Boo Fest Valentine's After Dark

â€ïžâ€đŸ”„ Join us for Boo Fest Valentine's After Dark, an 18+ artist market showcasing wares from alternative makers from Naarm (Melbourne) and Australia. 😈

💋 This edition of Boo Fest After Dark will have a DARK ROMANCE theme. Love hurts, but sometimes that's what makes it fun. 💋

We have gathered together 60 vendors selling jewellery and accessories, leather and kink accessories, fragrances, original art and prints, art toys, dioramas, stickers, pottery and ceramic sculptures, gothic candles and homewares, cat toys and treats, even some creepy tasty snacks and much much more!

Come and celebrate Friday 13th and dark romance with us.

Featuring:

Ticketing

Tickets will be $10. This event will be an 18+ event.

Date and time

Friday 13th February 4pm–9pm

The Venue

Welcome to Thornbury, which boasts a beer garden, food trucks and Australia's biggest licensed arcade.

For more information about our stallholder line-up and features, be sure to follow us on Instagram.

520 High St, Northcote Naarm VIC

Bar & Food Trucks on Site.

Accessible access to the building, toilets and market.

Frequently asked questions

Entrance Times

Please try to arrive as close to your entrance time as possible. But don't worry, you will still be admitted even if you are late (or early)! You can stay as long as you need to (well, until the event ends that is), we recommend allowing 90–120 minutes to enjoy Boo Fest.

Can I use cash?

Not all stallholders will have cash, so please bring your debit, credit cards, or digital payment devices.

Can I bring children?

This is an 18+ event.

Can I bring my dog?

We love dogs! But please keep them on a leash and should they have a little accident, we just ask that you clean up after them and notify our staff should you need cleaning products or help.

Will there be food or drinks for sale?

Welcome to Thornbury is a bar and beer garden, with a handful of food trucks. There will be a bar within the market itself and we encourage you to enjoy their hospitality and offerings before and after visiting the market.

Be sure to follow us for all the event updates on Instagram @boofest.au. We can't wait to see you there!

Vendors

2 acres pottery

Sarah is the ceramic artist behind 2 Acres Pottery, where spooky-cute magic comes to life in tiny ceramic worlds. From haunted toadstool houses to mischievous gnomes and ghostly graveyards, each piece is brewed with rustic charm and a dash of woodland mischief on her enchanted rural acres.

7Sacraments

7Sacraments is on a mission to make their religious trauma everyone else's problem. With a catalogue both unique and sacrilegious, this is a place where the sacred meets the profane.

A Curious Elixir

Handcrafted in Naarm/Melbourne by metal artist Kaitlin Beckett, each pewter artwork is uniquely crafted using traditional repoussé techniques. Embossed by hand, no presses, machines, or templates - then stained and polished which gives every piece its own tarnished character.

Aisha Diandra Creative Art

Aisha Diandra is a photographer and artist who loves all things dark, ethereal and spooky, all year round. Every day is Halloween in her world and she loves to bring horror and fantasy elements into her artwork. Aisha specialises in creating elaborate themed photography sets for both her client and personal work.

Art by Salt

Art by Salt illustrates dark and twisted art prints, stickers and more.

Aspera Art

Aspera is an eclectic artist with an intense, dramatic personal style. In her work she explores horror, religion, bodies and culture.

Black widow metal

Heavy. Dark. Chainmail. Black Widow Metal thrives to add chains to everything.

Bright Witch

Bright Witch creates fae fantasy for teatime daydreamers. They write and self-publish original fantasy tales and hand-illustrate companion artwork in both digital and natural media.

Bunny's Formula

“The beautiful chariots of kings wear out. This body too undergoes decay” What started as shadow work through understanding the link between scent, sensuality and mental health, alchemised into a form of connection through fragrance, love and beauty for Bunny's Formula.

Cabby Tats

Ally makes tattoos with bold lines, bad jokes, and just the right amount of sass. Come for the art, stay for the banter.

