Curvy Con Chicago

Curvy Con Chicago Welcome to the page for Curvy Con, a maker's market for curvy creators and shoppers! December 7th, 12pm-4pm
The Empty Bottle, 1035 N Western Ave

03/20/2026

Attention sponsors, small businesses, and independent makers!

We are offering ad space in the program of our latest show, Kassandra at the Top of the World. All services welcome!

Ads are $25 for a half page and $50 for a full page. Funds collected from these ads go towards paying the artists and funding production costs.

Please submit your ad by March 27th.

Check out the form: https://forms.gle/X6rrVCcRiEuXyNpr8 and if you have any questions please reach out to Eileen Tull at [email protected] or Morgan Manasa at [email protected].

Kassandra at the Top of the World is presented by The Terror Cottas, Fat Theatre Project, and the Chicago Park District. Performances are April 2nd - April 18th, Wednesdays- Sundays.

Y'all, we are SO excited to have been featured in Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago 2025! Thank you to Isa Giallorenzo fo...
03/04/2026

Y'all, we are SO excited to have been featured in Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago 2025! Thank you to Isa Giallorenzo for highlighting Curvy Con's mission and the excellent work of Fat Theatre Project!

Check out the article here:
https://chicagoreader.com/best-of-chicago/best-of-chicago-buy-local-curvy-con/

And be sure to follow Fat Theatre Project to stay up-to-date on our exciting endeavors!

Hey y'all, it's been a minute, but we NEED to post to express our gratitude to you for making Curvy Con 2025 such a wond...
12/24/2025

Hey y'all, it's been a minute, but we NEED to post to express our gratitude to you for making Curvy Con 2025 such a wonderful, breathtaking, stupendous, beautiful event. All of our vendors were absolutely phenomenal. Our guests were amazing and so supportive, and we truly could not have done this without you. Whether you were able to attend in person or shared and interacted online, we are so glad to have your support. Thank you all so very much.

From the raffle and other donations, Fat Theatre Project was able to meet and exceed its fundraising goal for the premiere of a new play in 2026, Kassandra on Top of the World! Please follow to continue to get updates on the important, excellent work we do.

So grateful, so thankful, filled with all the good feelings. We are wishing you a merry and bright holiday season, and we can't wait to see you in 2025!

12/07/2025

Our entrance is just a few steps north of Empty Bottle's main door! The market is officially open, the bar is open, the pizza place next door is open, and Peg the Cat is a-wandering!

12/07/2025

Hey friends! We are using the side entrance for shoppers! Walk just a few feet north of the main entrance to enter.

Our vendors are set, the bar is open, the pizza shop next store is cooking, and we are SO excited to see you!!

12/05/2025

‼️Y’all, the day is ALMOST. HERE!! 🎄🎁🎉

Pls send stabilizers because we are truly ⚠️vibrating⚠️with excitement. One more time we wanted to showcase our fantabulous, stupendamazing, wildly cool curvy creators. 💕Which ones are you most excited to see?? 👀Shout them out in the comments!!👇

✨Alice’s Crystal Palace✨
✨Alyona Crochets✨
✨Cry Baby Crafts✨
✨DigiMegg✨
✨Emmett Makes✨
✨Green Goose Shop✨
✨Goddess Curves Boutique✨
✨kloie louise✨
✨Marjogogo Art✨
✨Meadowformed✨
✨PeachyPink Creative Studio✨
✨PrettiMuch! Voluptuous Body Rituals✨
✨Primary Lines✨
✨Rachel’s Closet✨
✨Redskew✨
✨Shamily Jewels✨
✨The Mismatched Shoppe✨
✨The Storm’s Eye✨
✨The Threaded Duckling✨
✨Threads and Tales✨
✨Vanessa Rae Art Studio✨
✨Well-Rounded Wellness✨

