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Merchants Market bigger and better than ever Has the weather got you down? This unbelievably rainy July has been a buzz kill for most of us out here but never fear, Downtown Kamloops has a plethora of activity planned for you to help raise your spirits this week! It’s the most highly coveted week of the year - the annual Downtown Merchants Market, which runs from July 20 to 24 this year! What makes the Downtown Merchants Market so awesome? In a nutshell, it’s not only the five days of super sidewalk sales that really make the Downtown Merchants Market stand out, but all the fun, experience and activity that surrounds those wonderful sales. “This year we have expanded the Merchants Market to five days,” explains Gay Pooler, general manager of the Kamloops Central Business
Improvement Association (KCBIA). “Make sure to join us for our big she-bang Car Free Day this Saturday. We will have the 200 and 300 blocks of Victoria Street closed to traffic where you can come, shop, play and hear live music all day long.” The market starts Wednesday with sidewalk sales and the Kamloops Regional Farmer’s Market on the 400 block of Victoria Street. This is the day to quickly scoop up all those things you’ve been waiting for to be on sale before anyone else gets to them. “Thursday’s Downtown Echo sponsored Taste of Downtown is one of
Street performers Eden Cheung (pictured) and Quinn Beasley will amaze you!
Downtown Kamloops’ truly most sought after events,” continues Gay. “Many downtown restaurants put on their thinking caps and serve some delectable samples from either 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm or all day long. Tasters can purchase a passport from the CAP Team Visitor Info kiosk at the corner of 3rd Avenue and Victoria Street and use it as a guide to figure out which restaurants they would like to try. This year we are using a token system again. For every passport purchase of $15, you receive eight tokens. Additional tokens are only $2 apiece. You can buy passports ahead of time at the Customer Care and Info Centre, 340 Victoria Street.” If that were not already enough, Friday is featuring some class street acts from as far away as Vancouver. They have famous locals Clinton W. Gray who will be performing at Valley First’s Pop Up Picnic 11:30 am and Uncle Chris the Clown who will be at 3rd Avenue and Victoria Street in the afternoon. Vancouverites Eden Cheung and Quinn Beasley will be in town both Friday and Saturday and you will not want to miss their shows! “Eden is a wise cracking, whip cracking, real life, fake cowboy,” tells Gay. “Quinn is a professional circontinued on page 2
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