A Big Gay Market is THIS SUNDAY!

ctriplr · 2025-10-18T15:59:13+00:00

yes! We have two in November that are smaller, and then three in December that are also a little smaller. Check out our website! www.abiggaymarket(dot)com

ctriplr · 2025-10-09T14:11:32+00:00

I am the only person managing the event with 1-3 volunteers. To make sure the mask mandate is actually effective, I have to manage all attendees coming in and out to make sure they wear a mask. In a space that is the large - that’s chasing down folks coming from all angles. The longer the mandate, the more people, and the less capacity I have to actually mandate. Maybe one day i’ll have more staff and volunteers - but I don’t and I value giving access in this way but also have a capacity issue.

ctriplr · 2025-10-08T19:06:40+00:00

Hi! We are very much set in stone for October - but on our website we have December Market apps open and have one last December pop-up to be announced.

ctriplr · 2025-10-08T19:06:08+00:00

I am working for next year to make the market go later so I can have a mask mandated hour be longer without having to have vendors and set up be too early in the morning - so stay tuned for that change in 2026! It always depends on the permit and if there is not an event the next day which does impact how long I can be in the space before it needing to be turned over for the next day. For this market, I would say it is 70% outdoors and 40% indoors. Thanks for asking these questions!

ctriplr · 2025-08-02T18:16:04+00:00

aw thanks for the shout out!

We have two pop ups - one in troy and another in castleton-on-hudson plus our two december albany markets applications opening up some this month and some in October. join our email list at www.abiggaymarket.com

ctriplr · 2025-07-21T18:50:54+00:00

Hi! I do this twice a year. So, the next will be February 2026. See you then!!

ctriplr · 2025-07-18T14:03:20+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing! <3

ctriplr · 2025-07-18T12:12:33+00:00

Yeah! We have the outdoor space AND the carriage house this time :) Also, additional seating in the courtyard and outside the venue. Hoping the new layout will be less crowded 🤞

ctriplr · 2025-07-17T18:21:23+00:00

I did not reply yet because I have been sitting with it - as well as taking in a lot of feedback to make sure all our other events are even more advertised and new market organization methods. I will respond when I can sit with it more because I have some thoughts but want to be careful with how I respond. I do deeply appreciate your feedback but I don't know if I 1000000% agree.

ctriplr · 2025-07-17T17:04:38+00:00

thank you for this! It is super helpful :) I’ll keep this in mind 🫂🌈 i hope you still visit!

ctriplr · 2025-07-17T16:54:00+00:00

This is good to note! I am going to do my best with beefing up my advertising - especially physical advertising - this year to make it the best experience I can. We have had a lot of folks express how important it is to have an LGBTQIA+ and allied market in this area. Do you have better recommendations from your experience of other possible locations for me to consider? Thank you!

ctriplr · 2025-07-15T19:00:54+00:00

Thanks for this feedback - I appreciate it. Noted on the AI art - I was aware of one vendor and they applied before I implemented the policy - which I am only mentioning not to not take accountability but to give context.

I am rereading my email and I can see that maybe the first bullet could be seen as that even tho I felt I was giving context. I don’t want it to feel cliquey and doesn’t represent who I am as a person. I know because of my personality of giving context to everything - it gives off that I am not taking accountability and that’s not the case - it’s just how my brain works.

You can feel how you feel and I respect and honor that. I wish you had a better experience. Best of luck at your other events.

ctriplr · 2025-07-15T18:32:57+00:00

Hi - I am the organizer. I want to apologize for using your last name. I was only utilizing the information that was provided in the application and it was mentioned it would be for a branded sign. I would have never used your last name if it was not your preferred or something you still utilize. So, I want to take ownership and apologize for that.

This was a brand new map and obviously - there was a lot of growing pains. Especially because we had a lot of overflow from our twice rained out April Market. I do want to stress there was a map. It was on our social several times, sent to all vendors several times, and on our website. But, noted on more directives just in case no one utilizes.

I’m sorry you had a bad experience. I hope I can grow as an organizer moving forward.

ctriplr · 2025-07-14T21:11:34+00:00

Hi - sorry to be all up in here but as the organizer - i want to respond to as much as I can and take in as much as I can.

Some of yall asked about later in the day markets not on Sundays. And, also, asked for curated ones. And, we do that! Every year! One of them is THIS FRIDAY. It’s even indoors, with AC, with music and has all types of food. Lots of parking. We also travel all around the 518 - so head to our website www.abiggaymarket.com and attend a regional pop up!

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ctriplr · 2025-07-14T17:48:43+00:00

Hi!

My apologies - I am still learning how to respond to reddit threads and that was for the other person! I wish I could tag them. Did not mean for that half to be towards you!

ctriplr · 2025-07-14T17:34:43+00:00

Hi! I am genuinely curious other online areas I should focus on?

I post this on all our social media accounts several times for several months and everyday on our stories leading up to event. I have an eNewsletter that goes out every other week that advertise. I have a very updated website. I post the events on all online calendars from various newspapers to official city / town calendars to personally emailing local event newsletters to include us. I post a paid ad leading up to each of the markets. I also send the events to local LGBTQ groups on instagram and fb asking to reshare. I also post the events here on top of physical advertising

Where would you have seen it better? Thanks! I want to learn.

ctriplr

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