WE'RE BRINGING SMALL BUSINESSES TO THE BUSIEST MALL IN DURHAM REGION!!
Thank you for your interest in our Picks and Giggles 9th Annual Holiday Market: taking place at the Oshawa Centre in upper level of the old Sears building. You can apply to participate in one, some or all of the dates listed below..

Please fill out the application form as completely as possible. We're looking for a variety of unique and local, handcrafted businesses/services.

*** Please note - this market will be 90% handmade - with a few selected local businesses being accepted.

9th Annual Holiday Market

November 23th & 24th
November 30th & December 1st
December 7th & 8th
December 14th & 15th

Saturday's hours will be 9:30am-8pm
Sunday's hours will be 10am-7pm


Picks and Giggles is a well curated series of markets highlighting both established and emerging handmade and design artisans in the fields of jewelry, food, accessories, fashion, art, home and lifestyle goods and services.

Our mission is to provide a place for the community to experience and support creative small businesses that take pride in locally produced goods or services, designed and/or made in Canada.
With this being a handmade market, spaces are limited for 'like' businesses as some categories are more
saturated than others. We want to offer our shoppers a wide range of products/services from your awesome
local businesses! Your application will be reviewed by our panel – this way, we can ensure that our customers
are exposed to a large variety of products all under one roof. The panel will review all applications, based on
quality of work, social media presence and market suitability.

Market Details:

- $249+HST per day for a 10ft by 10ft indoor booth space
- $349+HST per day for a 15ft by 15ft indoor booth space
- $449+HST per day for a 20ft by 20ft indoor booth space

and this fee includes your business listing on www.picksandgiggles.com with hyperlink to your brands website, as well as branded marketing materials for you to use on your social platforms to help promote your presence.

**** All applicants selected by our panel for this event will be notified by July 1st
****** Upon acceptance and receipt of payment, professionally designed marketing materials will be provided

DEADLINES:
Application deadline is June 30th 2024 at 5:00 EST. We cannot accept any after this date. We regret that we will not be able to accommodate all applicants due to the high volume of applications we receive and ONLY accepted businesses will be contacted by us -