Flea
October 15-16. Ghosts of New York: New Halloween Traditions
October 22-23. Fall Harvest Market and Vintage Vinyl and Special Artisan Exhibit
Big Ink, which puts together print-related programming for museums, art festivals, and studios, is joining forces with the Manhattan Graphics Center at the Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market. Basically bringing an artist’s studio to the flea, they’ll be creating a staging that will include 13 artists making unique, giant images carved on large woodblocks and printed on Big Ink's one-of-a-kind wooden presses. They'll be demonstrating large-scale woodcut printing to the public from 10am–5pm at the Hell's Kitchen Flea. Printmakers from throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and as far away as Ohio and Texas will contribute carved woodblocks to be printed throughout the day by Big Ink's staff of volunteers.
October 29-30. Ghosts of New York: Halloween Traditions in NYC
On Saturday the 29th don't miss the Maniac Pumpkin Carvers, a duo of artists who will ensure you never look at a jack-o'-lantern the same way again. Founded by Marc Evan (@marcmaniac) and Chris Soria (@chrissoria), the collaboration goes back over 20 years, and now includes a full creative studio of talented artists and pumpkin carvers. Free, 11am-2pm.
The Hell's Kitchen Flea Market is located just southwest of Times Square at 39th St. and Ninth Avenue, 212-243-5343, annexmarkets.com.
