Findlay Market Blends Popular Night Market Event with Art & Poetry
Erin Matulis
Director of Marketing
ematulis@findlaymarket.org
513-504-6886
When: Saturday, July 18 • 5 - 9 P.M.
Where: Findlay Market • 1801 Race Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Market House Merchants and Outdoor Market Vendors alike will be popped up outside serving food and selling locally made products, and storefronts on both Race and Elm Street will stay open until 9 PM. There will be various interactive stations as well as live music and a poetry slam in the evening.
Participating Businesses
Storefronts:
All storefronts are open until 9 P.M. unless otherwise noted
- The Arepa Place (open until 8 P.M.)
- Bee Haven (open until 8 P.M.)
- Cincinnati Hemp Company
- Kurativ CBD - THC Free Tinctures (Buy One Get One Free)
- 10 % Off Mix and Match 4 Pack Beverages
- 40% off ONNO Bamboo Cincinnati Hemp Long Sleeve TShirts
- Churchill’s Fine Teas (open until 8 P.M.)
- $1 off Summer Tea Time Lemonade & Select Herbal Iced Teas
- The Collective
- Tintype Sessions 5 - 9 P.M.
- Live Music 5 - 9 P.M.
- Eli’s BBQ
- The Empanada’s Box (open until 7 P.M.)
- Kanji OTR (open until 10 P.M.)
- Market Wines (open until 8 P.M.)
- Pet Wants
- Pho Lang Thang (open until 10 P.M.)
- Race Street Collective
- Rhinegeist Brewery
- Shakespeare in the Taproom: Teaming up with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company for a FREE performance of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing from 7 - 11 P.M.
- The Rhined
- Ruby’s Chocolates
- BOGO soft serve ice cream
- uGOgelato
- Uncle Leo’s (open until 2 A.M.)
- Saloon Saturdays
- Wendigo Tea Co.
- Herbal Tea Mocktails
- Blue Oven Bakery
- Earthganics
- Free tote for all shoppers during the event
- Gia & The Blooms
- SKT Ceramics
- Urbana Café
Outdoor Market:
- All Spice Merchants
- Anchu
- Barlion’s Seafood & Poultry
- $2.50 Fresh Shucked Oysters
- ½ Dozen Fresh Shucked Oysters for $12
- Blazing Goods Bites
- Candy’s Nuts
- Cincy Henna
- Henna tattoos for all ages!
- Chino's Street Food
- Creative House of Art & Design
- Dat's Ole School Cookin’
- Joyously Sweet
- Makers Bakers Co.
- Back with their famous corndogs!
- Melanin Flame Candle Co.
- Mis Sabores
- Olive Tree Catering
- Painterinthesky Studio
- Rebecca’s Raj Express
- Sir Savill’s Ideal Rubs
- soHza Sister
- Suncraft Collective
- This Stand is Bananas
- Tilita Peruvian Treats
- Peruvian Anticuchos: Grilled skewers with chicken or steak, boiled potatoes, corn and spicy sauce
Programming
Activities:
- Cincinnati Circus Company: 6 - 8 P.M.
- Strolling Magician
- Creative Asian Society: 6 - 9 P.M.
- Free Origami Making Workshop
- Poetry Slam at Race St. Station: 7 - 8:30 P.M. in partnership with Quills & Queers
Music:
- CLEÖCRT at Jane’s from 6 - 9 P.M.
- DJ Diamond at Race St. Station from 6 - 8 P.M.
Games:
- PLINKO: $5 for three balls
- Split the Pot: $5 for 1 tickets for $20 for 5 tickets
Bar Partnerships:
- Castle & Key Distillery
- Sampling liquors & running a distillery tour giveaway
- Cincinnati Beverage Company
- Little Kings Samples & Swag
- Photo Op with the Little Kings Throne
Poetry Slam
We are hosting a Poetry Slam in partnership with Quills & Queers at Race St. Station from 7 - 8:30 P.M. All are welcome to participate, but spots are limited for this competition. Sign up here.
Contest Guidelines:
- All poems must be original works by the contestant.
- The competition consists of three rounds.
- Contestants must prepare one poem per round (at least three total).
- Each round is scored independently—scores do not carry over between rounds.
- Poems may be read from memory, phone, or paper (memorization is optional but encouraged).
- Time limit: 3 minutes per poem.
- No props allowed.
- The Corporation for Findlay Market reserves the right to use submitted information for promotional purposes.
Prizes:
- 1st Place: $250
- 2nd Place: $125
- 3rd Place: $100
Learn more about Night Market here: https://www.findlaymarket.org/news/nightmarket2026