From Suze and Richie, owners of Balkan Bazaar. We had a wonderful time as usual at Texas Camp 2024, our final trip there. This 2019 photo is from our pop-up shop at Texas Camp a few years back: we look so young! We thrive on being with our dear friends, enjoying good dancing, conversations, and food.
Kolo Festival 2024 folks -- we were with you in spirit while we were at Texas Camp. Of course, you may still shop our "Tiny Tables" below!
April 2025 - For quick shopping, here are our Balkan Bazaar "Tiny Tables" (Google Slides) of selected goodies. New things are added frequently - a pile of things sit here now waiting to be photographed and listed.
Table #1 Home and Textiles here: https://tinyurl.com/984txtaf
Table #2 Handicrafts, Clothing, Jewelry here: https://tinyurl.com/pmaac5se
Contact us if you don't see Balkan things you're looking for. Folk music CDs are popular as gifts, easy to wrap and mail . Most of our titles are on final sale at the reduced price of $10. Too many titles to list them all, so ask us for your favorite Bulgarian CDs. Or we can suggest some music. If you're near us in North Carolina, or driving through, call for a shopping appointment.
Where’s our shop? We're in the US, but don't have a brick and mortar store in a building. Before the pandemic we traveled to folk dance camps and events to build our pop-up shop with both contemporary and vintage Balkan folk wares. Some events have resumed so we're back on the road. It's easier for us to set up a real shop than to manipulate this website, so you'll experience lots more Balkan Bazaar at an actual event. We offer you a treasure trove of folksy things - there's lots to look through, much more than the samples we have here on our website.
Many items are one of a kind, like a vintage Bulgarian hand-woven beaded belt or an out of print ethnic costume book. When that unique piece is gone, it's gone. Luckily, we're always collecting more. Some items are available in various styles and sizes, such as Bulgarian T-shirts, Bulgarian socks, table linens, and postcards.
Please contact us if you don't see what you want, or if you have a question about a listed item. We'll tell you if we still have the item, if we can get another one, or if we can suggest something similar.
