Sidney’s Farmer Market kicks off season – Saanich News

that the market had attracted an estimated 2,500 people since its opening at 10 a.m.

That time and so it appears for that matter, spring itself, still lies in the future.

Sidney Street Market is scheduled to start on June 2, running every Thursday until Sept.

Westwood said this will be the first time Westcoast Impressions is running two markets that are overlapping for several weeks but expects each to be different.

The market was a huge part of Sidney’s sense of community when it was on Beacon Avenue, she added.

As for vendors, they are also happy to be back.

Eng, a long-time regular at the Sidney Street Market, will be part of the Sunday market until the Thursday market starts.

Mufaro Marimba, a Sidney-based band playing music primarily from Zimbabwe and southern Africa, was also on hand to entertain the crowd.

Westwood is certainly excited.

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