March 31, 2025
2025 SIU Civil Service Flea Market to raise funds for scholarships is April 26
CARBONDALE, Ill. – The region’s vendors have an opportunity to sign up for the 2025 Southern Illinois University Carbondale Civil Service Council’s spring flea market. Proceeds from vendors’ fees go to the Civil Service Education Assistance Fund toward scholarships for SIU students.
This year’s flea market is from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 26 in the Banterra Center parking lot. Customer parking will be in the adjacent lot. If hazardous weather conditions, such as thunderstorms and lightning, occur, the event will be moved to April 27. There will be concessions.
The cost to sellers is $35 for a single space (18 feet wide by 18 feet deep) and $50 for a double space (36-by-18 feet). Additional individual spaces (9-by-18 feet) are available for $10 per space. Payment is due by 4 p.m. April 17. Sellers renting space the day of the sale will pay an additional $10. Applications to rent space at the market and to pay are available online. Because this is a fundraiser for the Civil Service Council Education Assistance Fund, there are no refunds.
There are a few regulations for vendors to remember. The university is a gun-free school zone, and concealed firearms cannot be carried on campus.
Regulations also prohibit the sale of:
- Alcohol.
- Ammunition.
- Firearms.
- Food.
- Hazardous materials.
- Live animals.
- Pharmarceuticals.
There also cannot be:
- Amplified sound of any type, including microphones.
- Generators.
If fees are not paid online, send checks or money orders, payable to SIU Carbondale, to Civil Service Council, c/o Campus Mail Services – Professional Constituencies Office, Woody Hall, B342, Mail code 4712, 900 S. Normal Ave., Carbondale, Illinois, 62901. Please include your mailing address and telephone number.
For more information and an application, if needed, contact Anthony Travelstead, vice president, SIU Civil Service Council, at 618-453-7601.