The inaugural Cariboo Women’s Fair is attracting a host of vendors and an abundance of interest.
It all happens at the South Cariboo Rec. Centre on Mother’s Day weekend, May 9-10, and has a focus on themes of health and wellness, beauty and fashion, products and services, and women in business.
It kicks off with an adults-only Ladies Night Out on Friday night (May 9) with wine and cheese and entertainment by the Baladi Babes belly dance troupe and Psychic Rena Mac, with a $10 entry fee.
Then Mothers & Daughters Day on May 10 will feature more than 45 vendor booths and several exhibitors and speakers with presentations taking place, for a $5 entry fee.
Organizer Kimberley Vance-Lundsbye says while it aims to attract mothers and daughters, as well as other women, for a fun Mother’s Day-weekend activity – but men are also very welcome to attend.
They can enjoy the Cariboo Idol performances while they look for something special for the women in their lives, she adds.
“It is Mother Day’s weekend, so that Saturday is the perfect place to come to shop.”
The fair is a new, large-scale event to replace the former Mega Show, she explains.
“It is going to be a really nice-sized show.”
Vance-Lundsbye notes the wine and cheese will feature a variety of gouda cheeses from a farm in Chilliwack, appetizers and a cash wine bar.
Then on Saturday the fair will present the first public performance of Cariboo Idols 2014, returning after a year off, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Mac will do readings and hold a mini-workshop, and Linda Jefferson of New Roads Nutritional Consulting will speak on women’s wellness.
The many booths will include Green Sisters organic health and beauty, Raindrops Naturals handmade soaps and laundry soap from Nepal, and vendors from Kamloops with some unique jewelry, she notes.
Demonstrations will be made on Zumba and on Trivita nutrition and wellness, among others.
Vance-Lundsbye encourages local businesses to register for the fair, such as clothing stores and salons, or those offering anything else of interest to women.
Vendors may register right up until the show, she adds.
For more information, “like” Cariboo Women’s Fair on Facebook, call 250-395-1353 or e-mail to kvance@icesports.com.
