ODDMART Pop-Up — First Stop Tampa

Odd Sox opens its ODDMART pop-up in Tampa on Thursday, turning a Ybor City event space into a five-day retail installation built around socks packaged as grocery-store products. The event runs through Monday, May 25, at LeBlanc Venue, 1517 E. 9th Ave., according to That’s So Tampa and event listings. The company is billing Tampa as the first stop of an ODDMART world tour. Admission is free, and public hours are listed as 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. The Tampa stop is framed less as a traditional market than as an immersive brand activation. That’s So Tampa described the space as a retro grocery store where the products on the shelves are socks packaged in branded boxes, cans and bags tied to snack and beverage labels. Listings for the event also say the pop-up includes DJs, photo opportunities, light bites and giveaways over the five-day run. ### What is ODDMART actually selling in Tampa? Odd Sox is using the Tampa pop-up to showcase socks packaged to resemble grocery-store items, according to That’s So Tampa’s event coverage. The publication said the shelves are stocked with products styled after brands including Cheez-It, Liquid Death and Cheetos. The company’s own promotional posts and third-party event listings describe the installation as a temporary store and exhibit rather than a standard vendor market. A YouTube event promo and social posts tied to Odd Sox said the Tampa dates are May 21 through May 25 and promoted “thousands of dollars in giveaways.” ### Where is the pop-up, and when can people go? LeBlanc Venue at 1517 E. 9th Ave. in Tampa is listed as the site of the event across That’s So Tampa, Eventbrite and event-calendar pages. The location is in Ybor City, the neighborhood named in That’s So Tampa’s separate feature on the launch. Daily hours are listed as 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Thursday, May 21, through Monday, May 25. An Eventbrite page also listed a separate VIP access event for Wednesday, May 20, ahead of the public opening. ### Why is Tampa being called the first stop? That’s So Tampa reported that the ODDMART “world tour” is debuting in Tampa, making the city the first announced stop for the concept. Odd Sox’s promotional language in social posts matched that framing, telling visitors the pop-up was “coming to Tampa” for the May 21-25 run. The available public listings do not name later tour dates or cities. What they do show is that Tampa is being used as the opening market for the format, with the company pairing the retail display with entertainment and giveaway programming over Memorial Day weekend. ### Is this a market with multiple vendors or a single-brand pop-up? That’s So Tampa’s descriptions point to a single-brand activation led by Odd Sox, not a conventional multi-vendor market. The publication said Odd Sox is “taking over” the Ybor City space and transforming it into the themed store. UNATION listings show at least one related event inside the run — “ODDMART x TREMBLE: Shop & Sculpt” on May 23 — suggesting the company is layering in partner programming while keeping the main installation centered on the Odd Sox concept. ### What should visitors know before going? Free admission is one of the clearest details repeated across the public listings. That’s So Tampa said the event is open to the public, while event pages on AllEvents and other calendars list the same venue and dates. Monday, May 25, is the final public day currently listed for the Tampa stop. That’s So Tampa’s weekend guide and the publication’s standalone ODDMART feature both carry the schedule, venue and programming details for visitors planning to attend.