The Market will be open all week for all to finish up your shopping for all your Holiday Foods and Gifts!

http://broadwaymarket.org

Shot this little video short at the Market on Saturday.

Santa even said I was off the naughty list!

Kriskindlemart continues through 12/24…stop on down for a one-of-a-kind Buffalo experience.

http://broadwaymarket.org

Kriskindlemart kicked off over the weekend. I shot this video on Saturday of the wonderful jazz group Jazzline.

Kriskindlemart continues this week.

Any last minute Thanksgiving items? Shop at the Market.

Instead of hitting the malls or chain stores on Black Friday, make the Market your Black Friday alternative.

http://broadwaymarket.org

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Buffalo’s Black Friday alternative is back for it’s fifth installment.

Kriskindlemart was the brainchild of Carol Bronnenkant and Sandy Starks back in 2007.  As a board member of the old Broadway Market Management Corp, I was looking to partner the Market up with some creative people to help bring new ideas to the table.  I was working with Carol at Corpus Christi Church and got her connected to the Market.  She then got Sandy Starks involved and the idea of Christmas Fair was born.

(Video from 2007)

I just remember how nervous we were when putting the event together because the weekend after Thanksgiving was really a dead weekend at the Market. Through a lot of hard work and guerrilla marketing the first Kriskindlemart was a huge success.

It has now morphed into a month long event at 999 Broadway.

From the Broadway Market’s website:

Join us this holiday season for the Broadway Market’s annual Kriskindlemart,  a unique alternative to mall shopping that offers holiday foods and crafts, beginning Saturday November 19 through November 26 including the busiest shopping day of the year, Black Friday. (closed Sunday and Thanksgiving Day). Enjoy local food and products that include  jams and jellies, hand crafted virgin olive oils, veggie burgers, organic coffees, unique spices and local wines as well as seasonal crafts along with our always popular Broadway Market traditional meats, poultry and fish, delicious bakery  items, candies and fresh produce. Kriskindlemart continues Saturdays in December and daily Sunday December 18 through Christmas Eve.

It truly is Buffalo’s alternative to the craziness you see at malls…a great way to get some wonderful local products for the holidays.

For more info, visit http://broadwaymarket.org—>

From the Broadway Market’s website:

Kriskindlemart, the Market’s annual holiday food and craft festival, kicks off on Saturday, November 19 and continues the week of Thanksgiving, closed Thanksgiving Day and open on Black Friday. It then continues 12/3, 12/10 and then 12/17 through 12/24 including Sunday, 12/18.

The Broadway Market is looking for additional craft and food vendors to fill out our holiday slate of great local products and food!

The rate is $450 for these 16 days. This is only $28.00/day.

The Broadway Market handles all advertising and there will be entertainment each day.

Click here for our application—>

If you have any additional questions, please contact the Market.

Kriskindlemart is an awesome event!

A lot of great things on tap at the Market between now and Christmas….

Check out the remainder of the Kriskindlemart schedule—->

For a complete list of vendors and performers for this weekend’s Christmas Fair, click here—>

The Broadway Market’s third annual Christmas Fair – Kriskindlemart is Thanksgiving weekend.

If you are interested in participating as a vendor, click here for more information.

The event has been a huge success the last couple of years and is a nice alternative to all the black Friday and Saturday madness.

Scenes from 2008…