Hi All, 

A reminder that this weekend your displays can be left over night. Please make sure to take all cash and valuables. Even with security theft can happen. Make sure all items are wrapped or tents wrapped up. A security fence will be up as well. 

This year's Canada Day Market will be the 1st one in our new location as it may pose some challenges it will still keep us on the water front and a beautiful location. The East end of the pier is closed due to safety issues. We will be located on the west end. 

The market will be set up in reverse from previous years. The good news is that once people are in they have only one way in or out. Please see the times above and try to come as close as possible to those times. Hours of operation are here. There will be waiting time as only some many cars can be on the pier at one time. Remember to bring weights and rope to tie down. 

Big Plans for the Ship Point area, And it looks like there is still room for the Ship Point Market. 

read all the details here  

The 2018 busker auditions are over. We have some great new talent coming to the harbour this year. 

We have created a new area in the inner harbour for artist. This has created 5 new spaces. We are now taking applications for these new locations. We also have three locations along the causeway. These are full time locations for Artists only. Art has to be Artist made artist sold. We are not looking for jewelry unless the objects are 100 % hand crafted from raw material. ​

 Attention Street performers
 
The City of White Rock is organizing the inaugural White Rock Buskers Festival.  The festival strives to broaden the scope of work, improve visibility and skills of the artists involved in the craft of street performing, to increase community engagement and awareness as to the artistry and talent of street and busking performers both locally, nationally and internationally.
 
We are seeking a wide variety of street performers to busk at four locations in Uptown White Rock. Successful applicants will perform two - forty five minute sets on Saturday, May 5, 2018. Performers will be remunerated based on ability, however we have a limited budget and a short timeline to fill all the spots. Please note that these are not musician spots. If interested please contact the number below. 
 

 
 
Claire Halpern
Manager, Cultural Development
City of White Rock, 15154 Russell Avenue, White Rock, BC V4B 0A6
T: 604.542.7580 | C: 778.839.1653

​These are the dates for the ship point market special weekends this year. Due to construction on the pier we will be move west on the pier to let the engineers get some work done. The Night Market is transforming into a weekend market. Setting up on the Friday at 4 pm and staying set up over night with on site security and the the resuming in  the morning starting at 10:30 am. to 10:30 pm 

The great news is that we set up once and take down once. Please note that the application for full time, and food carts will be posted on the 15th of Feb, 




Ship point market weekends are ( 
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July____6th & 7th 
July____13th & 14th
July____20th & 21st
July____27th & 28th
August___17th & 18th  
August 24th and 25th 

​Special long weekend market are ( 

Canada Day weekend
Jun 29th – Jul 2nd   
4 days 3 nights
 

BC Day Weekend and Victoria Symphony Splash
Aug 3rd – 6th        
3 days 3 nights
 

Labour Day weekend and Classic Boat Festival
Aug 31st - Sept 3rd  
3 days 3 nights
 
Click Here to go to food cart applications

​2018 is shaping up to be a year of opportunity if you own a food cart. We have three openings on the Causeway for full-time food carts. We are looking for unique food items that will add to the diversely in the inner harbour. The locations are leased for the entire year. 

If you think you have what it takes to become a successful food cart operator this will be the year for you. If you are interested contact: Joseph Gonyeau @ vicharbourfest@gmail,com  or fill out the form to be placed on the list to receive the applications by the end of January 

Some people do markets for fun and some extra cash. Some launch a successful business that takes them places they did not expect.  more info here

This looks like a unique opportunity for talented musicians. We are looking for 4 solo musicians to perform on buses  as they transport the delegates. (Approx time 1.5 hours) to the evening event. The actual playing time might be only 10 minutes per trip. We also need 1 band that can play at the entrance to the event for 30 minutes. This is a paid gig but you can sell some CDs. 

This is a national event and could bring exciting opportunity to our city. 
http://www.canadaswestmarketplace.com/

put on by Tourism Victoria

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CANADA'S WEST MARKETPLACE

Canada’s West Marketplace is the leading tourism event dedicated to driving travel to Western Canada. It brings together tour operators with British Columbia and Alberta Suppliers to generate new business opportunities. This will be Victoria’s opportunity to shine as a destination and together we will share Victoria’s unique story and highlight its authentic experiences, adventures, culture and natural beauty. Join Tourism Victoria as we showcase Greater Victoria to this key group of industry representatives and in turn, they will be inspired to help sell our remarkable destination.