Market of Curiosities

11/18/2025

Save your appetite for something sweet and savory! The Market of Curiosities food vendors will have your mouth watering!

Get fed at the MOC on December 6th, at the Carlisle Expo Center, from 11-6!

11/15/2025

The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus has announced their performers for the 2025 Market of Curiosities! Welcome , , and 🎪 We can’t wait to see some rad juggling, hooping, contortioning, cyr wheeling, and whatever else happens in the moment!

Don’t miss out! Mark your calendar for December 6th, from 11-6, at the Carlisle Expo Center🎩

Check out our website www.marketofcuriosities.com for more information and a full list of our talented vendors!!🍿

11/11/2025

We're excited to announce our first Bindlestiff Family Cirkus performer for the 2025 Market of Curiosities!

Welcome, Randy Kato,! Our very first CYR Wheel Artist!

Randy will be performing at the MOC on December 6th at the Carlisle Expo Center. There'll be two shows at 1:00 and 3:00.

We're so excited to experience this show!

This is "demo reel 2025" by Randy Kato on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

10/29/2025

Welcome to the Market of Curiosities! We’re an odd market for everyone that’s been a part of folks' holiday traditions since 2013!

On Saturday, December 6th, we’re excited to roll out our 2025 show, featuring all the fun you’ve grown to expect from the MOC! Experience shopping like you’ve never had before, give your taste buds a treat with delicious things to eat and drink, watch in wonderment as the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus amazes, visit with the one and only Punk Rock Santa, and grab a group shot of your gang at the Shesophoto Photography Booth!

The Market of Curiosities will be the highlight of your December fun!

Tickets are available at the door (Cash Only)

Adults - $6.00
Students - $3.00
Seniors - $3.00
Kids Under 12 - Free

Bindlestiff Family Cirkus will be traveling from New York to perform for the Market of Curiosities at 1:00 and 3:00.

10/29/2025

Prepare to be astounded on Saturday, December 6th at the Market of Curiousities! Enjoy eye-popping unique shopping, mouth-watering food and beverages, and the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus!

This is an odd market for everyone!

Tickets are available at the door (Cash Only)

Adults - $6.00
Students - $3.00
Seniors - $3.00
Kids Under 12 - Free

Bindlestiff Family Cirkus will be traveling from New York to perform for the Market of Curiosities at 1:00 and 3:00.

12/20/2024

A message from Punk Rock Santa all the way from the North Point of Miss Ruth’s Time Bomb’s basement!

“This community of ours is absolutely amazing. You all showed that together we are stronger and helped raise $1,240.27 for 👏 Michelle (Gifts Officer for UPMC CentralPA) and I cannot express our gratitude more for the love and support you have all shown. Thank you, each and every one, for your generosity and support. Zac and I both toast you! 🥺🥺❤️❤️

12/11/2024

While looking for the link to share to push for donations one more time for the UPMC Foundation, I came across this YouTube video of Chris Prince, the Punk Rock Santa, discussing his inspiration and journey into kidney donation. Please take a few minutes to watch this and grab your tissues and credit card because you're going to want to donate ❤️

Our community is so lucky to have Chris and his wife Elenaas members. They're both teachers, dog rescuers, and charitable human beings. Maybe we could get Elena to wear that Mrs. Punk Rock Santa outfit next year and share the joy of moshing through the holidays!

https://www.upmcpinnaclefoundation.org/rock-out-raise-up

12/09/2024

Did you attend the 2024 Market of Curiosities? We'd love to hear from you. If you'd do us a favor and fill our our Attendee Survay it would truly help us make the market even better in 2025!

Now that you're curious sign up for our newsletter. We'll be sure to keep you posted about all things odd and unusual! Find out when and where our upcoming markets are, what you'll find there, how to apply to be apart of the show, and links to some of the most interesting content out there! 

12/08/2024

The 2024 Market of Curiosities is a wrap and we find ourselves once again overwhelmed with gratefulness. To our funny, fierce, and fabulous volunteers, thank you for being the heart of the MOC! There would be no market without you. We’re forever indebted to the vendors who pour themselves into their craft and bring their brilliance to share at the MOC. We’re still in awe of the talent and joy that the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus brought the day.
However, most importantly, we want to thank the attendees who have made the Market of Curiosities one of their holiday traditions. We’re forever indebted to you and beyond humbled to have you as a part of our MOC family.

Mark your calendars on December 6th, 2025 for the 10th annual Market of Curiosities and always stay curious!

12/07/2024

is ready to show you why they're the 2022 and 2023 Most Curious Booth winner. Get yourself a pic that you can post that is guaranteed to bring you tons of engagement or the perfect pic of you and your friends to frame for your wall. Whatever your goal, SheSoPhoto will catch your most unique and playful spirit at the Market of Curiosities taking place at the Carlisle Expo Center tomorrow from 11:00 - 6:00 6🎩🍺📷🎪

12/07/2024

It's happening! Tomorrow is the day we’ve been waiting for!!

Get ready to be blown away by Miss Ruth’s Time Bomb’s Market of Curiosities! Step into a world where imagination knows no bounds at the 9th annual Market of Curiosities. Experience a three-ring circus of eccentric holiday shopping, savor the taste of local spirits and food, and witness the legendary Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. This odd market for everyone is not to be missed! Mark your calendar for Saturday, December 7th, and get ready to be amazed!

Tickets are available at the door (Cash Only)

Adults - $5.00
Students - $3.00
Seniors - $3.00
Kids Under 12 - Free

Bindlestiff Family Cirkus will be traveling from New York to perform for the Market of Curiosities at 1:00 and 3:00.

12/06/2024

We’re giving free tote bags featuring our 2024 design to the first 100 people through the doors. This year’s design was done by the phenomenal Aron Rook. We’re always grateful for her talented, circus-inspired imagination of our beloved dog Charlie. So get up early, grab your crew, and line up this Saturday, December 7th for the Market of Curiosities! It’s going to be a spectacular show! Doors open at 11:00🎪