Queen City Pop-Up is an initiative, presented in partnership with Buffalo Urban Development Corporation and Buffalo Place Inc., that offers small, start-up retail oriented businesses the opportunity to join a collective of pop-ups, under one roof, at a strategic Downtown location.Held in December each year and recently expanded to include a Summer edition, Queen City Pop-up gives local businesses a change to sell their products while giving downtown residences and workers places to shop. Some recent previous participants that have gone on to open their own retail stores in Buffalo include:

• Rust Belt Love
• Rudeboyz
• Yar Mos Muse
• Whimsey Confections
• Huggins Home Decor
• Buffalo Barkery
• Zandra
• MMW Style