Salt
Spring Island's
Saturday Market
Visit
Canada's best loved outdoor
market.
When?
Each Saturday, from Easter
weekend (or first Saturday
in April) through
the last Saturday
in
October. From about 8:30am - 4pm, rain or shine.* During
summer months, watch for
vendors setting up closer to
8am. (Official dates for
2013: Saturday March 30 - October 26)
Where?
Oceanside at
Centennial Park in the heart
of Ganges on Salt
Spring Island, in the
Gulf Islands of
British Columbia
on Canada's west
coast.
Why?
For internationally
acclaimed arts and
crafts from
Canada's "Island of the
Arts". For potters,
jewelers,
fiber
artists, woodworkers,
and fine decorative arts.
For farmstead cheeses,
organic foods, music, and
free festive fun.
What's
so special about this
market?
It's the Homespun
Guarantee.
Vendors
must "make it,
bake it, or grow it"
themselves, and all
products must be
"vendor produced and
sold". These
simple mandates are the
essence of our market. Visitors
are treated to local
creations stemming from
Salt Spring's unique
brand
of "island
ingenuity".
Highest caliber
creativity
and production standards
make Salt Spring Island
home
to the greatest
collection of artists in
Canada.
Enjoy meeting more than
140 artisans and food
producers who all
contribute to Salt
Spring's international
reputation as a hotbed of world-class artists
and organic farmers.
*note:
extreme deluge, thunderstorms, gales, hail and/or snow, may restrict some
artisan displays. Showers or continuous drizzle however, will not deter these
vendors. They're a hardy lot.
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Salt Spring Island Publishing except where cited.
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Salt Spring Island Publishing.
Updated 10 Apr 2013
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