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What to bring to your first maker market

The official 28-item checklist 47 vendors helped us build. Tent essentials, change-box math, the one thing everyone forgets, and a 6am-call routine that will save your sanity on day one.

Lee Odom · May 8, 2026 · 6 min read

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