The Menagerie Oddities & Curiosities Market is a series of alternative markets held in California and Northern Nevada. The flagship event is a World Goth Day festival held in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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The Menagerie Oddities Market celebrated International Women’s Day by presenting “Women of Oddities,” the organizer’s first event of the year. Held March 8 in downtown Oakland, it provided an opportunity for local goths, pagans, steampunks, and others to shop for handcrafted wares from a curated group of female vendors.
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Scenes from the 4th annual SF Bay Area World Goth Day Festival, held aboard the USS Hornet
A World War II era aircraft carrier might be the last place where you’d expect to see a goth event, but that was the setting on Saturday, May 4 as The Menagerie presented San Francisco’s 4th Annual World Goth Day Festival.
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Bay Area steampunk fans gathered for shopping, music, cosplay, and more at Steamptopia
Time Traveler Universe and the Menagerie Oddities Market presented the first-ever Steamptopia, held Saturday, March 16 at the Lucchesi Recreation Center in Petaluma, California, near San Francisco.
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The Menagerie Oddities Market occupied two blocks of a huge SF Bay Area street fair
The Solano Avenue Stroll is one of the largest street fairs in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the 2023 edition had some unusual sights for attendees as the Menagerie Oddities Market hosted vendors of goth- and steampunk-inspired wares.
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Artisan vendors showed off goth and steampunk wares at this Bay Area alternative market
The Menagerie presented the latest Victorian Oddities Market at Spire the Church in Oakland, California. The event featured artisan vendors selling goth and steampunk items including jewelry, accessories, apparel, headwear, and home décor.
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Dark fashion, artists, music, and more at the goth festival in Northern California
The Menagerie Oddities Market presented the 3rd Annual SF Bay Area World Goth Day Festival May 6 in Vallejo, California. With all the crossover between goth and steampunk, there was plenty at the event for steampunk fans to enjoy.
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Scenes from a Victorian-themed artisan market held at an 1880’s house museum in Oakland
Scenes from the second annual Victorian Oddities Market, held July 10 at Oakland’s historic Camron-Stanford House Museum. It was a great opportunity to see costumes, meet artisan vendors, and tour an 1880’s-era mansion.