First Saturday Arts Market A Monthly Outdoor Fine Art Event, Since 2004 540 W. 19th St., Houston TX 77008 11:00 a.m. — 6:00 p.m.
First Saturday Arts Market December 3
HOUSTON, TEXAS — Houston’s original monthly outdoor art market finishes the year with the annual Holiday Market, Saturday, December 3, 2022, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. at 540 W. 19th St. Over 40 artists from the greater Houston area and Austin are featured in this market.
“Holiday shopping and the promise of cooler weather always maxes out the November and December markets,” market founder and manager Mitch Cohen said.
Cohen, an artist and Heights resident, founded the market in 2004. The market has been on W. 19th St., since 2006 and today stands out as the only monthly, artist curated outdoor market.
“I’ve always been a huge fan of festivals but noticed a lack of regular events just for artists in 2003. So I just started a monthly market myself with the intention of selling my paintings too. My art took a back seat as the market grew in popularity and to this day I am humbled by the support of the Houston community and the artists that attend.”
First Saturday Arts Market has featured dozens of visual artists showcasing their work in the Historic Houston Heights since 2004. Visitors to this free event will find friendly artists with paintings, sculpture, photography, jewelry and many more popular art mediums. There is always a popular food truck on site and local singer/songwriters can often be found providing entertainment at the market.
The MoJo Sisters perform at noon. The duo is Joanna Jetton and Martha White and perform fun, upbeat classic covers and some of the best originals I’ve heard written by White. Jetton cohosts the KPFT Bluegrass Depot, Saturdays 7-10 p.m., with Dalton Harris.
A complete artist roster, directions, photos and more is on the website, www.FirstSaturdayArtsMarket.com.
Mix one part classic, one part antique and one part vintage and you’ve got Houston Vintage Market and Festival. Now in it’s sixth year, the annual event has been rising in popularity and getting bigger each year. With a focus on vintage fashions from the 20th Century, vintage enthusiasts from all walks of life join this festival.
Alice Berry, inside the 1940 Air Terminal in Vintage Pan Am attire.
Houston Vintage is an organization that brings together vintage vendors and enthusiasts from Houston and the surrounding areas. It’s an opportunity for all who love and live vintage to exchange ideas, find some amazing treasures, learn through demos and lectures (style, dance and culture), and celebrate all that is vintage throughout the eras.
Held at the classic 1940 Air Terminal Museum, the architecture of the original art-deco Houston Municipal Airport building at present-day William P. Hobby Airport, is the perfect backdrop for this two day event. Starting Friday evening, September 18, 7-11 p.m. with a preview party and fashion show held inside the Air Terminal building, patrons are encouraged to wear mid-century Hawaiian attire to coincide with this years theme of “Blue Hawaii,” the famous Elvis Presley flick from 1961. The preview party features a partial lineup of vendors, entertainment, food trucks, classic cars and complimentary beverages.
Continuing Saturday, September 19, 11-7 p.m. the market area is held in the recently restored 1928 Carter Field Airmail Hangar with dozens more vendors offering everything from vintage themed art, jewelery and clothing to beauty products. Entertainment with a vintage theme will be at both locations all weekend. Adding to the nostalgia of the occasion, the 1940 Air Terminal Museum’s restored planes and helicopters will face shoppers from the tarmac outside the open hangar doors.
The highlight of Saturday is the Ms. Houston Vintage pageant back at the terminal building with local celebrity judges Tina Zulu, owner of Zulu Creative, Miss Gay Houston 2015 Violet S’Arbleu and the Houston Chronicle’s fashion and beauty editor Joy Sewing.
Past Ms. Houston Vintage winners: 2014 Coco Kailee, 2013 Jessie Rox and 2012 Al E. Cat
Enthusiasts of all kinds are rarely satisfied with a mere two day event. Fortunately, the City of Houston designating September 14 – 20 as “Houston Vintage Week.” Jumping on the proclamation, event organizers added an opening happy hour, and a screening of the movie Blue Hawaii. All the activities, vendors, performances and more is on the website. Tickets can be purchased in advance from the website also, both days are included with the purchase of preview party tickets.
Houston Vintage Market and Festival 2015 HoustonVintage.com houstonvintagetx (at) gmail.com #houstonvintage2015
Kick-off Party At Lei Low Tuesday September 15, 6 – 8 p.m.
Lei Low Rum & Tiki Bar, 6412 North Main St
– Celebrate the beginning of Houston Vintage week
– Get in the Tiki spirit at this hip & happenin’ tiki joint in the Heights
– Open to the public / cash bar
– Drawing for free tickets at 7pm
“Blue Hawaii” screening – Wednesday September 16, 8 p.m.
Double Trouble, 3622 Main Street, Suite D, Houston, TX 77006
– Free event open to the public
– Introduction by Ms. Houston Vintage 2013 Jessie Rox
Preview Party and Fashion show – Friday Sept. 18, 7 – 11 p.m.
1940 Air Terminal Museum, 8325 Travelair Street, Houston, TX 77061
– $20.00 If purchased online (includes market entry following day) & $25.00 at the door. For Tickets: http://tinyurl.com/pxpvamg
– Live music by: Hank Schyma & the Southern Backtones
– Mid Century Hawaiian attire encouraged
– Prize for best dressed
Houston Vintage Market and Festival – Saturday, Sept 19 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
1940 Air Terminal Museum, 8325 Travelair Street, Houston, TX 77061
– $5 at the door. Free admission for kids 11 and under
– 40+ vendors
– Performances & demos
– Free parking
– Vintage attire from all eras encouraged!
Entertainment at Houston Vintage: Live Music by: Pecos Hank, featuring Jo Bird, Houston Cat’s Corner ( swing dance troupe), Rhonda Roberts, Maye Applebottom and dance performances by Luna Tango Productions
Food Vendors: St. John’s Fire, Golden Grill, Koagie Hots, Chocolate Wasted, Doughmaker Donuts and Smoosh Cookies
Sponsors: Topo Chico Deep Eddy Vodka, Magpies & Peacocks, Lakota Room, Candilicious, Height of Vintage, X., Violet Peacock, Lucky Cat Beauty and Neal Hamil Agency, Silver Eagle Distributors