Cin with a C

Cin, creator of Widow Bloom & Cin_With_A_C delivers all a THOT needs. Making bold art and even bolder content, harnessing and homewares for those with a wickedly cheeky side.

Cosmic Witch Society

Step into the world of Cosmic Witch Society - artisan perfumes, candles, and magickal beauty. Inspired by the moon, nature, and the witch within.

Courtney Elise Tattoos

Courtney, a tattoo artist by trade, loves creating artwork featuring their whimsical tattoo style which is both a mix of cute and spooky.

Cut Off Your Hands Jewellery

Cut Off Your Hands Jewellery creates heavily textured brutalist inspired sterling silver jewellery.

Deadly Sins Cosmetics

Deadly Sins Cosmetics rose from the shadows of Melbourne with a vision to redefine beauty through darkness, allure, and unapologetic self-expression. More than just vegan cruelty free makeup, it is a statement—celebrating individuality and the irresistible beauty found in sin. From their velvety Matte Liquid Lipsticks to long-lasting, cry-proof Eyeliner and richly pigmented Eyeshadow Palettes, Deadly Sins Cosmetics continues to enchant the beauty world—proving that elegance and edge can truly coexist in the darkest of forms.

Devil's Bath Parlour

Devil’s Bath Parlour creates handmade, vegan skincare and bath products with a moody, luxurious twist.

DollyBox

DollyBox is an independent artist inspired by her passion for pop culture and horror/scifi. As a self-taught creator, she specializes in crafting unique dioramas using diverse mediums, continually striving to expand her skills. Her expertise encompasses sculpting, figure building, customizing, and the creation of intricate miniatures.

DTWENTY SAUCE CO.

Taking inspiration from Fantasy and TTRPG games, DTWENTY SAUCE CO. make a delicious range of hot sauces and condiments. With full-on flavour and a variety of spice levels, every adventurer can find something that suits their stats!

Edenki

Edenki makes gothic cathedral-inspired jewellery and homewares. Heavy on detail, Eden makes pieces for people who love dark academia and dark romantic styles - who want statement earrings that are lightweight, and detailed decor.

Eff Pan Pottery

Eff Pan Pottery is a ceramic studio founded by Frankie Pan. Specializing in artisanal homewares and playful sculptures, Frankie draws deeply from his Chinese heritage, blending it seamlessly with inspirations from horror films and pop culture. His creations range from functional ceramics to bold, imaginative art pieces, offering something for everyone.

Elrosabel

Elrosabel is a multidisciplinary artist producing an art aesthetic unapologetically feminine with a soft edge to it. She's a stationery lover at heart and has a deep passion for designing themed collections that feature all the elements of her art brand.

Emma Sjaan Beukers

Emma is an illustrator, designer and artist working from her home studio in Naarm. Their work draws upon fantasy, folklore and mythology from all over the world and is inspired by her heritage (Indigenous, Dutch, Irish) and her own esoteric and occult practices. Emma's work is full of magic, mystery and adventure, and how we can find that wherever we look in nature. Her art will make your inner child jump for joy!

Fairly Bound

Fairly Bound offers a range of ethical leather accessories, locally handmade from upcycled/recycled hide and using salvaged material where possible. Ranging from the spikey to the spicy, all their pieces are created with sustainability and durability in mind, in defiance of the fast fashion and farming industries. Fairly Bound is a trans and queer creator who hopes to make work that empowers and appeals to the gay nerds they feel at home around.

Fast Love Press

Fast Love press is the combined dark art and print works of Ballarat based artist Joel Hammonds.

Gallery Serpentine

Gallery Serpentine are makers and purveyors of romantic and whimsical Gothic Victorian clothing, corsetry and accessories for magical creatures who enjoy the darkly beautiful. In existence as a label for over 25 years, they recently moved to Melbourne experimenting with new designs.

Glitter Crow Studio

Claudia makes unique and quirky jewellery and decor for those wanting something a little different.

