Longview Dark Market

Still recuperating and catching up after an amazing Longview Dark Market this last Saturday! Over 2400 attendees plus like 75 or so vendors and helpers in our new larger room there at Cowlitz Event Center. Thanks so much to my partners Ariel Largé and Stephanie Lavin for not only joining up with me to bring back the dark market back, but expand it bigger than before. And thanks to everybody who came to shop and support the show. We truly appreciate it and we will see you this fall again!

- James Beach (LV Dark Market founder and co-promoter)

📣 Meet your hosts.

Artist Stephanie Lavin with Coven Creations has always loved to dabble in the dark and unusual. She specializes in art that has energy healing and protection properties. Each piece is made using Wilhelm Reichs Orgone energy theories.
Orgon is seen as a massless, omnipresent substance, similar to luminiferous aether, but more closely associated with living energy than with inert matter. It could allegedly coalesce to create organization on all scales, from the smallest microscopic units—called "bions" in orgone theory—to macroscopic structures like organisms, clouds, or even galaxies. The combination of metals, crystals and other organic matter compressed creates a very powerful energy that is known to repel negative ionic radiation. Stephanie designs jewelry, keychains, charms, pop-sockets and planchettes using Wilhelm Reich’s orgon energy techniques.

And now… she pushes the boundaries even further teaming up with Offbeat Antiques and Oddities and
James R. Beach (JB Events) to bring you the Longview Spring Dark Market !!!

So come out tomorrow and join your hosts and other all the other dark artists as they pack the Cowlitz County Event Center from 11am - 7pm

You won’t want to miss this!!

Happy Beltane Weekend!! We are excited for this one of a kind event full of artists that love to dabble in the dark!! 2 more days until Longview Spring Dark Market opens its’ doors! Come experience artists like The Geek Emporium - Art by Maddison Brooks.

The Geek Emporium is a small business born from a passion for all things nerdy, geeky and odd. Everything you see at at this booth is drawn and/or crafted by the artist! Maddie says “You’ll find a little bit of everything. Art prints, accessories, bone art, witchiness, gaming, and pop culture items! I tend to just create whatever I’m feeling and you’ll be sure to find a wide range of geekery and oddities!”

https://www.facebook.com/Thegeekemporiumart?mibextid=LQQJ4d

The Geek Emporium - Art by Maddison Brooks A little bit of everything. Artwork, geekery, oddities, and more!

With the event right around the corner… we’d like to give a shout out to Gyroids Art. They will be joining us at the Cowlitz County Event Center for some Beltane festivities!! Saturn Valley is your one-stop-shop for weird and wacky goods. Pins, stickers, goofy treasures and more! Stop by the Longview Spring Dark Market this Saturday May 4, 2024 and check them out!!

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nox's shop shirts, stickers, pins and zines!

Last vendor for today and more to come this week as we get closer to our Longview Spring Dark Market next Saturday! Please help us welcome back The Woodland Wandolier - a mixed media artist inspired by the raw beauty of the woods. Crafting practical and captivating pieces like wands, journals, and keeper boxes, my work reflects the enchantment of nature. Through varied techniques and materials, I aim to capture the everyday magic of the forest, inviting others to reconnect with their surroundings. https://www.facebook.com/TheWoodlandWandolier

Don’t miss out on this springs most exciting shopping experience at the Cowlitz County Event Center this May 4th, 2024 for Beltane weekend!! Meet the PNW’s hottest dark artists— bringing you dark, odd and occult creations.

Here's another vendor plug for our Longview Spring Dark Market next Saturday! Please help us welcome The Spiral House at Portland Button Works. A magical collection of zines, books, pinback buttons, incense, tarot cards, and other witchy tools & curiosities. We curate a selection of of materials that focus on traditional witchcraft, secular witchcraft, folkloric witchcraft, & general folklore and magical history. https://www.facebook.com/spiralhouseshop
Don’t miss out on this spring's most exciting shopping experience at the Cowlitz County Event Center this May 4th, 2024 for Beltane weekend!! Meet the PNW’s hottest dark artists— bringing you dark, odd and occult creations.

Next vendor up for our Longview Spring Dark Market next Saturday! Please help us welcome Creations by Caroline from right here in Longview, WA. Making cool charms, jewelry, art in shells, spiders and more! Don’t miss out on this spring's most exciting shopping experience at the Cowlitz County Event Center this May 4th, 2024 for Beltane weekend!! Meet the PNW’s hottest dark artists— bringing you dark, odd and occult creations.

Here's another vendor plug for our Longview Spring Dark Market next Saturday! Please help us welcome Grandma Flys from Rainier, WA. with Nature art, vintage gifts, nature prints and cards, bones and skulls, and more! Don’t miss out on this springs most exciting shopping experience at the Cowlitz County Event Center this May 4th, 2024 for Beltane weekend!! Meet the PNW’s hottest dark artists— bringing you dark, odd and occult creations.

One more vendor shout out for today for our upcoming Longview Spring Dark Market . It is quickly approaching so don’t miss out on this spring's most exciting shopping experience at the Cowlitz County Event Center this May 4th, 2024 for Beltane weekend!! Meet the PNW’s hottest dark artists— bringing you dark, odd and occult creations. Please help us welcome Lady Noire from Portland, Oregon who does art, accessories, jewelry, tarot and more!

The Longview Spring Dark Market is quickly approaching!! Don’t miss out on this springs most exciting shopping experience at the Cowlitz County Event Center this May 4th, 2024 for Beltane weekend!! Meet the PNW’s hottest dark artists— bringing you dark, odd and occult creations. Please help us welcome return vendor The Brown Paper Tabby's Bubble Emporium /Brown Paper Tabby who makes unique soaps, purses and sewn items. All hand crafted, and locally made in Kelso.

