Crystal City Business District
The eclectic and colorful shopping experience of Eastern Market returns to Crystal City with Sparket – A Creative Market. Featuring a diverse mix of arts, crafts, handmade jewelry, accessories, bath and beauty products and other local, handcrafted products as well as live-music and select food products, Sparket aims to provide a new lunchtime attraction for area workers, hotel guests, and residents.
Sparket will be open every Wednesday from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM starting July 16th through the fall along the sidewalk in front of 1900 Crystal Drive. With extensive experience operating the Flea Market at Eastern Market, the Downtown Holiday Market in Penn Quarter, and U Street Flea in Shaw, Diverse Markets Management (DMM) will produce Sparket on property owned by Vornado/Charles E. Smith.
With the Miami-inspired Crystal Wynwood graffiti mural as a backdrop, Sparket builds on the success of the weekly FRESHFARM Market on Tuesdays and Fashion and Food Truck Thursdays by bridging an experience gap along Crystal City’s “main street” between 18th and 20th Streets along Crystal Drive.
Sparket adds to Crystal City’s ARTFUL programming which includes the award winning Art Walls program, Art Underground, Synetic Theater, and numerous art pop-ups. For additional information about Sparket, the Art Underground or other Crystal City programs, visit www.crystalcity.org.
Exhibitor application information is available here.