QUEEN CITY SPIRIT MARKET
Where Culture, Commerce & Spirit Meet
A Juneteenth Celebration of Liberation, Entrepreneurship & Conscious Community
Presented by Rich Bitch Conjure × Emma and Rachel Conjure, Charlotte, NC, June 20, 2026
THE DECLARATION
There is a kind of freedom that can't be legislated.
It isn't handed down in proclamations or signed into existence on courthouse steps. It lives in the hands of a woman who built something from nothing. It moves through the smoke of an herb bundle burning over a carefully crafted altar. It sits in the weight of a bottle of conjure oil, hand-poured with intention, sealed with prayer, and sent out into the world to do its work.
That freedom, spiritual freedom, financial freedom, creative freedom, is exactly what Queen City Spirit Market was created to celebrate.
On June 20, 2026, Charlotte, North Carolina becomes something more than a city. It becomes a gathering place. A declaration. A marketplace of liberation where Black-owned brands, spiritual entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds, conscious shoppers, and community builders come together to honor Juneteenth not just as a date on a calendar, but as a living, breathing commitment to what freedom actually looks like when all people are allowed to fully show up in business, in spirit, and in community.
This is not a casual pop-up.
This is a curated, intentional, culture-forward marketplace co-presented by two of the region's most distinctive spiritual brands: Rich Bitch Conjure, Charlotte's luxury hoodoo conjure oil house founded by LadyDi, rootworker by birthright, practicing nurse, and unapologetic architect of spiritual luxury, and Emma and Rachel Conjure, a beloved spiritual brand with deep roots in the Carolinas conjure tradition.
Together, they are building something that hasn't existed in Charlotte before, a premium spiritual marketplace that honors where we come from, celebrates who we are, and invests in where we are going.
Queen City Spirit Market is the intersection of culture, commerce, and spirit, and it opens June 20.
Why Juneteenth? Why Now?
Juneteenth, observed on June 19th and celebrated throughout the surrounding days, marks the moment in 1865 when enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas finally received word of their emancipation, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had already been signed.
It is a holiday about delayed liberation. About truth finally arriving. About people stepping into a freedom that had already been declared but not yet delivered.
For the spiritual community, particularly for practitioners of Hoodoo, rootwork, and African diasporic traditions, Juneteenth carries a resonance that goes far deeper than civic observance. These traditions survived because Black people kept them alive through generations of oppression, concealment, and erasure. The herbs, the roots, the prayers, the conjure, all of it endured because of the same resilience that Juneteenth commemorates.
To build a spiritual marketplace on Juneteenth weekend is not a marketing decision.
It is an act of alignment.
Queen City Spirit Market says, the freedom our ancestors fought for includes the freedom to build, to sell, to earn, to heal, and to be unapologetically spiritual in public.
Charlotte Is Ready
Charlotte has always been a city of ambition. The Queen City is home to one of the fastest-growing Black professional communities in the Southeast, a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem, and a deep cultural hunger for experiences that reflect the full complexity and beauty of Black life.
What Charlotte has not had, until now, is a dedicated, curated, luxury-leaning spiritual marketplace that centers a collective of vendors, honors all spiritual traditions including the African diaspora and Hoodoo, and creates a shopping experience worthy of the community it serves.
Queen City Spirit Market fills that gap.
This is not a flea market. This is not a generic craft fair with a spiritual section tucked in the back. This is a thoughtfully curated gathering of up to ten spiritual entrepreneurs, each vetted for quality, authenticity, and alignment with the market's values, brought together in a beautiful venue space, presented with the care and intention of a luxury brand experience, and grounded in the cultural significance of Juneteenth.
Charlotte is ready. The vendors are ready. The community is ready.
Are you?
THE EXPERIENCE
What to Expect at Queen City Spirit Market
Queen City Spirit Market is designed from the ground up to be a full sensory, full community, full spirit experience. From the moment you walk in the door, you will feel the difference between this and anything else you've attended.
The Vendors
Every vendor at Queen City Spirit Market has been selected with intention. This is a curated marketplace, not an open call, which means every table, every product, every offering has been reviewed for quality, authenticity, and alignment with the market's mission. Shoppers can expect to find:
Handcrafted conjure oils and spiritual formulas- including the luxury hoodoo oils of Rich Bitch Conjure, fully spelled with real herbs, curios, and intention. These are not fragrance oils. These are working oils, made by a rootworker who has been doing this work her entire life.
Rootwork and spiritual consultation services- connect with experienced practitioners who can offer readings, spiritual guidance, and traditional rootwork support.
Herbal and botanical products- from hand-blended loose incense to ritual herb bundles to botanical bath and body products crafted with spiritual intention.
Sacred tools and altar supplies- candles, crystals, spiritual curios, and handcrafted altar items sourced from vendors who understand what these objects are actually for.
Luxury spiritual body care- because caring for your physical vessel is a spiritual act. Vendors offering spelled body butters, scrubs, oils, and ritual self-care products remind us that luxury and spirit are not opposites.
