The Tee Gazette will join local and national indie t-shirt brands, designers and artists of all walks of life at the first annual Boston Tee Party & Design/Artist Expo on Saturday, August 11^th 2012 in Boston, MA.

“We are pleased to announce this great event here in Boston. It is my pleasure to create a place for all of these companies and individuals to come together to showcase their work.” -Kelly Murphy, owner and operator of The Tee Gazette and her own indie t-shirt brand, saucewear, of Boston.

When is it? - The event will be held in Boston on August 11th, 2012 (a Saturday).

Where is it? - A venue has been tentatively picked. The announcement will be made next week on the location!

New Info: We’re expanding this event to include designers and artists of all walks of life, we’re all one big family!

Slated for this inaugural event will be two industry speakers who have not been named at this time and another speaker, Jonathan Kay (http://www.apptopia.com) who will discuss brand loyalty and scalable intimacy. Also confirmed are five national bands:

• Erin Cheyne from The Borogoves
• 13:1 (aka Thirteen To One)
• Broad Callings
• Devolver
• Kingston 530

There will also be a 50/50 raffle and silent auction during the event. All proceeds will be donated directly to a local charity, Birthday Wishes (http://www.birthdaywishes.org). Birthday wishes brings birthday parties to homeless children and is based out of Foxboro, MA.

Brands, designers and artists looking to purchase table space can do so by contacting Kelly Murphy at: kelly@teegazette.com or via this link: http://www.ttgteeparty.com.

Boston Tee Party Lineup

Event begins at NOON

First speaker: will begin at approximately 12:15pm [TBA]

Second speaker: Jonathan Kay will take the stage at approximately 1:00pm

(Third and final speaker will take the stage at approximately 1:45pm [TBA]

That is PART ONE of the event. We will then have about an hour to set up the expo tables/booths. This will give brands, artists and designers enough time to get their inventory out for viewing and give our first entertainer time to set up.

The expo event will be open to the public. Tickets to get in will be $5 ahead of time. There will be tickets available at the door, but they will be $7 the day of the event.

You can reserve your expo table NOW! Go to: http://www.ttgteeparty.com to make your reservation! The expo tables will be $50 for an 8 foot table. There will be a maximum amount of tables allowed to be set up, so make sure you reserve your table today! Once they’re sold out, they’re sold out!

This is a great price for this event! Confirm today!

IF YOU DO RESERVE AN EXPO TABLE, this will also get you in to see the speakers, there will be no extra cost for that.

IF YOU DO NOT RESERVE AN EXPO TABLE, you can reserve a ticket to see our speakers and attend the expo event, you just will not be able to set up your inventory at the Tee Party.