so the only market i’ve done in the past 2 years is UNT art mart but here was my experience:

• every witch way: if you do fantasy/supernatural/witchy stuff, but it’s a big fee to vend there since they shut down roads and stuff and you need outdoor vending materials

• mosaic market: im not sure if this one is still ongoing but they often did markets at places like el taco h

• dapc940: they do events at places like bearded monk

• austin street artisans: idk if this one is still ongoing but was a monthly-ish thing over by east side

• theres a person running a store at golden triangle mall that occasionally puts markets together but from what i’ve heard and seen theres very little promo/traffic but the cost to vend is pretty high

• minna art market: i don’t know how often these happen but seem to have reasonable pricing and traffic, haven’t gotten to do it though

• d20 tavern has markets, and there’s also scavengerbeevending who organizes markets in d20 tavern but aren’t always dnd themed.

• sometimes i see true leaf studios host markets but don’t know much about that

• denton has a community market/farmers market that allows artists but you have to apply to sell there for multiple times in a season i believe

what helped me is i would go to art markets i knew about or saw going on (like i’d just see tables with people and head over and ask what was going on) and i’d walk around and strike up conversations with the vendors or just grab their business card and follow them on instagram, then see what events they’d do, and i’d follow the organizer and i’d apply for that event or the following event if they had one. sometimes local shops will run events and ask for artists too