We are getting more and more excited EVERY day as the Longview Spring Dark Market quickly approaches!! Don’t miss out on this springs most exciting shopping experience at the Cowlitz County Event Center on May 4th, 2024 for Beltane weekend!! Meet the PNW’s hottest dark artists— bringing you dark, odd and occult creations. Please help us welcome Ascension Artistry & Creations (est 2020), a small business inspired by Natures Beauty. They offer high quality crystals, sourced from all over the world. They specialize in art inspired by nature using ethically sourced Butterflies, florals, & herbs and they even curate crystalline mushrooms made with polymer clay!

Come join us this weekend and May the 4th be with you!!

The Longview Spring Dark Market is quickly approaching!! Don’t miss out on this springs most exciting shopping experience at the Cowlitz County Event Center this May 4th, 2024 for Beltane weekend!! Meet the PNW’s hottest dark artists— bringing you dark, odd and occult creations. Please help us welcome Engraved Designs from Castle Rock, WA. a sweatshirt/ t-shirt company that allows customers to pick out designs and have their unique apparel made on demand at the event. All designs will be relevant to your theme.

The Longview Spring Dark Market is quickly approaching!! Don’t miss out on this springs most exciting shopping experience at the Cowlitz County Event Center this May 4th, 2024 for Beltane weekend!! Meet the PNW’s hottest dark artists— bringing you dark, odd and occult creations. Please help us welcome Oakthorn Studios from Portland, Oregon with their cool clothing, accessories, and more!

The Longview Spring Dark Market is quickly approaching!! Don’t miss out on this springs most exciting shopping experience at the Cowlitz County Event Center this May 4th, 2024 for Beltane weekend!! Meet the PNW’s hottest dark artists— bringing you dark, odd and occult creations.

One of the artists hoping to see you is Quintessence: (noun) The fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies.

Meet the women of Quintessence—
Heather, her mom Judy and aunt Nancy are a very close family that believe in the healing power of nature and all things magical. Each of us offer different and unique items hand crafted with love and positive intentions! “Sometimes the brightest light comes from the darkest places”

Come check out their booth and may the 4th be with you!!

Beltane or Bealtaine is the Gaelic May Day festival, marking the beginning of summer. It is traditionally held on 1 May, or about midway between the spring equinox and summer solstice. Historically, it was widely observed in Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man… and now, we bring it to Longview, WA. Come celebrate the marking of the beginning of summer at the Longview Spring Dark Market on Saturday, May 4, 2024 from 11:00am - 7:00pm at the Cowlitz County Event Center. Meet artists like RavenStone Antiques and Oddities and shop for dark animal art like mummified bugs, bone art and gothic jewelry!

Don’t miss this must see shopping extravaganza.

It’s just over one week away. Mark your calendars and visit the Longview Spring Dark Market on May 4th for Beltane weekend. Over 75 PNW artists come together to bring you their darkest creations. Come enjoy the odd, the occult, and the macabre from 11am - 7pm at the Cowlitz County Event Center. Visit artists like Moonlit Troll and find all your woodland fairy core needs. From vividly painted pyrography of forest scenes and fairy portals that twinkle in the night… to light weight real flower earrings and fairy wing styles.

You won’t want to miss this one of a kind shopping experience!

Come see Midnight Wolf Knives at the one and only Longview Spring Dark Market on May 4th from 11am - 7pm. You can find them, along with 75 other dark artists at the Cowlitz County Event Center all day!! Experience the oddities and curiosities of the PNW. Billy Earls hand makes and creates authentic one of a kind knives right here in Longview, WA. Many of these knives are created using steel from the local area mills!

Don’t miss out on this one of a kind shopping experience!

Come down to the Cowlitz County Event Center from 11am - 7pm on Saturday May 4th to experience the dark, the unusual, and the macabre. Just 9 days until the Longview Spring Dark Market opens it’s doors for the most exciting shopping extravaganza EVER!
Megan at BoneAfied Forest Creations specializes in bone taxidermy art. Megan says “I believe there is beauty in everything, even death. So, I love to create art that showcases that.”

Come check out Megan’s booth and see her unique art in person!! You won’t be disappointed!

** All skulls and bones are ethically sourced. **

Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 4, 2024!! You won’t want to miss the Longview Spring Dark Market for Beltane weekend!!!! 75 of the PNW hottest artists that love to dabble in the dark, the odd, and the occult will be at the Cowlitz County Event Center from 11:00am - 7:00pm!!

Come join Sisters of the Moon Reiki & Healing Arts booth where you can create your own spell jar!! Dedicated to tarot readings, healing crystals and reiki… you can find handmade earrings, $5 tarot mystery bags, tumbled stones, tarot decks and handmade smudge sprays at this booth! This organization is LGBTQIA2S+ owned and prioritized 🏳️‍🌈

At Longview’s one and only Spring Dark Market you will experience an excitingly unique shopping extravaganza with over 75 of the PNW dark artists, including, the Grouchy Mongol Armory!! This PNW artist and blacksmith specializes in blade-smith work, hand-wired jewelry and leather items. Check out his booth to see his latest work and blades made from repurposed and recycled materials. These are useful items for home and cooking— from utility, to kitchen, to full sword size!!

Come shop with us at the Cowlitz County Event Center on Saturday, May 4, 2024 from 11:00am - 7:00pm!!