Craft Culture Market owner Karalyn Lockhart says the weekend event at the Kelowna Curling Club finally felt like the good old days before the pandemic took over the world.
Lockhart described the lack of markets and the hardship on her business as awful.
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Lockhart says they made do with other business ideas during the pandemic, but she is thrilled to be back in full swing.
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The market opened Saturday (Apr. 1) at 10 a.m., but Lockhart says people were lined up outside beforehand.
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The market featured 140 vendors mainly from the Okanagan.
Her favourite part of hosting these markets, Lockhart says is watching the vendors grow.
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The market ran through Sunday as well, with vendors packing up to head home at 4 p.m.
Craft Culture takes over the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre next, with a two day event planned for Apr. 22-23.
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