With local music and artists, a car show, sidewalk sales, more than 60 vendors including food trucks and more, Cloverdale Market Days is set to return with a bang later this month.
Organized by the newly-formed Cloverdale Arts and Entertainment Association, the monthly Saturday summer markets have grown from humble beginnings in 2014 into a fully-fledged attraction that will close down two blocks of 176 Street between 56A Avenue and 58 Avenue in the historic town centre on May 28.
Running from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. it’s the first of five monthly markets planned for the last Saturday of the month to September.
The association formed to make downtown Cloverdale more of a destination by promoting arts and entertainment, along with small businesses.
The association has been selling T-shirts with 100 per cent of profits going back into marketing and entertainment.
The association invites the public to come out to support local businesses and vendors, experience an open-air market and discover what Cloverdale has to offer, from restaurants and shops, to local artists and artisans, performers and more.
Along with an array of vendors selling everything from hand-made jewelry to farm fresh produce, May’s Market Days highlights will include a car show featuring more than 50 cars presented by the BC Modern Mopar Club, mini-golf, and an appearance by South Surrey’s Richard Tichelman, a teen singer-songwriter who won the Abbotsford Idol last year and placed second at Cloverdale’s Teen Fest.
The association has partnered with the Surrey Arts Council to provide local artists a venue to showcase their work. Oasis Park - the breezeway at 56A Avenue and 176 Street – will host art displays.
Also new this year are interactive displays by the Cloverdale Recreation Centre, Surrey Crime Prevention, ICBC, the Fraser Valley Heritage Railway, Cloverdale Legion and others.
Family activities include balloon art by clowns, face painting and crafts, and a bouncy castle.
For more information on Cloverdale Market Days and the association, visit cloverdale-ae.com, or contact info@cloverdale-ae.com.
– Cloverdale Reporter
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