Downtown Johnson City’s Pavilion saw its first Tri-Cities Vintage Market of the year on Sunday, hosting different vendors from the area to showcase their collections. 

Seth and Taylor Moser hosted the event with the help of videographer Joshua Maupin and with collaboration from Kappa Delta ETSU, Johnny Bolton, Hayden Campbell and downtown Johnson City.

Photo of a customer at the Tri-Cities Vintage Market. (Emma Kate Montag/East Tennessean)

“Our market brings together some of the best vintage clothing vendors from across the southeast to Johnson City one day a month for shoppers in the area to come and enjoy. We have clothing, hats, shoes, accessories and jewelry dating from the 1970s all the way to the present day. We strive to provide a variety of price ranges from $5 all the way up to a couple hundred. We also always bring a variety of sizes and styles so that every customer can feel included and have a fun time shopping with friends,” Seth Moser said.

Seth Moser has been a vintage clothing vendor for the past three years and wants to create a special event for everyone to enjoy. He considered different factors to find the perfect place to organize the event and the best vendors to bring to the event.

“It was incredible. We had students from ETSU, Milligan, Tusculum, King, Quillin Medical School, Science Hill High School, Elizabethton, Mars Hill and tons of other schools show up to shop with their friends. Not to mention the hundreds of non-students that showed up to enjoy the vintage clothing shopping experience as well, we estimate that a couple of thousand people attended our first event and will have more concrete data on that within the coming days as totals are still coming in,” Seth Moser said.

For those who may have missed the event, the Vintage Market will occur once a month. 

“Our second date is Oct. 27 from noon to 6 p.m. at the pavilion in downtown Johnson City, same location as the first event. Our third date will be Nov. 24. We will take the month of December off and be back in January throughout the rest of spring,” Seth Moser said. 

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