Wellington museum seeks vendors for Christmas market – Guelph | 24CA News
It might not look or really feel prefer it outdoors, however the Wellington County Museum and Archives are speaking about Christmas.
In specific, the museum is searching for distributors taken with participating within the third annual Christmas Market that’s occurring in December.
“We take pretty much the entire summer to figure out which vendors are going to be able to set up at the museum for two days,” mentioned Katie Clarke, WCMA museum programming supervisor. “It takes quite a while to organize the entire event.”
The Christmas Market options dozens of native companies promoting all the things from meals to crafts. There can be dwell leisure and loads of household actions.
“We really want to encourage local businesses and local crafters, to give them a foundation, and give them a platform to sell their goods,” Clarke mentioned. “It doesn’t have to be specific like Christmas ornaments, it can be pretty much anything that you can create with your hands.”
The WCMA Christmas Market started in 2021 because the world was mired in a pandemic. Since then, it has shortly turn out to be one of many extra fashionable seasonal occasions in Wellington County.
“Sometimes they can’t go to larger Christmas markets in Orangeville, Grey and Bruce counties, or Simcoe, so this is a nice, comfortable location for businesses to come,” mentioned Clarke.
Applications at the moment are open and distributors have till Aug. 8 to use.
The 2023 WCMA Christmas Market takes place Dec. 1 and a couple of on the museum at 0536 Wellington Rd. 18 between Elora and Fergus. For extra details about the market and people taken with making use of as a vendor can go to the Wellington County Museum and Archives’ web site.
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