3rd Annual
POT Bazaar
POT Bazaar
Sat. 3/28
- 12-5p
- POT Gardens
A Middle Eastern marketplace & community day in the spirit of Norouz, the Iranian New Year and Spring Equinox. We invite all to gather for art, food, and meaningful cultural activities rooted in resistance and solidarity. This year we honor lives lost across the globe with an interactive Haft Sin altar, our soffrenda.
- 30+ MENA Vendors
- Food & Drink
- Activities
- Soffrenda: Haft Sin Altar
- Calligraphy & tatreez
- Permanent jewelry
- Kids crafts
- Free gift bags for first 50 guests
- Raffles, prizes & discounts
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our space & community
POT is Iranian-woman founded and dedicated to preserving MENA cultures while community building. We offer a space for progressive Iranians and allies to reject bigotry within our communities and beyond, while coming together in solidarity to endure times of joy, grief, hope and everything in between. From Iran to Palestine to the Americas, it's women, life, freedom for all.
POT Bazaar mission
Our histories and celebrations have always existed inside larger struggles for dignity and freedom. Norouz is a holiday of resistance, persisting regardless of countless conquests attempting to eradicate our ancestral holidays. POT exists in this reality, with the Bazaar being a space for community togetherness and endurance. We keep traditions alive in solidarity with all communities impacted by colonialism, not as a form of nostalgia, but as an act of resistance.
30+ mena vendors
Including DIYAR Concept Store, Moshir Calligraphy, Stitch4Pali, Sahar Ghorishi, Garage Flowers, Huts, Hayati, Atoosa Lotfi, Khale's House & more
food & drink
We're giving you comfort food: Baba's Kabobs on the grill, Lavashak Cart by Yara Community Project, Mid East Eats (vegan), Gulab House matcha & coffee, Rose & Rye baked goods, chai by Big Dill KItchen & more treats
cultural activities
In the Norouz spirit of rebirth and light over darkness, our activities focus on cultural resilience. Re-imagine your flags with Khale's House, commemorate a lost one on the haft sin altar, get custom Persian calligraphy or permanent jewelry, learn about Palestinain tatreez & play backgammon. There's also a seperate indoor kids craft area where parents can relax.
we are bijan
20% of ticket will proceeds support The Bijan Ghaisar Foundation, helping families of police brutality victims. Bijan Ghaisar was a 25-year old Iranian-American unjustly murdered in by VIrginia police in 2017. His story reminds us that our struggles are connected and invites us to collectively oppose state violence both at home and globally in his honor.
