‘Sama All’ As Wet Market Celebrates Three Years
Celebrating its third anniversary with 60+ creatives, local brands, matcha, workshops, and hands-on experiences, Wet Market: Art Market brings its playful creative community to Marikina this October.
Words Randolf Maala-Resueño
Photos courtesy of Wet Market PH
October 14, 2026
Photo by Nadine Faith Delluta
At its best, an art market becomes a temporary little world: a collision of makers, collectors, curious passersby, small businesses, and people simply looking for something that makes them smile.
That spirit is at the heart of Wet Market: Art Market, which celebrates its third anniversary this October 17 and 18 with a two-day creative gathering at Marikhain Studios in Marikina City.
In partnership with Design Week Philippines 2026, the anniversary edition takes the form of a three-in-one celebration: an art market, a local brands row, and a mini matcha fest. More than 60 artists and brands will bring together illustrations, stickers, pottery, crafts, toys, scents, fashion, food, and other handmade curiosities, creating the kind of eclectic ecosystem where there is always another corner to discover.
The move to Marikina also gives the celebration a new geography. After years of building a community around local creativity, Wet Market is bringing its particular brand of art-market energy closer to a new audience in the city.
A market made for wandering
The appeal of Wet Market lies partly in its refusal to define what “art” is supposed to look like.
Photo by Raphael Brizuela
A sticker can be art. As well as a ceramic objet d’art. A tiny illustration, felt portrait, handmade scent, collectible toy, or lovingly designed piece of merchandise can become an entry point into an artist’s world.
Among the participating creatives are Kulas Jalea, Adoolt Cats, Angel Studios, Hannah Lim Art, Juicecolorr, MOMOKO CLUB, Mudder Potters, Pixelboi, The Purple Penguin PH, Tintmyst, and dozens more.
For visitors, the result is a pompous creative playground: a place to browse, collect, meet makers, and stumble upon something unexpected.
Come for the art, stay for the matcha
The anniversary celebration also expands beyond the market stalls.
Photo by Raphael Brizuela
Five-plus matcha brands will join the weekend, including Elysian Matcha, Kuma, Kura Matcha, Nagomi Matcha, and One Cup Matcha, alongside food offerings from Poke Bubs and The Matcha Co.
Workshops add another layer of participation. BLINKED Temporary Tattoos will lead visitors through temporary tattoo-making, while The Purple Penguin PH offers a felt-portrait workshop where participants can sew their own miniature likeness.
There will also be live on-the-spot portraits and a flip-book photo booth, turning the event itself into something to take home.
Participation, in a sense, is Wet Market’s representation of Filipino creativity–it is asking audiences to interact with it. Three years in, perhaps that is the real celebration: not just how many artists can fit into one market, but how many different ways people can encounter art.
For one weekend, Marikina becomes a parade of makers, collectors, matcha drinkers, illustrators, potters, designers, and the simply curious.
Sama all. The market is open.
Join Filipino creatives and the like by exploring Wet Market’s Instagram page. Entrance is free of charge.
