After three weeks, The Chattanooga Market has grown to over 160 vendors providing goods & services direct from their farms, workshops and kitchens to you! We are excited by the growth, and our review team is busy examining new product applications from across the region.

If you have a product or service that might be appropriate at the Chattanooga Market, please download, print and send us a Vendor Application for consideration. All types of products and services will be considered, but you must be the exclusive manufacturer of the item you intend to offer at the Market (no buy/sell, or retail-only, is allowed)

The following product categories are VERY crowded, and new vendors are being placed on a wait-list:

• Jewelry
• Beadwork
• Photography
• Pottery

The following categories are currently under-served, and may be appropriate for the Market:

• Food, Prepackaged (requires certified/licensed kitchen)
• Basketry
• Clothing
• Musical Instruments (hand-crafted; no retail allowed)
• Paper
• Stone sculptures & art

Other unique and innovative ideas are always welcome!

This weekend at the Chattanooga Market looks to be another great one, with well over a hundred booths (including several new vendors) offering their hand-crafted, locally-produced items for sale direct to you!

The Chattanooga Public Works Department will be our featured attraction, and they will be showcasing their heavy equipment throughout the facility all afternoon; I can’t tell you how many kids (young and old alike) are looking forward to seeing the Big Toys used to keep our city in working order.

The heavy equipment scheduled to be on-site includes Vac Trucks, Automated Garbage Trucks, Paint Machines, Scissor Lifts, Speed Vans, Forestry Buckets, Grade Alls, Street Sweepers, Mini Excavators, TV Trucks, Knuckle Booms, Work Zone materials and the always-popular Dump Trucks. Various demonstrations will take place just outside the First Tennessee Pavilion throughout the day to demonstrate the massive power of these vehicles, and kids will receive hard-hats courtesy of the Public Works staff!

We have published a collection of photos taken at the Chattanooga Market in an online photo album - check them out, and discover some of the cool products & activities offered every week at the Market!

Market fans can share their own pictures from the Chattanooga Market on our facebook page, please become a fan of the Market and join us for great food, entertainment, fresh produce and art each Sunday afternoon.

We have over 120 vendors scheduled for the Mother’s Day Market, including approximately twenty antique dealers to benefit the charity of the week (Pennies for Vicki).  All vendor reservations/requests previously received are currently being processed, and you will be notified by email next week with your booth assignment.

If you are interested in becoming a vendor at the Market and selling a unique product or service, we look forward to hearing from you - but it will most likely be June before new booth space becomes available.

Local is better!

For the second week in a row, the Chattanooga Market is officially sold out of vendor booths! With over a hundred craftsmen, artisans, farmers, chefs, florists, sculptors and other local merchants offering their products direct to the consumer, this weekend looks to be a strong one.

With charitable activities benefiting La Paz de Dios, the Latin Fair event will offer a variety of Hispanic foods, music, merchandise and information for the entire community.

This weekend has traditionally been one of the most well-attended and commented-on weekends all year, so bring out the family and enjoy an afternoon of cultural fun, food & festivities.

Local is Better!

The 2008 season opener of the Chattanooga Market, to be held this Sunday, April 27th from noon-5pm, is officially sold out of vendor booths! With over a hundred craftsmen, artisans, farmers, chefs, florists, sculptors and other local merchants offering their products direct to the consumer, this weekend is set to break all records.

Come out with your family and enjoy the live music, great food and top-quality goods & artwork — and be sure to support your local community by purchasing your groceries, gifts and household goods from the Chattanooga Market.

A note to our vendors: you will be notified of your confirmation and booth assignment no later than Wednesday at noon; a complete list of vendors to appear at the season opener will also be posted online.

Local is Better!

Today’s vendor preseason meeting was a tremendous success, and we certainly enjoyed the great community response.  With nearly 400 people in attendance, we completely ran out of New Vendor Registration packets!

If you are interested in joining the Chattanooga Market, please visit our New Vendor section for the 2008 registration documents.  Our new EPB phones will be available soon, and we’ll be happy to discuss the procedure/details with you.

Thank you again for your enthusiasm and support the Chattanooga Market - we look forward to a successful season!

We have been busy upgrading our website, and integrating some cool new features for those of you who are certified tech junkies! (If you are not a computer guru, play around - you might find something new that you really like)

• Google Calendar: subscribe to our Chattanooga Market schedule, and stay in constant contact with our upcoming market events, themes and musical performers!
• facebook: if you already use facebook, you know how great it can be for keeping in touch with your friends, family and activities that you are truly interested in. We have an official facebook page of which you can become a fan, and keep in contact. Have an idea? Start a thread in the Discussion Forum and let us know!
• JamBase: the Market brings a lot of unique products, produce and crafts to this region, and as a music venue it’s second to none: 35 weeks of great entertainment from around the globe! Track upcoming shows and your favorite artists using JamBase, and keep an eye on our schedule here.
• Do you blog? Have a firm grip what RSS means? If so, check out our RSS feed and be the first to learn about our events, announcements and news.

Need for us to be more direct? Sign up for our email list and receive our weekly newsletter of upcoming events, performers, featured venues and other Chattanooga Market news. We promise not to sell or rent your information to anyone!

We have a few more ideas “in the works”, but if you would like to see something new from us drop us a note! Send email to feedback at chattanoogamarket dot org.

The 2008 Vendor Preseason Forum will be held on Sunday April 13 at 2pm in the Finley Stadium Club.  All former and prospective vendors are invited at attend. Information and registration packets for the 2008 season will be presented, followed by an informal discussion and meet & greet.

We look forward to meeting everyone soon.