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Well-nigh- The Meet Market PARTICIPATE CALENDAR Sun04NovKtima Aristi – Sunday for Kids04 November 2018 Sat - Sun20-21OctTechnopolis, City of Athens20-21 October 2018 Sat - Sun22-23SepDjango Festival22-23 September 2018 en/ΕΛ ABOUT EVENTS VENDORS GALLERY CONTACT ABOUT EVENTS VENDORS GALLERY CONTACT PARTICIPATE OUR STORY MISSION STATEMENT SUPPORTERS PRESS TEAM OUR STORY MISSION STATEMENT SUPPORTERS PRESS TEAM Meet our market… How it all began The Meet Market began as a tiny Christmas market, when in 2007, on the second floor of a bar in Gazi, which no longer exists – K44.  K44 went on to wilt other things, and so did the Meet Market, starting with just 20 vendors of like-minded designers, crafters, collectors and makers.  The idea was to explore a new type of market, something nomadic and fresh, with well-made products & concepts, and volitional promotion, in a fun, lively, musical setting, unshut to all. And so it did just that, and began to grow, attracting increasingly vendors and increasingly visitors each time, establishing a monthly meeting point where creators and appreciators could get together and exchange, share their visions, test their ideas, sell their work, improve, evolve, and create yet flipside vessel for getting by in these challenging times. What makes us different? As much as we are a market, we are moreover just good ol’ party, and that’s the distinguishing full-length of a weekend at the Meet Market.  As much as people come to shop, people come to be entertained, to listen to some good music, to drink a homemade lemonade (or a very boozy cocktail), grab a bite, socialize, flirt, gossip, take the dog for a walk, occupy the kids, do a solo stroll, get some decorating ideas or recipes or malleate inspiration, or just wander through many interesting stalls of upper quality, fairly priced, locally made goods. Music is a big part of the Meet Market.  We have non-stop djs, sound-scaping the event from start till finish, tent an eclectic selection of styles from electronica to hip-hop to soul to funk to jazz to all sorts of melodical randomness. Alongside the Meet Market we often organize parallel events, including workshops & seminars in various subject matters, screenings, theater, flit lessons, martial art displays, stand-up comedy, live concerts, exhibitions, presentations and ALWAYS a kids section, where our little friends can have a wham with arts&crafts activities, children’s theater and interactive games. And of undertow we word-stock forget the inside info point (TAMEIO), where there is unchangingly a game for anyone and everyone to come play and win a self-ruling present.  So plane penniless, you can leave the Meet Market with a c.d. from one of our d.j.s, a pin, a poster, a souvenir – or the winner of the grand-prize basket (which goes to one lucky raffle winner) containing something from every single vendor at the market. Who visits the market? It is key to us that for someone to enjoy themselves at the Meet Market, they need not be a consumer.  And when we say someone, we midpoint anyone.  We invite every age, gender, ethnicity, height, weight and matriculation to engage.  We are a market of meeting and communication, a platform for exchanging ideas, opinions, ideas, knowledge, skills, behaviors, experiences, music and goods – unchangingly with respect and without fanaticism.  In fact, perhaps the most enjoyable speciality of the market is the colorful mixture of styles and unlikely exchanges stuff made: from metal heads and grandmas, to hipsters and hippies, everyone is invited to engage. How we communicate our event The Meet Market gained many fans considering of it’s unique atmosphere, and so it was initially advertised in the weightier way – by word of mouth!  We now have a selection of media sponsors and supporters to remoter enhance our communication, and of undertow we use the archetype social media channels independently.  Our Facebook page has over 26,000 friends and the event ubiety can be anywhere between 3,000 – 5,000 visitors depending on the venue and season.  The numbers are giving us the motivation to strive… and not just survive.  And with this motivation, we moreover aim to arm our participants with the same belief… the weighing that if they alimony working and evolving, they can succeed despite these times of crisis. Why should one participate? Whoever would like to participate at a Meet Market should visit our participate section and follow the steps provided.  One should alimony in mind that they can participate with either papers for wholesale or retail, but they must have some sort of legal entity considering alas, it is the law.  There is a rent for each event, which changes depending on the venue, but other than that, The Meet Market keeps no percentage of any sales… just a stock-still fee.  This fee in turn goes to tent our stock-still financing including rents, freelancers, posters, flyers, equipment, tents, umbrellas, staff, etc. etc. etc. (and there are a lot of etcs…)  The prices of products sold at the Meet Market are specified exclusively by the participants, based on their deemed financing of materials, labor, time and so on.  The sales during the Meet Market occur either directly between the seller and the buyer, or through the inside mazuma point of the Meet Market mazuma register (for wholesalers). Beyond the money that one may earn from participating at the markets, there are numerous other benefits.  First and foremost, it is a platform for networking and getting a larger regulars to learn well-nigh one’s work.  Many fruitful collaborations and partnerships have grown from the market, and its moreover important for one to see, compare and unrelatedness one’s concepts with similar initiatives, so they they may modernize and progress. There are three kinds of sales at the market. 1) Immediate & uncontrived sales between the vendor and the consumer. 2) Wholesale from shops and other businesses who come to scan potential stock for their own resale. 3) Sales at a later point…  Customer may not have the mazuma or the occasion for shopping at that specific point in time, but collect the vendors merchantry cards and order goods when the right time finally comes. A nomadic market Our nomadic weft is flipside unique symbol we like to celebrate.  Though we move around, our visit is stable and resulting – one weekend each month.  As we aim to show the various and vast creative, entrepreneurial initiatives, we moreover aim to explore & discover the plethora of trappy spaces, places and venues around, that can host our events.  To date, we have organized over 100  Meet Markets in over 25 venues including Technopolis City of Athens, Athens Conservatoire,T.A.F.(The Art Foundation), Bios, 6 D.O.G.S, Kotzia Square at European Music Day, Synch Festival,Jazz Festival, E.P.A.S.K.T., Athinais Cultural Space, The Association of Greek Archaeologists, Vyrsodepsio, Acharnon 61, Art House (Thessaloniki), Mezzanine, The Port of Pireas, K44, The Grey Building in Saint Irene Square, Romantso, Pure Bliss, KINONO,The Blender Gallery – Glyfada and Fokianos Sports Center in Zappeio.  Each spaces has it own undercurrent and functionality, and we try and take wholesomeness of this in every way possible.  Moving virtually moreover help us alimony things fresh and innovative, and allows us to interreact with various people and groups of cooperators, which in turn, teaches us as organizers something new each and every time.   ☎ Contact A: Petraki 12, Syntagma 105 63 T.: (+30) 210 36 24 707 M.: (+30) 6944 86 87 33 E.: info.meetmarket@gmail.com ♜Well-nighUs Our Story Mission Statement Supporters Press Team ⚧ Join Us Participate Events Wholesale Application Form Retail Application Form ✿IncreasinglyGallery Terms & Conditions Collaborations ©2008–2018 The Meet Market HANDCRAFTED BY SIRTIMID & JONAS LEHEC