About
The Reno Punk Rock Flea Market is a 100% volunteer-run, community-supported non-profit that’s dedicated to amplifying the arts and music scene in Nevada through hosting public events like the Punk Rock Flea Market, educational workshops and providing a forum for creative self-expression. We’ve been producing community events since 2018 and have now expanded to several large events a year as well as a monthly all-ages matinee. Our goal for the next five years is to rent our own venue where we can facilitate even more all-ages events and provide a permanent space for all of our community members to collaborate & create. All donations go directly toward our events and community sponsorships.
Our flagship event is the Reno Punk Rock Flea Market. It’s an all-ages, DIY event. In 2022, we expanded to two Fleas a year! Our Fleas The Season Holiday Flea is in the Fall and our standard Flea is in the Spring.
The Flea is always all ages and kids under 12 are free! We have food trucks, activities, kids crafts, car smash and so much more!
Here’s a little bit more about the RPRFM event -
The Reno Punk Rock Flea Market is a weekend party with 10+ bands (local & traveling) and 60+ vendors who are artists, activists, non-profits and makers. We smash cars, make stuff, connect with like-minded folks, drink beer and have a pretty great time. Despite the constant loud music and car smashing, we are family-friendly! (If you’re the sort of family that likes punk rock and disrupting the status quo). We also have an interactive kiddo section complete with Drag Story Time with Vertigo!
Another fan favorite is our POSSUM PILE which is basically a gigantic free clothing swap section so bring all your old stuff and leave with something new.
We have several food trucks rocking out all weekend long and a bar for your drinking needs plus an ATM in case you’d like to get some books, art, zines, clothes, whatever from our awesome vendors.
Although we are a non-profit ourselves and all of our events are volunteer-run, we also donate a percentage of our Flea revenue to sponsor other non-profit events in our community. Thank you for supporting the Flea and showing everyone how rad Reno is!
Upcoming Events
It’s our FIRST EVER THREE-DAY FLEA!
WE’RE SO EXCITED TO HOST THIS EVENT AT SOUTH 40 FEATURING A FULL ARCADE AND A TON OF PARKING!!!
Join us for THREE DAYS of Reno's Most Punk Flea featuring:
60 Vendors
14 Bands
Possum Pile Clothing Exchange
Full Arcade with pool tables and skee-ball
DIY Activity Tables - Zines, Friendship Bracelets, Collage!
Car Smash
Dare Devil Performance by Brianna Belladonna
Food Trucks
Mutual Aid Groups
and more!
The Flea is always all ages and kids under 12 are free!
BAND LINEUP COMING REAL SOON!!
The event starts at 6pm on Friday November 14th. On Saturday and Sunday the Flea begins at 10am with expanded quiet hours to 10am - 1pm.
Friday 6pm - 10pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 10am - 6pm
This is an indoor-only event in a giant barcade with tons of parking! Learn more about South 40 here.
We have 100 early bird single day $5 tickets so get them while you can! Our regular presale tickets are $8 for a single day and $15 for a full three-day weekend pass. Tickets jump up to $10 for a single day and $20 for a weekend pass at the event so grab them while they're super cheap!
Want to get involved in the Flea and volunteer? You'll get free weekend passes, merch, food and a rad community! Sign up here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedhSEgNOXN2RCGDy6pIQPYmc15VqalXm8MY4KZGAUngMJnmA/viewform?usp=dialog
Want to sponsor the Flea and get many shout-outs and goodies? Check out sponsor details here - https://www.rprfm.org/sponsorship
Thank you for coming out to our second Punk Rock Pride!
Photos from the incredible @haleynicholephoto and @nobribefoul
more music, more mayhem
Every last Sunday of the month is our monthly matinee, Neutral Ground, at the Holland Project or 4th Street Coffee Bar. Both venues are all-ages, sober spaces and all are invited. NG is a space for new bands to play their first gig and veteran bands to try out new material. The Neutral Ground event has recently been awarded a Nevada Arts Council Grant! Neutral Ground will now be totally FREE until May 2025! Thank you so much Nevada Arts Council.
next neutral ground
Join us for our september Neutral Ground on 9/28 at 4th Street Coffee Bar from 4pm - 7pm. This is a free, all ages event supported by a Nevada Arts Council Grant.
If you’d like to play NG in 2025 please fill out our form below. all bands are welcome to apply! Preference is given to newer bands!
Thank you for supporting us NAC and NEA!
RPRFM Music Education
RPRFM is currently building out a new music education program in collaboration with Note-able Music Therapy Services. Our goal is to offer affordable music lessons for all. We’re currently looking for guitar, bass and keyboard instructors.
Reach out if you’d like to help us kick off this rad program!
News & Updates
Our 2024 community survey is here! Help us make our non-profit the best ever! With your feedback we’ll make changes to the Fleas and our programs to better serve our community!
Neutral Ground Grant
In January of 2024, Neutral Ground received an Equity Expansion Grant from the City of Reno that allows us to host three free Neutral Ground sessions from January - March 2024. We’re happy to use these funds to pay bands, offer free admission, hire a videographer and generally contribute to the Reno DIY art and music scene.
Our 2023 community feedback survey is now live! We would love your input so we can continue to evolve and grow! Fill out this simple survey here and help us shape the RPRFM non-profit!
RPRFM Non-Profit Announcement
As of March 2023, the Reno Punk Rock Flea Market is an independent non-profit 501c3 organization. We are no longer part of The Generator Inc maker space non-profit.
What does this mean?
In 2018, The Reno Punk Rock Flea was founded by Kadillac Kim and Jessi Sprocket as an annual fundraiser for The Generator. As the community and the RPRFM event grew a new dream was born: to become our own nonprofit organization, to do more events, and eventually purchase our own music and community venue. We are really excited that we have taken the next step to realize this dream by becoming our own non-profit with our original flea crew spearheading this move!
As an independent non-profit, the only funding we receive is through our events as well as donations and sponsorships directly to the Flea. The Punk Rock Prom in late March 2023 was our first fundraiser event as our own RPRFM non-profit. Financially we are starting back at square one with extremely limited funding but we know through the love of the Flea and your support we will grow and evolve and hopefully, one day realize our ultimate venue ownership goal.
Thanks for your continued support and know that we are working really hard to bring you the best possible events that give back to the community and showcase all of the incredible art and talent that Reno has to offer.
Want to get involved with our new non-profit? We are currently growing our volunteer family. Visit our volunteer page for more information.
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