OUR HISTORY
10 Years of Pop-Ups
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2015 JULY 1ST
Little Mountain Shop opens its doors offering a new dedicated pop-up space to Vancouver, located on Main Street in its namesake neighbourhood, Little Mountain-Riley Park -
2015 SEPTEMBER
Poppy Barley pop-up with us as their homebase for their annual Vancouver trunk shows -
2015 NOVEMBER
Wheat Kids pop-up with us for our first month-long pop-up! -
2016 FEBRUARY
Little Mountain Shop curates its very first in-house pop-up, Main Squeeze, an annual Valentine’s themed pop-up -
2016 APRIL
Zanerobe, an Australian men’s apparel company pop-ups with a warehouse sale that have guys lined up around the block to get their hands on a pair of the brand’s popular joggers -
2016 MAY
Smash & Tess launch their brand with a pop-up, introducing their version of a jumpsuit that ends up leading the romper revolution -
2016 AUGUST
Salt Spring Coffee takes over the space, turning it into a cold brew cafe, PNW Island inspired, including hanging a canoe from the ceiling -
2016 DECEMBER
We curate our first holiday shop in what would become an annual anticipated pop-up for vendors and shoppers during our favourite time of the year -
2017 MARCH
LocalTalks invites us to lead a panel discussing the Power of the Pop-Up: Creating a Lasting Impression in a Temporary Space -
2017 JUNE
We curate a cactus pop-up. You read that right. Just for fun, a gallery style boutique plant shop -
2017 SEPTEMBER
An ad agency transforms our space for their client, creating a fun escape room activation -
2018 JUNE
We curate a passion project pop-up to celebrate, support, and empower womxn, including trans women, people of colour, and femme/feminine-identifying genderqueer and non-binary folks with a week-long store including workshops and Drag Story time for kids. -
2018 JUNE
Wilet (formerly Flax Sleep) launch their bedding brand! -
2018 July
We host a Slime pop-up organized by a kid (with the help of their parents) — “One stop shop for best quality slimes! Buy slime and meet some West Coast Slimers!" -
2018 August
We curate our first pop-up for Pride! Celebrating LGBTQ2S+ makers and creatives -
2018 OCTOBER
Vancouver-based startup Vessi Footwear who brought the world’s first fully waterproof, knit shoe to life has their first ever pop-up! -
2019 APRIL
Coveted jewelry brand, Mejuri, pop-up with us creating a beautiful showroom and piercing studio -
2020 MARCH
Poppy Barley would become our final pop-up at our original location as the world starts shutting down. Ultimately we knew that it wouldn’t just be two-weeks to slow the spread and we decide to close our doors before the month is up, future unknown -
2020 DECEMBER
To our delight, we’re invited to take our annual Holiday pop-up to The Polygon Gallery which would be the start of a great three-year partnership spending the holiday season together to continue featuring local makers and artists. -
2022 JULY
Little Mountain Shop curates a pop-up celebrating local Queer and Asian makers for ‘Pride in Chinatown’ at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden -
2022 JULY
An amazing opportunity is presented to take Little Mountain Shop to Granville Island! What was only supposed to be a two-month summer pop-up space becomes our new home -
2023 JANUARY
We get notified that there’s a great storefront back in our old hood that might become available for a short period of time. After a few months of deciding if it’s the right move, we get the keys and launch LMS Project Space -
2023 MAY
Let’s celebrate Asian Heritage Month! We curate one of our most favourite pop-ups called ‘Honour Roll,’ featuring cool products by cool Asian makers + creatives in our new Project Space. We even get Lion Dancers to perform and bless the pop-up! -
2023 AUGUST
Rare Spirit holds their first ever pop-up shop and brings exactly what we imagined LMS Project Space to be: a space to create culture and community with a pop-up shop, event space, and art gallery. -
2023 SEPTEMBER
Natasha presents on the PechaKucha stage, Celebrating Creatives in 20 slides x 20 seconds, a fun and informal night of culture, ideas, creativity, passion and opinions -
2023 NOVEMBER
We team up with Seek Bespoke to collaborate on a curated holiday market in Vancouver -
2024
We have an amazing year at our Granville Island location with pop-ups having record sales! -
2024 DECEMBER
We take our annual holiday pop-up to Squamish! Teaming up with Bosa Properties, we transform their SEAandSKY Discovery Centre to a festive holiday experience -
2025
It’s our 10-Year Anniversary! Stay tuned for community events to celebrate and of course another great year or pop-ups at our location in the Net Loft on Granville Island!