Something for Everyone Market a go this fall
By JAMES TUBB on October 1, 2021.
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb It will take a government shutdown to stop the Something for Everyone Market this fall. Owner and event co-ordinator Monica Kallis is not letting her vendors spend another Holiday Season closed. “They depend on these events to support their families. I can’t myself cancel events, only the government will have to cancel me. I’m gonna make sure we’re in business,” she said. The Something for Everyone Market will be running with vendors on Oct. 23, Nov. 6-7 and Nov. 20-21. These events will be following COVID rules set forth by the Stampede grounds. Kallis says markets will be similar to last year’s, with the only difference being the vaccine passport. She says any events that happen on the Stampede grounds will have a staff member at the door checking to make sure people have their vaccines or a negative test. As for inside the market, Kallis says it will be spread out enough for a lot of shoppers to safely visit the vendors. “The vendors will be socially distanced where we would usually have 120-plus vendors, now we only have room for 59. So there is plenty of room to socially distance and people can space out,” she said. “Hopefully everyone comes out and supports all these vendors this year.” For Kallis, she says the market will do everything it can to ensure people feel comfortable and safe, including re-introducing one-way foot traffic. “If we have to we will do it just to stay open. We have to work, we have to stay open. It’s too detrimental to everybody right now,” she said. The Nov. 20-21 markets will be the Winter Market as it is the closest date they can nail down to the Holiday Season. Kallis says they still have spaces available for vendors who are looking to make a little bit more money before the holidays. Anyone interested in registering as a vendor is asked to visit somethingforeveryonemarket.com. 12-11
