A market for the strange, unusual and wonderfully unexpected.
You won’t find your average craft fair here.
The Cortland Curiosities Market brings together makers, collectors, artists, food vendors and purveyors of the strange for a celebration of all things unusual. Expect oddities and antiques, peculiar art, vintage finds, curious creations, strange history and a few things that may be a little harder to explain.
2026 Cortland Curiosities Market
Saturday, October 17 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Vault at 35 Main Street, Cortland NY 13045
Come curious. Leave with something weird.
What You’ll Find
The Curiosities Market was created to celebrate the creative, unusual and unexpected, and you’ll find plenty of it right here. More than half of participating vendors are based in Cortland County.
Check back for the most up-to-date list of vendors!
Oddities & Curios
From the Dirt Craftworks
Food & Drink
Dragonfyre Distillery
Cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks by The Vault
Art & Literature
All My Friends Books
Vintage & Antique Finds
TSK Warehouse
Curious Makers
Crown City Curiosities
Maslins Guarden
Press Gurwitz Perfumerie
Tarot Card Readings
Area 51
Make a Weekend of It
You Came for the Market. Keep Following Your Curiosity.
The market is only the beginning. Follow strange stories through Cortland County, visit the places where they happened and discover a few more unusual stops along the way.
First Tastes: The Cardiff Giant, A Problem Comedy by Russel Foxlash
Center for the Arts of Homer | Thursday, Oct 15 | 5:30 p.m.
A play reading series paired with culinary test kitchen samplings. Theatre places newly devised works into the hands of our local community actors, and invites the public to read along, take “tasting notes”, and engage in direct discussion with the playwrights and culinary artists. Learn more →
Flash Tattoo Walk-In
Sacred Art Tattoo & Piercing | Saturday, Oct 17 | Time TBD
Artists will be taking walk ins for pre-drawn designs. Designs will not be posted ahead of time, but they can be viewed in person on the day of the event.
Freak at the Peak
Greek Peak Mountain Resort | Friday, October 16 and Saturday, October 17 | Begins at 6:30 p.m.
For a few weekends each year, the Mountain Coaster is taken over by the creatures within. Not only will they spook you through the journey up the mountain, look out behind you while you wait to board the ride as well! Learn more →
Museum After Hours Tour
1890 House Museum | Friday, October 16 | Time TBD
Step inside the 1890 House after hours for a closer look at stories from the Cortland Curiosities Trail, including the infamous case of Chester Gillette, with more details to come.
NYS Path Thru History Weekend – Victorian Wake
1890 House Museum | Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 16 | Time TBD
Experience a Victorian Wake and learn about Victorian beliefs and traditions around death, dying and the afterlife. Our modern beliefs begin in this time period.
Where to Stay
Coming from out of town, or just not ready to head home yet? Settle in somewhere with a little character and give yourself more time to explore Cortland County.
The Inn at the Vault
Cortland, New York
Stay right in the middle of downtown where a historic Main Street building has found a decidedly different second life.
The Glen Haven Hotel
Homer, New York
History comes with the room at The Glen Haven. This historic inn is connected to the story of Grace Brown and Chester Gillette, and has collected a few ghost stories of its own over the years.
The Country Chic B&B
Virgil, New York
Tucked into the countryside in Virgil, Country Chic B&B offers a quiet place to settle in after a day of curious exploring, with plenty of small-town charm and a little history nearby.
Staying awhile? Find more places to eat, explore and spend the night around Cortland County.
Want to be a Part of Future Markets?
We’re always looking for artists, makers, collectors, food vendors and other curious characters whose work fits the strange and unusual spirit of the market.
The Cortland Curiosities Market is a curated event, which means not every product or vendor will be the right fit. We’re looking for vendors whose work genuinely embraces the odd, unusual, historic, mysterious or wonderfully unexpected.