Gold St. Press

Gold St. Press make Australia kitschy gifts and goods with a gothy tinge. Influenced by pop culture, tattoo art and mid century design, they create gifts and homewares for those who can never find what they’re looking for.

hagmade

Handmade by your local hag. Hagmade creates chainmaille and crochet designs with a twist.

Helen Highwaters Tattoo

Helen Highwaters is an artist from Naarm, Melbourne specialising in dark blackwork art and tattoos.

HollowInks

HollowInks is an anime/ Illustrative Tattoo artist.

Keira Hudson

Keira Hudson is a regional artist who specialises in handmade gothic art, including ceramics, rugs, screenprinted patches, and film photography.

Kel Sticks

Moths, mushrooms, ghosts and forest creatures populate the art of Kel Sticks, spanning scientific-style posters and storybook-like illustrations. On the Kel Sticks table you’ll find art prints, as well as earrings, necklaces, t-shirts, mugs, notebooks, totebags, stickers, badges and more :)

Kraken Monster Labs

Kraken Monster Labs is the kooky creations of a professional hand sculptor and cartoon character artist duo. Bringing your monster fucker fantasy to life with mad science.

Krixxira

Krixxira creates impressionistic, surrealist style anime art with a fantasy twist.

Lolliwraps

Lolliwraps is a Naarm-based independent label creating vegan harnesses, shibari rope, and spicy extras for fashion freaks with soft hearts and dirty minds. Designed in-house and made for every body (AU 4–26), their pieces blend kink, comfort, and confidence. Small batch, ethically made and ready to wear!

Melancholy Memento

Mira Nurdianti is a Sydney-based published illustrator who sells her work under the banner Melancholy Memento. Her illustrated prints are inspired by witchcraft, melancholia and mythology. She offers a variety of illustrated cards, art prints, oracle decks and pins. For Mira, art is a form of magic where a person can add their intention to and the art itself become talismanic.

Morgan's Forge

Ceridwen's Cauldron brings together a collective of makers offering creations that are anything but ordinary. From hand-forged metalworks crafted from reclaimed scrap, to chain mail jewellery woven one ring at a time, to original artwork and imaginative small accessories, every piece carries a story. With treasures both big and small, Ceridwen's Cauldron offers something for everyone who loves the dark, the unusual and the handcrafted.

Nervous Ghost

Nervous Ghost is a queer, non-binary and neurodivergent artist drawn to things that are cute and colourful but have a spooky, dark or sometimes comical twist.

noahdea.art

Noah is a Vietnamese illustrator who draws inspiration from queer identities, emotions, and warm bright colours. His primary body of work has always been illustrations and art prints, but in recent years he has dabbled with 3D modelling, laser cutting for product design, transforming his art into fashion accessories and art toys.

Of Aissance

Of Aissance celebrates the whimsical intersection of folklore and fantasy, creating handmade goods that invite people into worlds of escapism and wonder. Each piece is designed to make people smile and think "I could create something magical too."

Offworld Aesthetics

OFFWORLD AESTHETIC is an independent fashion label by Belial B'Zarr (he/they/it) offering handmade vegan sensory friendly and size inclusive accessories for all walks of life. Prioritizing non-gendered designs with an emphasis on comfort and durability, their work is perfect as a gift of affection to your universe... or for creating a statement that'd conquer it.

Queen of Pentacles Readings

Sarah, or the Queen of Pentacles is an intuitive tarot reader and witch with over 20 years tarot experience. She's passionate about guiding and assisting others on their spiritual journey and can't wait to read for you.

Remy Hoglin

Remy delves into the ancient craft of jewellery making, weaving time-honoured techniques with modern technologies to summon sculptural adornments that blur the line between art and artefact. His creations often manifest as commanding statement pieces, channelling the stark monumentality of brutalist architecture and the shadowed elegance of futurist design

Rubber Be Mine

Rubber Be Mine makes flamboyant, vegan, ethical and sustainable artisan rubber jewellery and kink accessories. Handcrafted by Sharon from locally sourced preloved materials, each piece is a testament to creative reinvention. Through her meticulous cleaning and transformation of these components, she furthers her vision of delivering statement-making products giving them a spectacular second life. Sharon’s creations blend bold style with eco-conscious values, ensuring that every piece celebrates the vibrant community it serves.

