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Join us for a unique shopping experience featuring weird and wonderful artists & vendors from the PNW
Psst… have you heard who’s flying into the MIDSUMMER MADNESS II. event? 🧙✨
The St Helens Witch Dance featuring The Cauldron Sisters will be performing from 2pm - 8pm on Saturday, August 8th at the Cowlitz County Event Center on the fairgrounds field— so, get ready for an evening of magic, laughter, and unforgettable entertainment!! ⚔️
Known for delighting THOUSANDS of visitors during the annual Spirit Of Halloweentown festivities in St. Helens, Oregon, these talented performers bring enchanting choreographed routines, whimsical storytelling through dance, and plenty of high-energy fun.
From their crowd-favorite performance inspired by the viral German Witch Dance tradition to interactive finales where EVERYONE (from little witches and wizards to grown-up fae and Vikings) can jump in and dance along—this is entertainment you won’t want to miss! 🎩🏰🎭
✨ Gather your coven.
🧚♀️Dress in your finest fairy, witch, Viking, pirate, or medieval attire.
🍻 Enjoy the BEER GARDEN.
🎭 Enter the costume contest.
🛍️ Shop incredible local artisans.
🎨 Enjoy FREE face painting from 2pm-4pm!
🎶 Experience live entertainment all day.
✍️ Get $50 FLASH TATTOOS with the inkslayers at SkinCity PiercingSupply!
🌭 Fill up on your FAVORITE FOODS!!
🪄Join one of the MANY workshops!
🪘AND MORE!!!
Whether you’re coming for the shopping, the fantasy atmosphere, or to witness the witches cast their spell across the fairgrounds, Midsummer Madness promises an experience unlike anything else in Southwest Washington.
📅 Saturday, August 8, 2026
🕰️ 2:00PM - 8:00PM
📍 Cowlitz County Fairgrounds
🎟️ FREE Admission
Mark your calendars, invite your friends, and prepare for a day filled with magic, merriment, and memories. We can’t wait to celebrate Midsummer with you! 🌿✨
SO MUCH FUN!! Don’t miss the MIDSUMMER MADNESS II. Event on SATURDAY, August 8, 2026 from 2pm - 8pm at the Cowlitz County Event Center on the fairgrounds field!!
✨ Wander through a marketplace overflowing with talented Pacific Northwest artisans and unique handcrafted treasures.
🍻 Raise a tankard in the Fern N’ Flask Beer Garden (Open 3 PM – 8 PM).
🎨 Enjoy FREE Face Painting from 2 PM – 4 PM (pay-what-you-can donations appreciated).
🧙 Watch enchanting performances from our mystical dancers and entertainers throughout the day.
🖋️ Snag a $50 Flash Tattoo from Mad Tats for the Hatter.
👑 Show off your finest attire in our Costume Contest—because every kingdom deserves its legends!
🎶 Enjoy live entertainment, whimsical surprises, and magical moments around every corner.
We, the LVDM, and all affiliated associates do not claim any rights to the music in this video.
07/21/2026
Thank you to everyone who sent us an email and applied!! We have extended application into this Friday at the vendors requests— so if you are still working on getting your app in, please hurry hurry through the gate, for this Friday will come post haste. 🖤♥️🎩♥️🖤
Hello everybody!!!
The Longview Dark Market team presents MIDSUMMER MADNESS II. A summer Pop Up on Saturday August 8th at the Cowlitz Expo Center Fairgrounds LAWN!!
This whimsy renaissance market is filled with artists from all over the PNW— whether you need your dark art fix, your woodsy wears, or your whimsical wonders, we have it all!! ✨
Last year we had SO MUCH FUN and we are excited to bring this magical moment back for another season!
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AS A VENDOR, PLEASE EMAIL US AT: [email protected] OR MESSAGE US HERE ON OUR FB PAGE. WE WILL GET YOU AN APPLICATION TO FILL OUT AND RETURN.
VENDOR INFO:
The cost is $60 for a 10' x 10' booth space. You need to bring your own pop up tent/coverage. The event goes from 2pm - 8pm again like last year.
We can’t wait to see you there!!!
