Porty Pride Makers Market 2025: A Celebration of Colour, Community and Creativity
Support The Makers celebrates Pride with 38 makers, a rainbow of handmade goods, and a growing community of local supporters.
One of the most important parts of Support The Makers is community and collaboration - and that’s been at the heart of what we do from the very beginning.
Our Porty Pride Market holds a special place in our year. Back in 2023, this was the first market to take place in the reopened Portobello Town Hall, and since then it’s become a brilliant opportunity to connect with local community groups and share our passion for building lasting, sustainable relationships with venues, makers, customers, and the wider community.
This year’s market was no exception.
We hosted another fabulous, full-of-colour Porty Pride Market, with 38 talented makers offering a wide range of handmade products - from art, ceramics, jewellery and accessories, to stationery, homeware, textiles and more.
As always, we loved the chance to celebrate in full colour - because nothing says Porty Pride like a full rainbow of joy.
The market was busy from start to finish, with a steady flow of lovely customers.
As always, we aim to increase footfall at each market and this time we surpassed our target, with some makers sharing that it was their busiest and most successful market of the year.
We also introduced a Vintage Clothing pop-up, which was a popular addition to the lineup.
Joining us again was the fabulous team at Strawberry Box Edinburgh, serving up delicious Matcha and a range of Pride-themed chocolate strawberries - always a hit.
One of our main goals is to give makers more opportunities to connect with customers, and this market showed just how powerful that can be. We’re so grateful to the many regulars who came back to support their favourite stalls and discover something new.
Collaborating with the amazing Porty Pride team is always a highlight of the year. It’s been such a joy to build on this partnership over the past three years and be part of something so vibrant and meaningful in the community.
We’re already looking forward to next year!
Carmen x