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Celebrate Earth Day at MTP on April 21 We will be having a variety of Earth Day-themed programming at Melrose Trading Post on Sunday, April 21, including an E-Waste Collection Event in collaboration with Fairfax KIWIN’S! Homeboy Industries E-Waste Collection at the Melrose entrance with Fairfa...

To celebrate Easter Sunday at Melrose Trading Post, we sent our patrons on a hunt throughout the market for giant golden eggs! Each golden egg contained a selection of MTP merch as well as free admission to the market. Here’s where we hid them! The first egg to be found was tucked behind a bus...

Sunday Scribbles: Lucky Notes 🍀 What are you lucky for? 🍀 Our Sunday Scribbles Station will be focusing on 🍀LUCKY NOTES🍀 for the month of March, where the community is sharing something they feel lucky to have in their life. We’ve moved the Scribbles Station to the food court, and ...

đź“Ł EXCITING CHANGES HAVE LANDED AT MTP! đź“Ł Melrose Trading Post is returning to our traditional market layout beginning March 3, 2024! We are so excited to bring back a new and improved version of our signature food court and festival-style outdoor stage on the lawn in the Fairfax High School qu...

The McCourt Foundation’s L.A. Marathon is Sunday, March 17th.  This epic annual event takes over the streets of Los Angeles, and we want to make sure you know how to navigate the city that day… to get to MTP in the morning. Date: March 17, 2024 Race Start Time: 7:00am Time Limit: 6h3...

CicLAvia Melrose 2024 On Sunday, February 25th, CicLAvia came to Melrose for the first time and celebrated their 50th event! Greenway Arts Alliance worked alongside CicLAvia to bring great programming to a car-free Melrose Avenue and welcome so many new faces to the Trading Post. Watch our recap vid...

We are so excited to be a part of CicLAvia Melrose on Sunday, February 25th! What is CicLAvia? CicLAvia is a non-profit, car-free streets initiative that organizes events that temporarily transform city streets into public parks for the Los Angeles community to bike, skate, run, walk, scoot, dance, ...

Sunday Scribbles: Love Notes ❤️ Love is in the air at MTP! ❤️ Our Community Board will be focusing on ❤️ LOVE NOTES ❤️ for the next few weeks, where patrons are invited to share their love for any person, pet, place, or thing! Join us in February to contribute to our love note projec...

❤️ Shop for the perfect Valentine’s Day Gift at MTP! ❤️ As Valentine’s Day nears, MTP is the perfect spot to shop for one-of-a-kind gifts for your Valentine 0r Gal-entine! Here are four excellent vendors for unforgettable gifts to celebrate all forms of love this February. 1. Yum...

Sunday Scribbles: MTP’s Manifestation Station Patrons stopped by our New Year’s Kiosk in the market to manifest their goals for 2024. Each person wrote down their aspiration for the new year on a slip of paper and tacked it to the board. We got around 400 entries over three Sundays! Watch MT...

🎀 Shop the Coquette Trend at MTP! 🎀 As Valentine’s Day approaches, the coquette trend has become all the rage on TikTok. In 2024, coquette embraces all things playful, romantic, and cute, including lace, frills, bows, and baby pink. Here are four must-see vendors for fashion, accessorie...

The holiday season at Melrose Trading Post this year was one to remember! Merry Melrose took place throughout December, transforming MTP into a one-of-a-kind holiday market with seasonal fun and celebrations for patrons and vendors alike. Let’s take a tour through all of the special moments Me...

The theme of 2023 is building upon last year’s foundations & listening to our community. Last year’s planning and expansions set up the Greenway Arts Alliance team for a good year.   We could not have imagined the rollercoaster of a year that lay ahead for everyone, but the planning and f...

Eclectuals Story Time and Intermission will return in 2024. Instead, join us for Merry Melrose fun at the market on 12/24 and 12/31! Melrose Mornings is our free family programming series at the Greenway Amphitheater! Normally this programming is every Sunday from 10:30-11 am, parents and kids are i...

DH Arts Collective at MTP On Sunday, December 16, we hosted the Die Hard Arts Collective (@diehardartscollective) from CSUDH! Artists from the student collective set up booths to showcase and sell their creations. Staple MTP vendor Allesa Willis is part of the collective and was joined by her many t...

At MTP we are surrounded by creative entrepreneurs who make & curate beautiful items in their shops. MTP Intern Lila Rose picked out the perfect shops to find the perfect gift for your friends. No matter where you shop this holiday season, do your best to shop with local creative businesses to boo...

A MONTH-LONG HOLIDAY SHOPPING EXPERIENCE This December, Greenway Arts Alliance wants to bring people together to spread peace, wonderment and cheer to the community at the end of this tough year.  That’s why we’ve created Merry Melrose, a month long campaign of holiday cheer and surpris...

MTP Holiday Toy Drive with MagĂ­co! Donate 1 new unwrapped toy for FREE ENTRY to MTP for the next three Sundays!...

Melrose Trading Post is changing its hours of operation starting Sunday, December 3rd, 2023.   The hours of the market are changing from 9AM-5PM to the new hours of 10AM-5PM.    ...

The Melrose Trading Post & Greenway Court Theatre promotion teams set up at The Great Pumpkin Bash, and event presented by LA Council District 5 and Board of Public Works. The Great Pumpkin Bash offered locals the opportunity to compost their Halloween pumpkins and drop off e-waste at Pan Pacific P...

Dog Costume Contest Winners Our 2nd Annual Dog Costume Contest was a huge success! With over 40 contestants, patrons enjoyed a parade of adorable pups dressed in a variety of impressive costumes. Check out the full recap video here:     Here are the winners of the competition: BEST HANDMAD...

  National Coming Out Day at MTP We celebrated National Coming Out Day at Melrose Trading Post with a special concert curated by Outloud. Representing the next generation of queer entertainment, Outloud is the nonprofit behind events including the Weho Pride music festival! Enjoy this compilati...

Come Celebrate the Spooky Season with the cutest runway in L.A.!   CONTEST CATEGORIES & PRIZES Thank you to our sponsors for making this contest extra special!   Good Dog Event Sponsor Links   Healthy Spot   |   Bone Amis   |   Nuzzle Pet   |   PETPi |  Yumi & Friends...

It’s with a heavy heart we share the passing of our friend and beloved MTP security guard, Corporal Han Cho. His passing is the result of a tragic traffic accident that occurred in the afternoon of August 7th in Garden Grove on his way home. Han worked at the Melrose Trading Post for just ...