- The Longview Dark Market Team
🎩🍄 Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The Hatter Has Made His Decree! 🍄🎩
The clocks have gone crooked, the fairies are frolicking, and MIDSUMMER MADNESS II.
is nearly upon us! Join us on August 8, 2026 from 2pm - 8pm at the Cowlitz County Event Center on the fairgrounds field for an experience you won’t forget!!
✨ Dress in your maddest, most magical attire! Whether you’re a mischievous fae, woodland witch, wandering bard, enchanted noble, peculiar pirate, or delightfully daft Hatter, don your finest garb and join our Costume Contest.
Splendor, creativity, and a touch of madness are strongly encouraged!
WIN COOL PRIZES! 🏆
🍻 The Fern N’ Flask Beer Garden will be pouring enchanted libations from 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM, so raise a tankard and toast to midsummer magic!
🖤 Mad Tats for the Hatter! Our talented tattoo artists will be creating $50 flash tattoos throughout the event. Come leave with a permanent piece of the madness!
🧙♀️ Be spellbound as the Witch Dancers weave their magic with enchanting performances throughout the day.
🎶 Music, merriment, curious characters, magical entertainment, artisan treasures, delicious food, workshops, and surprises await around every corner.
🎨 FREE Face Painting from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM! Donations are welcome on a pay-what-you-can basis, so everyone can leave with a little extra magic.
🌿 Come wander the market, sip enchanted brews, cheer on performers, discover incredible Pacific Northwest artists, SHOP OVER 60 VENDORS, eat at the ENCHANTED FOOD COURT and celebrate the wonder of midsummer where fantasy comes to life.
✨ The Hatter’s only rule?
Leave your worries at the gate… for whimsical moments are sure to await ♠️♥️♣️♦️
07/15/2026
Last call for vendors today. If anybody has not yet sent in an application or was filling one out, get it in today please and then we'll make the final decisions by next week at the latest. Thanks everybody!
Hello everybody!!!
The Longview Dark Market team presents MIDSUMMER MADNESS II. A summer Pop Up on Saturday August 8th at the Cowlitz Expo Center Fairgrounds LAWN!!
This whimsy renaissance market is filled with artists from all over the PNW— whether you need your dark art fix, your woodsy wears, or your whimsical wonders, we have it all!! ✨
Last year we had SO MUCH FUN and we are excited to bring this magical moment back for another season!
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AS A VENDOR, PLEASE EMAIL US AT: [email protected] OR MESSAGE US HERE ON OUR FB PAGE. WE WILL GET YOU AN APPLICATION TO FILL OUT AND RETURN.
VENDOR INFO:
The cost is $60 for a 10' x 10' booth space. You need to bring your own pop up tent/coverage. The event goes from 2pm - 8pm again like last year.
We can’t wait to see you there!!!
- The Longview Dark Market Team
06/10/2026
Hello everybody!!!
The Longview Dark Market team presents MIDSUMMER MADNESS II. A summer Pop Up on Saturday August 8th at the Cowlitz Expo Center Fairgrounds LAWN!!
This whimsy renaissance market is filled with artists from all over the PNW— whether you need your dark art fix, your woodsy wears, or your whimsical wonders, we have it all!! ✨
Last year we had SO MUCH FUN and we are excited to bring this magical moment back for another season!
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AS A VENDOR, PLEASE EMAIL US AT: [email protected] OR MESSAGE US HERE ON OUR FB PAGE. WE WILL GET YOU AN APPLICATION TO FILL OUT AND RETURN.
VENDOR INFO:
The cost is $60 for a 10' x 10' booth space. You need to bring your own pop up tent/coverage. The event goes from 2pm - 8pm again like last year.
We can’t wait to see you there!!!
- The Longview Dark Market Team
Our friends are putting this on down in Vancouver tomorrow for anybody interested in checking it out!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1165627895648439
We want to give a HUGE SHOUT OUT to everyone who makes the Longview Dark Market the success that it is— to our vendors, volunteers, shoppers, event goers, the team at the Cowlitz County Event Center and the coordination of EVERYONE INVOLVED… from the bottom of our hearts we send you our most sincere gratitude! 🙏
We can’t wait for next season! 🌙✨🖤
04/19/2026
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