{"id":395197,"date":"2026-09-09T22:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T22:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/395197\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T22:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T22:12:12","slug":"st-petes-new-moon-makers-market-returns-for-new-season-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/395197\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete\u2019s New Moon Makers Market returns for new season this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"367665\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/new-moon-makers-market\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/New-Moon-Makers-Market.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-6100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1766363775&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New Moon Makers Market\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;New Moon Makers Market&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/New-Moon-Makers-Market.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/New-Moon-Makers-Market.jpg\" alt=\"A wide exterior photograph showing vendors standing behind their booth at the New Moon Makers Market in St. Petersburg, Florida. Under a purple pop-up canopy, four smiling organizers and makers stand behind a table covered in promotional flyers, small signs, a woven basket, and a chalkboard sign. On the far left, a person with blonde hair wears a crop top and brown pants next to a person in a white t-shirt. In the center, a person wearing a black sleeveless top stands beside a person on the right wearing a cream-colored &quot;New Moon Makers Market&quot; t-shirt, set against an outdoor parking lot with parked cars and trees in soft evening light.\" class=\"wp-image-367665\"  \/>New Moon Makers Market Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/018ec5_d5531ea78dd847b9a0822cd9c3da5fc5~mv2.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Moon Makers Market<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don\u2019t let the machines fool you. Most of the things worth experiencing in the world are still analog. Lots of the good stuff is pretty gay, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmoonmakersmarket.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Moon Makers\u2019 Market<\/a>, self-styled as \u201cst pete\u2019s queerest &amp; dearest market,\u201d the bazaar is back from summer break and ready to kick off its sixth season (timed, obviously to the moon cycle).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arts\/st-petes-new-moon-makers-market-is-an-accidental-queer-bastion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously reported<\/a> by Tampa Bay Journalism Project publication The Sapphic Sun, to help preserve local flavor, New Moon\u2019s curation prioritizes independent local creators who \u201creflect the diversity and uniqueness of St. Pete itself, both in medium and in persons. It also only allows vendors who make the products they sell, and vendors can\u2019t use AI in their product creation or marketing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three more dates\u2014Oct. 11, Nov. 8 and Dec. 13\u2014are set following this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/new-moon-makers-market-21413218\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">There\u2019s no cover for the New Moon Makers Market happening Sunday, Sept. 13 at Allendale United Methodist Church in St. Petersburg.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/september-03-09-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 03 \u2013 09, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Moon Makers Market Credit: New Moon Makers Market Don\u2019t let the machines fool you. 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