𝒞𝓊𝓇𝓋𝓎 𝒞𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓈 𝑒𝓍𝒸𝒾𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓁𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 @𝒫𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽𝓍𝒫𝒶𝓁𝒶𝒸𝑒, 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓂𝑒𝒹𝒾𝒶 𝓈𝓅𝑜𝓃𝓈𝑜𝓇 💖They’ll be documenting the day...
12/04/2025

𝒞𝓊𝓇𝓋𝓎 𝒞𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓈 𝑒𝓍𝒸𝒾𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓁𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 @𝒫𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽𝓍𝒫𝒶𝓁𝒶𝒸𝑒, 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓂𝑒𝒹𝒾𝒶 𝓈𝓅𝑜𝓃𝓈𝑜𝓇 💖

They’ll be documenting the day, interviewing artists from our community, and offering photos at the event — So come in your fave outfit and serve the main-character moment.

Peach x Palace is a sapphic-owned + operated creative studio + self-published magazine. They invest in artists, give them a platform to display their work, and offer opportunities to elevate their creative careers.

Come meet the team and get your photo taken — and to learn more, check out link in bio for ways to get involved.

📍 The Empty Bottle
1035 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
🗓 Sunday, December 7th
⏰ 12–4 PM

Not only is Curvy Con THE place to be to shop Chicago’s best curvy makers and artists, it is also a fundraiser for Fat T...
12/02/2025

Not only is Curvy Con THE place to be to shop Chicago’s best curvy makers and artists, it is also a fundraiser for Fat Theatre Project! As we did last year, we have a fabulous raffle with some truly amazing prizes. By purchasing raffle tickets, you get to support your favorite new theatre company AND you have the chance to win something really special. That’s what we call a “win-win”... win!

Many, many thanks to the companies in our community who are supporting us with their donations!

🩷Dorothy - Free lounge rental!

❤️Broadway in Chicago - 2 tickets to Eureka Day!

🧡Chicago Balboa Underground - Free private lesson or 4-class series!

💛Glenwood Dance Studio - 10-class dance pass!

💚Edgewater Candles - $50 gift card!

🩵Kassandra at the Top of the World - 2 tickets to the premiere production in April!

💙Traffic Jam! Swing - Free beginner class series for one or two!

💜meadowformed - Candle sampler! (And they’re also vending at Curvy Con!)

🩷Loaves & Witches - $20 gift card!

❤️Three Avenues Bookshop - $25 gift card!

🧡Fat Theatre Project - Free entry to ‘Solo Level One’ Workshop!

💛Myopic Bookstore - $25 gift card!

SHOPPERS OF ALL KINDS: At last, a post for the trinket girlies, crystal babes, self-care boys, and everyone who just lov...
11/30/2025

SHOPPERS OF ALL KINDS: At last, a post for the trinket girlies, crystal babes, self-care boys, and everyone who just loves a treasure hunt!

❤ At Curvy Con, we want to bring you the best of the best that Chicago's small business scene has to offer. There is something for everyone, and we know that you're going to love the creations of these artists and creators. Come to us all of us in ONE WEEK!

✨Meadowformed✨
Meadowformed creates the most delectable scented soy candles!

✨The Storm's Eye✨
TSE features a variety of handmade items and will offer tarot/divination services too. Another big part of what they do is create free and low cost witchy q***r centered events!

✨PeachyPink Creative Studio✨
PPCS feature floral design, graphic design and candles

✨PrettiMuch! Voluptuous Body Rituals✨
PrettiMuch! Voluptuous Body Rituals are the makers of The U.B.B. stick! A nature-based Anti Chafe/Anti Friction, irritation, inflammation, and hyperpigmentation stick for your Under, B’Twixt & B’Tween! They crafted and curated a skincare line that has been specifically formulated to address the skin irritations that can occur with curvy, plus and voluptuous bodies.

✨Redskew✨
With a background in architecture and plus size fashion, their art thrives in the taking up of space!

✨Alice's Crystal Palace✨
Here to create connections through out Chicago to remind that each of us is modern royalty all living in the same Palace!

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1035 N Western Ave
Chicago, IL
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