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Jan 10

Applications open January 15!

Crafty Supermarket returns to Music Hall Ballroom on Saturday, May 9, 2026, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. — just in time for Mother’s Day weekend!

If you’re a maker, artist, or designer with handmade goods to share, we want to hear from you!
Apply now through March 1 at https://craftysupermarket.com/how-to-apply/.

Let’s celebrate creativity, community, and shopping small in one of Cincinnati’s most iconic venues!

Sep 30

Crafty Supermarket Holiday Show Returns November 29!

We’re back for our 16th annual holiday show—and it’s going to be a great one! Join us on Saturday, November 29, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the beautiful Music Hall Ballroom in downtown Cincinnati.

This year’s show will feature over 100 incredible makers, designers, and artists from across the region and beyond. Whether you’re shopping for holiday gifts or treating yourself, you’ll find one-of-a-kind goods, local food, and festive vibes all day long.

Here’s what you can look forward to:

Handmade goods from 100+ curated vendors
A live DJ keeping the energy going
Local food and drink
Free swag bags for the first 100 shoppers
Free and open to the public

Save the date and bring your friends—it’s the perfect way to kick off the holiday season!

Check back soon for the full vendor list and more event updates.

Apr 27

Spring Vendor Announcement!

Join us on Saturday, May 10, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Music Hall Ballroom in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. The event is free and open to all, with over 100 talented makers bringing you handmade goods, art, home décor, jewelry, apparel, self-care products, and more—just in time for Mother’s Day weekend. The first 100 shoppers get a custom tote!

We are excited to share our full list of vendors! Plus, plan your visit with our FAQ and parking tips!

We can’t wait to celebrate creativity and community with you!

Nov 4

Crafty Supermarket Holiday Vendor list announcement!

We are STOKED to share the vendor list for our upcoming 15th Anniversary show on Saturday, November 30, 2024 at Cincinnati Music Hall. We are constantly blown away by the talent we see immerge from our long-time favorites and new makers. When you shop local, your money stays in the community which helps the local economy grow. For every $100 spent at a local business, $68 stays in the community. Make your money count this holiday season! Shop with us! Find us on Facebook and Instagram for a sneak peek.

Featured artist: Hannah Hoffman

Nov 4

2023 Crafty Supermarket Holiday Maker Announcement!

We are so excited to share our vendor list for the 2023 holiday edition of Crafty Supermarket, coming to you on Saturday, November 25, 2023 at the historic Music Hall Ballroom. Doors are open 11 am to 5 pm. This show is packed with talent and we can’t wait to share them with you!

In addition to awesome makers, we’ll have Black Coffee Lounge on site for all of your caffeine needs plus Fire Up Pizza and San Jeanetta’s Table to fill your grumbling bellies!

Jan 7

Spring Crafty Supermarket Applications Open 1/15-3/1

Our next show is Saturday, May 13, 2023 in the Music Hall Ballroom. We are excited to start taking applications via the How to Apply section of our website on January 15 though March 1. Tell your talented friends and mark your calendars for a fun day of shopping. We’ll have 100+ vendors and fingers crossed for magical weather.

Nov 23

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Shopper Essentials and Music Hall Discount!

Are you ready for the big two day Crafty Supermarket holiday show? We sure are, and so are our 100 makers! Here’s all the info you need to have a successful day out, including insider info, a parking map and detailed directions to Music Hall. We will be celebrating 10 years of Crafty Supermarket awesomeness thanks to shoppers like you!

Essentials

What: Crafty Supermarket’s Holiday Show
When: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, November 30 & Sunday, December 1.
Where: Music Hall Ballroom at 1241 Elm St., Cincinnati, OH 45202
Cost: Free to the public!

Directions

The Music Hall Ballroom at 1241 Elm St., Cincinnati, OH 45202, on the southern end of Music Hall, right across the street from Washington Park in Over-the-Rhine. Many buses stop within a few blocks of Music Hall — plan your trip at Go Metro. The streetcar is also free on Saturday, November 30th.

Here are detailed Google Maps directions to Music Hall:

Parking

Music Hall is right next to Washington Park in Over-the-Rhine, with plenty of parking nearby. The garage across Central Parkway is open but you will have to walk around to the Elm Street entrance now that the covered skywalk is gone. There’s also easily accessed parking under Washington Park — from there you’ll go across Elm Street and take the stairs up to the ballroom or use the newly installed passenger elevator for easy access.

On Saturday, November 30th, the street car is free! Park anywhere and enjoy a ride!

On Sunday, December 1st there will be a FREE shuttle to/from Music Hall 10-5 Sunday from Town Center (CET) and 7^th & Elm garages.

