For nearly 30 years, Melrose Trading Post has been LA’s Sunday gathering place — 260 local makers, live music on the Greenway Stage, food that’s worth staying for, and the kind of finds you can’t plan for. Every ticket goes directly to free arts education for Fairfax High students.
MTP was founded on a simple idea: a thriving local market could support public school students in a meaningful way. Nearly 30 years later, that idea still works — every Sunday.
Every Sunday is different. The vendor mix shifts, the music changes, and there’s always something you didn’t expect — handcrafted goods, vintage fashion, antique furniture, original art, and finds you won’t see anywhere else.
MTP is also where careers begin. Through Greenway Arts Alliance, Fairfax High students get real paid work experience running the market — many of them for the first time. And for the 260 vendors who set up each Sunday, MTP provides something rare in LA: an affordable, high-visibility space to build a business from the ground up.
For the full details of what to expect when attending the Melrose Trading Post, click the button below to jump to the “What’s at MTP” page.
The Greenway Main Stage features local musicians, poets, and performers every week — from emerging LA artists to young artists making their debut. Sound baths, spoken word, Wellness Through Words with Eclectuals, and dance performances round out a lineup that’s never the same twice.
MTP’s community arts programming has expanded to include Wellness Through Words, Intermission Sound Bath, vendor led art & wellness workshops, poetry readings and local musicians.
The Melrose Trading Post also provides performance opportunities for artists from the Greenway Court Theatre and for Fairfax High School students through the Greenway Institute for the Arts.
Outside community arts groups are also able to perform at MTP.
To participate, reach out to Martin Diller, the Music Coordinator at music@melrosetradingpost.org.
What People Are Saying From LA Times to Travel & Leisure — MTP has been part of LA’s cultural conversation for decades.
From neighborhood staple to international press — here’s what people say about their Sunday at MTP.
“There’s no better place to find hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind items” – Creative Future.org
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“…there’s a fleet of food trucks and a live-music stage that gives the whole affair a festive feel.” – LA Times
“…there’s something to surprise and delight almost everyone.” – LA Times
“The massive craft market features every type of vendor from vintage clothing sellers to furniture makers, jewelry stalls to textiles, and everything in between.” – Travel & Leisure
“Our perfect Sunday in LA looks like an early morning hike, brunch, and then spending the afternoon sifting through the racks for treasures at Melrose Trading Post. The weekly open-air market at Fairfax High School is a local favorite with vendors selling everything from vintage clothes to original artwork.” – Hotels Above Par Magazine
“Far more than your average flea market; it is an incredible arts-based, constantly evolving marketplace.” – Natasha Kayes for Onlyinyourstate.com
Greenway Arts Alliance celebrated 20 years of the Melrose Trading Post in 2017.
For our 20th anniversary, we hosted a community celebration at MTP, and made a commemorative magazine.
Check out the magazine’s digital version here:
When you shop at MTP, you’re funding something real.
Melrose Trading Post is a program of Greenway Arts Alliance, a non-profit that has connected LA communities through arts and education since 1997.
Every admission dollar supports free arts programs for Fairfax High students and live productions at Greenway Court Theatre.
Since 1997, Greenway Arts Alliance has been connecting communities through performing arts, educational programs, and local commerce. Our model funds holistic arts education programming in public schools through a community market, the Melrose Trading Post. The Melrose Trading Post, is a cultural destination for thousands of shoppers every Sunday that funds Greenway Institute for the Arts, a flourishing arts program at Fairfax High School, and Greenway Court Theatre, a home for works from emerging and established artists.
Greenway Court Theatre was initially built by Fairfax High School students in 1939 as a class project and used as a Social Hall by both students and faculty. It sat unused for years until it was renovated into a professional theatre by Greenway Arts Alliance in 2000, to benefit both the school and the surrounding community.
Greenway Court Theatre has a rich history of presenting and producing diverse bodies of work, weekly open mic poetry, student showcases, festivals and world premieres that have moved to larger venues and toured across the country.
Greenway Institute for the Arts offers free in-school and after-school multi-disciplinary arts and leadership programs for Fairfax High and LAUSD students. With these valuable opportunities to engage with professional artists, young people can discover their individual voices and passions that can lead to careers in the arts. Students are exposed to creative collaborations through the Greenway Court Theatre, and at the Melrose Trading Post.