Seralune Art

Seralune Art produces semi-realistic fantasy illustration ranging from forest elves and fairies to dark fantasy and witchy. Her work features a lot of beautiful and powerful women and is often inspired by fantasy/romantasy books, myth, movies and fantasy media in general.

Shannen Von Munster

Illustration made in the heart of Adelaide’s western suburbs, Shannen's work is inspired by pop culture nostalgia, flowers, and all things cute and spooky!

Sinful Hand Clothing Co.

Sinful Hand Clothing Co. makes bespoke, one-of-a-kind alternative clothing and accessories printed and upcycled by hand here in Melbourne to generate proceeds for environmental and wildlife conservation.

Skadi Jewellery Design

Skadi Jewellery creates historically inspired dark jewellery hand pierced and engraved in sterling silver and imbued with stories and secrets.

Something Shit

Self taught to work leather, Terzann handcrafts unhinged maximalist pieces for her brand Something Shit out of a home studio in Naarm.

Sweet Nothings

A tattoo artist by day, a crafting Goblin all other times, Sweet Nothings creates spooky cute wares from stickers to apparel that will make your heart melt.

Tammy Leigh Art

Tammy Leigh is a bold and progressive artist. She tattoos, paints and illustrates.

The Faun's Grove

Saint is a practicing witch from Naarm/Melbourne. They are a former Muse from the well loved Muses of Mystery before their closure in 2024, and has since taken all of their knowledge to begin her own pursuits. She reads tarot cards, runes, and creates candles for ritual and offering.

The Shade Parlour

The Shade Parlour creates moody hand sewn vintage feel lampshades. Mixing light and textures to take you back to a smoky speakeasy cocktail in hand, it's elegant and haunting home decor with a dark essence.

Third Circle Bakery

Third Circle Bakery knows the fastest way to your Valentine's heart is through their stomach, lungs and kidneys. Look no further for sinful desserts that are free from cruelty.

TwistedEerie

TwistedEerie is an independent artist who has a passion for unique wearables, indie games, Cryptids, monsters, comics and DIY punk culture. They create a variety of accessories and cryptid themed collectables!

Vilena Silks

Vilena Silks creates carefully hand constructed luxurious Burlesque wear and lingerie. Celebrating love and desire in every body, Vilena Silks is dedicated to using premium materials with a commitment to timeless elegance.

Wendy Olsen Art

Wendy Olsen is a Melbourne-based artist, sculptor, and designer fusing the quaint with the quirky to craft a unique visual vocabulary. Her work, often an assembly of the cute, the fleshy, and the every day, provokes delight and discomfort in equal measure. Wendy has a penchant for reimagining the ordinary.

Wild Incantations

Gaia has always been a lover of the dark enchanted, the wild and otherworldly. Her jewellery label, Wild Incantations is a combination of her love of foraging and collecting earthly treasures and her love of creating. She draws inspiration from folklore and fantasy and loves to explore symbolism through reverence. of the natural world.

Wixcraft Candles

Conjuring since 2018, Wixcraft makes candles, wax melts and homewares for dark souls

Yuxin&Luna

Yuxin & Luna are two artists whose works intertwine romance and darkness. Yuxin blends playful Y2K aesthetics with fragile emotions, while Luna creates surreal Gothic art that celebrates beauty in heartbreak. Together, they craft haunting yet tender visions of love.

Zoomies Boutique

With a career in animal welfare, Lauren always felt severely uninspired by what her industry had to offer; she struggled to find products that met the standards she had from a nutritional stand point, and finding toys & accessories for her babies that suited her style wasn’t even comprehensible. And so Zoomies Boutique was born, to demand more than the ordinary.

Tay Bassi Creative

A photographer, capturing weddings/elopements and portraiture with a splash of witchcraft for the creatives and wild at heart.