Insider advice

Want one of our 100 swag bags? Arrive early! By the time the show starts at 11 a.m., we usually have a good line going. The swag bags will be available from the Elm Street entrance. The first day will have totes with goodies inside and the second day will have totes and posters!
If you arrive at the Music Hall Ballroom before the show opens at 11 a.m., please wait in line. The line forms outdoors so come prepared and bring a friend to keep you company! We can’t allow shoppers in the venue until the show officially starts for everyone’s safety!
Music Hall now does security screening for all external events like ours.
Many of our vendors accept credit cards, but not all of them do, so we recommend bringing cash to the show. There are ATMs in Washington Park across the street if you need one.
We love pets, but the only animals allowed inside the show are service animals.
Ben Davis of Bad Veins will be spinning tunes all day as our in-house DJ.
If you prefer to leisurely peruse all our vendors’ wares, come in the afternoon! Things will slow down after 4 p.m., and our vendors are well-stocked so you don’t have to worry about missing the good stuff!
In terms of food at the show, we’ll have food trucks outside and some food vendors inside, plus a cash bar.
Music Hall is located in the heart of OTR. You can easily spend a whole day in the neighborhood. The OTR Chamber has an amazing interactive map and great map you can download and explore! There are tons of great shops to check out. Make a day of it on Small Business Saturday!
Finally, if you want to scope out the new talent joining Crafty Supermarket for the first time before you arrive, the new vendor spotlight here. Thank you so much for checking out our show and supporting handmade this spring shopping season at the longest standing indie crafty show in Cincinnati. We can’t wait to see you!

Enjoy a show at Music Hall!

Take a break from the turkey and stuffing, the whole family can celebrate this Thanksgiving weekend with a love-letter concerto by Schumann and a hearty, brassy helping of Tchaikovsky at Winter Daydreams, November 30th, 8 p.m. and December 1st 2 p.m. Tickets start at $14.
- Schumann’s first and only Piano Concerto was written for his wife Clara, who performed as the soloist for the piece’s premiere.
- “A talent in a million” (Gramophone). The CSO welcomes French pianist, Lise de la Salle as soloist for this performance.
- Tchaikovsky’s rule-bending first symphony, Winter Daydreamsis an early indication of the composer’s mastery of orchestral music.
- May Festival Music Director Laureate James Conlon conducts.
- Come for the Supermarket, stay for the concert.
- Save $10/ticket with promo code SUPERMARKET at cincinnatisymphony.org

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Nov 21

thank you cincinnati

Holy tired Batman! We are still recovering from an awesome show but we wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who made our holiday edition of Crafty Supermarket a success. Here goes!

First thanks to so many shoppers who braved the cold and followed us to a new location! We saw so many familiar faces and met many new fans. We’d love to know how you liked the new venue — if you can spare a minute, please fill out our shopper survey!
Thanks you to our 130 indie craft vendors. The talent packed in that room was so inspiring! We had many local favorites and lots of out of town vendors who made the trip to our awesome city. Thanks for choosing us!
To our trusty DJ Ben Davis who always plays just the right tunes for shopping, we love you.
We totes loved our new tote designed by Jodi Lynn’s Emporium of Doodles and carefully printed by one of our AWESOME sponsors DIY Printing. Thank you both for being rad.
We couldn’t survive without our food vendors! Thanks to Dojo Gelato, Macaron Bar, Frittle Candy, La Terza Coffee, Red Sesame Korean BBQ, Street Chef Brigade, Fireside Pizza, and Best Thing Smokin’.
Thank you to our sponsors for supporting this show and believing in the maker movement. All of our sponsors are pretty amazing businesses who help make our city great! Thanks for what you do and for helping us do our thang.
We also had tons of help from our volunteers. Thank you for carrying, shopping, refilling water bottles, relieving vendors, eating, dancing, and smiling! We couldn’t do this without you. Special thanks to Kate, Lauren, and Stephanie who were there with us all day.
Thanks to UC Rec Center for taking a chance on our crazy show!
Last of all let’s all give a special thanks to Grace Dobush (AKA Gayle) for all of the blood, sweat, and tears that she’s poured into Crafty Supermarket over the past 7 years. She is the best partner in crime and things are not going to be the same without her but I (Chris) will do the best I can to carry on this awesome torch. There will definitely be typos in future programs without her watchful eye, very awkward television appearances and more! Grace is moving to Germany in March so if you see her around town, give her a hug, wish her well but also make her feel guilty as hell. :) Here’s a picture of us at dinner after the show feeling delirious.

Don’t forget to mark your calendars for April 29, 2017! We’ll be back at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center for our spring show just in time for Mother’s Day shopping. Vendor applications will open mid-January so stay tuned. Sign up for our mailing list if you want regular updates. We won’t spam you, promise!

Here are some favorite photos we found out there in the internets: