Welcome to
MAKESHIFT
MUSE

SLO

LA

...

What Sets Us Apart

While the heart of this platform is the marketplace, we focus on community-driven initiatives that spotlight local entrepreneurs. We aim to pick the best locations and the best partnerships to ensure your pop-up shop and your goods are being seen and valued.

Helping you build your business is important but we also emphasize the importance of building connections between vendors and customers.

We actively promote education for entrepreneurs, giving you personalized tools and knowledge to use on your journey.

Lastly, we offer

consistent content + engagement

to share as many small business stories as we can leading up to events and we are always looking for more effective ways to support our community.

Here to empower local entrepreneurs + small businesses by creating successful spaces for you to launch, grow, interact IRL, connect & thrive.

Through our community platform we showcase the passion and stories behind small businesses and through our events we cultivate a vibrant hub for local culture.

Our demographic is 70% ages 25-44 with 85% being women.

Our audience is composed of 15.2% Los Angeles viewers and 17.8% San Luis Obispo County viewers.

We support around 700 Small Businesses + Brands a year through our events along the Central Coast and Los Angeles.

We are working on adding new locations for this year and next :)

Meet the Team

Say hello to the MARKET MUSES behind Makeshift Muse that help keep this train steadily trucking along.

It takes a village and I am so proud to have this team that works hard and shows up for this community.

Founder

Angela
Boyd

Market Assistant

Mackenzie Patenaude

Music Coordinator

Kahonukai
Boro

Market Photographer

Macey
Taylor

Community Manager

Sydney
Gelb

CHECK OUT OUR VENUES

MISSION PLAZA MARKET

We host a monthly marketplace in the heart of Downtown San Luis Obispo at the Historic San Luis Obispo de Tolosa Mission.

This space accommodates 40 vendors with a workshop area, outdoor amphitheater, and is a bustling community hub.

This venue sees ample foot traffic as it is the thoroughfare of downtown!

Average attendance is anywhere from 500-2000 people throughout the day.

October 12th

November 9th

Upcoming

TOOTH + NAIL HOUSE OF WINE

This is our intimate, winery venue with an indoor/outdoor market concept hosting 20-25 booths.

Set in Paso Robles Wine Country, this castle screams Italian countryside. Stocked with delicious wine and a full seasonal food menu, this venue sets the bar for atmosphere + views.

With this being a smaller venue, you can expect around 300 attendees throughout the event.

All booth spaces are 7x5 and we only have 2 more events this year that are halfway booked.

Upcoming

October 19th

November 23rd

MADONNA INN EXPO CENTER

Welcome to our BIGGEST event of the year. We are coming up on our 3rd ANNUAL BIG HOLIDAY SHOW @ the iconic Madonna Inn Expo Center.

This venue is FULLY INDOORS and offers a Holiday experience that isn't affected by unpredictable winter weather.

This show sees around 2000-3000 attendees per day and we showcase around 70 vendors per day.

This event has live DJ's to keep the festive atmosphere alive for shoppers. We have food trucks + treats, coffee + drinks, workshops, and all the Holiday cheer.

This event is halfway booked for both days and the deadline to apply is coming up on

October 1st.

Upcoming

December 7th

December 8th

ARTS DISTRICT DTLA BLOCK PARTIES

We are honored to work alongside TRULY LA + ANGEL CITY BREWERY as event partners for their OUT BLOCK PARTY in June and their HOLIDAY BLOCK PARTY in December.

This event is a city permitted Street Fair on Traction Ave and Rose St. with activations inside the Angel City + Truly campus.

This event sees around 2000 attendees throughout the day and showcases around 55 vendors along with food, drinks, activites, photo booth, non-profits, + more!

This is a family-friendly, free, all ages event.