Lover’s Mart

Saturday, February 11, 2023
12:00 PM 4:00 PM

967 Mission St. San Francisco, CA, 94103 (map)

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Join us for Lover’s Mart, a Small Business Market dedicated to spotlighting local vendors selling something sweet for you and your special someone this Valentines Day.

Situated in the urban oasis of Kapwa Gardens, you’ll be immersed in a wonderland of living walls, colorful murals, swaying bamboo trees, and a mini grove of Filipino Calamansi trees all while getting your shopping done for your lovebird!

Buy Tickets

Tickets for Lover’s Mart are FREE but we are accepting sliding scale donations at the door. Your donations will help us continue to host our future events and keep our garden growing.

Online Ticket Sales Have Ended. Tickets Are Available At The Door. Visit The Check-In Stand At Kapwa Gardens.

Vendors

Retail

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Food

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Performers

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Activities

Permanent Jewelry Pop-Up Hosted by STACK Bar

Choose a chain from our dainty collection of 14k solid gold, 14k gold filled, and sterling silver. Once you have chosen the perfect chain, it is then measured and custom fitted to you. Using a micro welder we fuse together the ring that attaches at each end of the chain.
One quick SPARK and your chain is ready for both casual and formal outfits, with no fuss of taking off and on!

Community Tables Meet various organizations in SOMA Pilipinas & beyond

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Paper Flowers Workshop Hosted by Balay Kreative Artist ChiChai Mateo

Make an everlasting bouquet of Philippine florals. We’ll use different paper cutting and folding techniques to make these flowers and leaves come to life. All skills welcome to join.

ChiChai (she/her) is an artist, educator, and community-gatherer born and raised in Occupied Ohlone Land, also known as the Bay Area. Whether teaching or creating, ChiChai's work is intersectional in its roots to nature, feminism, and the dismantling of colonial mindsets. Through fashion design, murals and mixed media, ChiChai aims to honor indigenous craftsmanship, the matriarch that has raised her, and Mama Earth. You can catch her teaching art and how to use art as a tool for decolonizing to youth and adults. ChiChai received her MA in International Studies from University of San Francisco (2016), in which she was awarded Most Original Thesis for her master's thesis "Challenging Filipino Colonial Mentality through Philippine Art." She has taught youth for various nonprofits throughout the Bay Area, including Destiny Arts, Galing Bata, and Youth Art Exchange.

Choose between 2 sessions: 12:30-1:30PM & 2:30-3:30PM. Workshop sign-ups prior to the event are highly recommended.

Online Ticket Sales Have Ended for the Flower Making Workshop. Tickets Are Available At The Door! Visit The Check-In Stand At Kapwa Gardens.

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Tagged: festival, small business, market, shop local, vendors, valentines, local crafts