The Avoca Beachside Markets will be back this Sunday, August 23, but on a smaller scale with only food and produce vendors attending.
It will be the first time the monthly event has run since February, and it will also be the second attempt to hold the markets since restrictions were introduced.
After sadly having to cancel their last market event in July, organisers Brad and Bianca Cardis from Fixx Events, are excited to be supporting their stall owners but are also taking all of the necessary extra precautions.
Bianca Cardis said they decided only to host food and produce stalls as they believe they have been the hardest hit businesses among their stall owners.
“Food and produce sales have been terrible, so we thought if we just start with a very small market; we will have about 35 mainly local vendors all gathered together and this way it will be much easier for us to control the crowds,” Cardis said.
“It’s about sales for all the foodies and getting some income back into the economy.”
All of the stalls will be set up in two rows along each side of the concrete path, with an entry and exit helping to enforce the one-in-one-out restrictions.
Ninety per cent of businesses are local, with customers able to buy either produce or lunch from the stalls.
The market will run from 9 am – 2 pm at Heazlett Park Foreshore in Avoca.
Jacinta Counihan