08/25/2026
Oh boy, are outdoor markets unpredictable. 😅🌧️☀️
We spent this weekend at one of our absolute favorite pop-ups, Tuscan Village , and let me tell you… it POURED.
For nearly two hours. Half the event. 😅
But here’s the thing about outdoor markets: when you sign up for a rain-or-shine event, you’re signing up for the rain, too.
We book these events months in advance with absolutely no idea what Mother Nature has planned. Sometimes it’s 90 degrees. Sometimes it’s freezing. Sometimes you’re standing under a tent watching the rain come down sideways.
You show up anyway. 🤷♀️
About 30 minutes into the downpour, vendors started packing up — despite the event still having hours left and organizers not calling it early. Once a few packed up, more followed.
Before long, more than half the market was gone.
And this is where we think there’s an important conversation to be had about vendor etiquette:
Leaving early doesn’t just affect your booth.
It affects the vendors who stay. It affects the organizers who worked hard to put the event together. And most importantly, it affects the customers who still show up expecting a market.
And people DID show up. ❤️
We watched customers walk through in raincoats and under umbrellas, still stopping to shop and support small businesses.
Then, with almost an hour left…
the rain stopped. ☀️
People started coming back out — only to find what was supposed to be a bustling market looking more like a ghost town.
And THAT is why you stay.
Outdoor events are unpredictable. Some days are incredible. Some days test you. But when we all commit to being there, we owe it to each other — and to the people coming to support us — to see it through.
Luckily, none of this changed how much we love this event. 🫶 We still had an amazing day, met wonderful people, saw so many familiar faces coming back to restock, and were once again reminded why Tuscan Village is one of our favorite places to pop up.
And to every singleperson who braved the rain just to come see us: you guys are the reason we stay. ❤️