Art, jewelry, and wearable spirit- handcrafted pieces that carry meaning, from spiritually significant jewelry to art that reflects many spiritual practices including the African diasporic culture and Black joy.
Every item at this market has a story. Every vendor has a practice. That is the Queen City Spirit Market difference.
The Atmosphere
Queen City Spirit Market is not just about what you buy. It is about how you feel while you're there.
Expect music that moves. Expect the scent of herbs and florals drifting through the space. Expect conversation, real conversation, between shoppers and makers who are passionate about what they do. Expect to leave knowing something you didn't know when you walked in, whether that's a new herb for your practice, a new brand you'll order from for years, or a new understanding of what Juneteenth means for the spiritual community.
This is a community gathering disguised as a marketplace. Or maybe it's a marketplace elevated into a community gathering. Either way, you will feel it.
The Location
Queen City Spirit Market is hosted at The Bag Lady in Charlotte, NC, a beloved local venue that has already become a home for Black-owned businesses and community events in the Queen City. The space is intimate enough to feel curated, spacious enough to breathe, and rooted in the kind of community energy that makes events like this possible.
The Bag Lady isn't just a venue. It's a co-conspirator in building something meaningful for Charlotte.
The Date
June 20, 2026.
Juneteenth observed. Freedom celebrated. Commerce honored. Spirit centered.
Mark it. Save it. Tell everyone you know.
Who This Market Is For
Queen City Spirit Market was built with specific people in mind.
For the shopper who has been quietly building a spiritual practice and doesn't always know where to find products made by people who actually do the work, this market is your introduction to the real thing. No mass-produced spiritual aesthetics. No cultural appropriation dressed up as wellness. Real practitioners. Real products. Real tradition.
For the collector of fine spiritual goods who knows the difference between a conjure oil made with intention and one made with fragrance and filler, this market is your curated shopping experience. Come ready to invest in quality.
For the person who is spiritually curious but hasn't fully stepped into a practice yet, this market is a safe, welcoming, judgment-free space to explore, ask questions, and find the tools that call to you.
For the woman who has been told her spirituality is too much, too dark, too unconventional, too loud, this market was built specifically so you could show up exactly as you are and be celebrated for it.
For the conscious shopper who cares about where their money goes, who it supports, and what values it reflects, this market puts entrepreneurship and community investment at the center of every transaction.
For the vendor who is ready to put their brand in front of an audience that is primed, prepared, and ready to buy, this market is your stage.
THE MOVEMENT
This Is Bigger Than a Pop-Up
It would be easy to call Queen City Spirit Market a pop-up event. The word "pop-up" fits, technically. But it undersells what this is.
Queen City Spirit Market is a proof of concept.
It is proof that Black spiritual entrepreneurs in the Carolinas can gather, collaborate, and create a premium collective marketplace experience that competes with any luxury shopping event in this city. It is proof that Juneteenth can be honored with commerce as an act of cultural pride rather than a footnote on a sale flyer. It is proof that a community that has historically been told its traditions are primitive, dangerous, or shameful can build something beautiful, professional, and unapologetically present.
LadyDi of Rich Bitch Conjure has spent years building a luxury brand in a space that most people don't associate with luxury. She made that association deliberately because she understood that Black spiritual tradition deserves the same reverence, the same quality packaging, the same premium positioning that any other cultural tradition receives when it enters the mainstream market. Her oils are luxury. Her brand is luxury. Her presence in the marketplace is a reclamation.
Emma and Rachel Conjure brings that same spirit of intentionality and community rootedness to the co-creation of this event. Together, these two brands are not just hosting a market, they are modeling what collaboration between Black spiritual entrepreneurs looks like when it's done with integrity, shared vision, and mutual respect.
Queen City Spirit Market is the first. It will not be the last.
Liberation Is an Economic Act
There is a direct line between Juneteenth and Black economic power.
Juneteenth marks a moment of political liberation. But full liberation, the kind that transforms communities across generations, requires economic liberation too. It requires Black people owning businesses. Building brands. Creating wealth. Circulating dollars within communities that have historically been drained of them.
Every purchase made at Queen City Spirit Market is an act of economic liberation.
Every dollar spent at a Black-owned vendor table circulates back into a Black household, a Black business account, a Black entrepreneur's next product run, their next market, their next hire, their next dream made real.
This is what conscious commerce looks like. This is what it means to put your money where your values are.
Shopping at Queen City Spirit Market is not just a transaction. It is an investment in a community that is building itself into something extraordinary, one handcrafted product, one spiritual reading, one conjure oil at a time.
Freedom to Be Unapologetically You
Perhaps the deepest thread running through Queen City Spirit Market is this:
You are allowed to be exactly who you are here.
For many in the spiritual community, particularly those who practice Hoodoo, rootwork, or other African diasporic traditions, there is a lifetime of code-switching that happens outside of spaces like this. There is the version of yourself you present to the workplace, to the family members who don't understand, to the social circles where your spirituality feels like a liability.
And then there is the version of yourself that burns the candle, works the oil, speaks the prayer, and knows, without needing anyone else's validation, that this is real, this is powerful, and this is yours.
Queen City Spirit Market is a space built for that version of you.
Bring your practice. Bring your curiosity. Bring your questions and your collections and your altars-in-progress. Bring the part of yourself you've been keeping small in other rooms.
This room was built for you to take up space.
FAQ
Q: What is Queen City Spirit Market?
A: Queen City Spirit Market is Charlotte's premier spiritual marketplace, co-presented by Rich Bitch Conjure and Emma and Rachel Conjure. It is a curated, one-day event bringing together spiritually aligned vendors for a premium shopping and community experience on June 20, 2026.
Q: Where is the event located?
A: Queen City Spirit Market is hosted at The Bag Lady in Charlotte, NC.
Q: Is this event free to attend?
A: Yes. General admission is free. Follow @queencityspiritmarket on Instagram and Tiktok and join the email list at richbitchconjure.com and emmaandrachelconjure.com to be first to know.
Q: What kinds of vendors will be there?
A: Vendors have been curated to reflect the full spectrum of spiritual tradition and conscious commerce, conjure oils, rootwork, herbal products, spiritual body care, sacred tools, altar supplies, crystals, art, and more. Every vendor is selected for quality, authenticity, and alignment with the market's mission.
Q: Can I apply to be a vendor?
A: Yes, vendor applications are open for the remaining available spaces. See the Vendor section below for details on how to apply and what to expect.
Q: Is this event family-friendly?
A: Queen City Spirit Market is a welcoming, inclusive community gathering. Families are welcome. This event celebrates spiritual tradition, Black entrepreneurship, and Juneteenth, values we are proud to share across generations.
Q: Will there be food or drinks available?
A: No. This event will not include food vendors
Q: Will this event happen again?
A: Queen City Spirit Market is designed to grow. This June 20, 2026, event is the inaugural market, and if the community shows up the way we believe it will, this becomes an annual tradition. Come be part of the founding moment.
VENDORS
Are You a Spiritual Entrepreneur Ready to Sell to a Primed, Intentional Audience?
Queen City Spirit Market has a limited number of vendor spots available for our June 20, 2026, inaugural event, and we are filling them with intention.
This is not a first-come-first-served open call. Every vendor at this market is curated. We are looking for brands that are:
✔ Black-owned or spiritually aligned with the market's values
✔ Offering genuine, quality products rooted in spiritual tradition or conscious commerce
✔ Professional, prepared, and ready to represent at a premium event
What you get as a Queen City Spirit Market vendor:
- A curated table at one of Charlotte's most anticipated spiritual events
- Exposure to a targeted, ready-to-buy audience of spiritual shoppers and community members
- Cross-promotion from Rich Bitch Conjure, The Bag Lady, and Emma and Rachel Conjure's combined social and email audiences
- Your brand positioned alongside some of the most respected spiritual entrepreneurs in the Carolinas
Spaces are extremely limited. When they're filled, they're filled.
To inquire about vendor opportunities, contact us at queencityspiritmarket@gmail.com with the subject line: QCSM Vendor Application, and include your brand name, product category, Instagram handle, and a brief description of what you'd like to bring to the market.
SHOPPERS
Come Ready to Shop, Heal, Connect & Celebrate
Queen City Spirit Market is the spiritual shopping experience Charlotte has been waiting for and it's happening June 20, 2026.
Here's how to prepare:
→ Join the list. Get first access to event details, vendor announcements, and any ticketing info at emmaandrachelconjure.com and richbitchconjure.com
→ Follow the brands. Stay connected with @richbitchconjure @queencityspiritmarket and @emmaandrachelconjure on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook for real-time updates, vendor spotlights, and behind-the-scenes content leading up to the event.
→ Come with intention. This is a curated marketplace. The products here are real, the vendors are experienced, and the energy is intentional. Come ready to invest in your practice and in the community that sustains it.
→ Bring a friend. The more, the freer. This is a community event. Share it, invite people, and help build something that Charlotte will be talking about for years.
→ Mark your calendar now. June 20, 2026. Charlotte, NC. The Bag Lady. Queen City Spirit Market.
Freedom looks good on you. Come celebrate it.
SPONSORS & COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Align Your Brand With Liberation
Queen City Spirit Marke is more than an event, it is a cultural moment. And cultural moments create the kind of brand alignment that advertising budgets can't buy.
We are actively seeking sponsors, community partners, and media collaborators who share our commitment to Black entrepreneurship, spiritual collective community, and Juneteenth celebration.
Sponsorship and partnership opportunities include:
- Logo placement on event materials, signage, and digital promotion
- Social media features and co-branded content across Rich Bitch Conjure and Emma and Rachel Conjure platforms
- On-site presence and brand visibility at the event
- Alignment with one of Charlotte's most intentional spiritual experiences
Whether you are a local business, a regional brand, a media outlet, or a community organization, if your values align with ours, we want to talk.
Contact queencityspiritmarket@gmail.com with subject line: QCSM Partnership Inquiry
