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Downtown Kamloops is set to have its busiest week of the year. The annual Downtown Merchants’ Market, July 22 to July 25, brings some of the best shopping days of the year and turns the streets of the city centre into an entertainment venue.
A few highlights include Car-Free Day, The Taste of Downtown, Battle of the Bands and sidewalk sales.
Gay Pooler, general manager of the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association (KCBIA) said the market has gone through many metamorphoses since the 1980s when it was confined to the 200-block of Victoria Street and hosted by the downtown businesses.
When the KCBIA was created in 2002 it took over organizing the market, but it has always been driven by downtown merchants who take the opportunity to spill into the sidewalk and have some fun.
“We have a great downtown,” Pooler said. “We’re always trying to encourage locals to
come down.”
All four days• Live music: Expect live music on the
sidewalks all four days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.• Sidewalk sales: This is the only four days of
the year that downtown is officially on sale. Merchants all over the downtown core host
sidewalk sales, making the sidewalks aflutter with activity.
Wednesday, July 22• Car-Free Day: On Car-Free Day the 200-
300- and 400-block of Victoria Street are shut down to traffic.
The streets will instead be filled with the farmers’ market, area non-profit associations who will be putting fun carnival games for the whole family and area merchants who will be bringing their goods outside.
Also featuring entertainment, live music and food.
Thursday, July 23• Taste of Downtown: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is one of Downtown Kamloops’ truly
most sought after events. Many downtown restaurants put on their
thinking caps and serve delectable samples from either 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. or all day. Twenty-one eateries are signed up to participate.
Tasters purchase a passport from the CAP team visitor information kiosk at the corner of Third Avenue and Victoria Street and use it as a guide to figuring out which restaurants they would like to try.
This year the KCBIA is using a token system. For every passport purchase of $15, you receive
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Don’t forget to vote for your favourite restaurant to win the sixth annual Golden Fork and Silver Spoon awards, awarded yearly to the restaurant with the most votes and highest percentage of votes.
Last year the Golden Fork was awarded to Indian Aroma and the Silver Spoon was awarded to the Commodore Grand Café & Lounge.
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Friday, July 24• Friday Fun Day: Friday is
more of a care-free day, featuring sidewalk entertainment, performers and sales.
Street performer Mike Battie from Vancouver will perform Friday and Saturday.
The Rivertown Players and Uncle Chris the Clown will also be around.
Saturday, July 25• Battle of the Bands and
Sidewalk Spectacular: This day is all about music, merchant sidewalk sales, specials and deals.
This is the final day of the four-day-long sidewalk sale and if it hasn’t yet been sold, it’s leaving the street cheap!
This day also features Downtown Kamloops’ second annual Battle of the Bands.
Fourth Avenue will be closed to traffic to make way for local bands to perform, battling their way to top spot and multiple prizes from noon to 7 p.m.
Calendar of eventsYou can stay informed of
what activities and events are happening in Downtown Kamloops on our event listing page at downtownkamloops.com.
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Follow the beatLive at Lunch and Music in the Park will run for the rest of the summer in Riverside Park and downtown Kamloops. Battle of Bands kicks off at noon on Saturday on Fourth Avenue between Lansdowne and Victoria Streets during the Merchants’ Market. For more information, go online to downtownkamloops.ca.
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Downtown Kamloops is a music venue all summer with Live at Lunch and Music in the Park.
This week the streets themselves will stage musicians for the latest Battle of the Bands coming during the Merchants’ Market.
Last year’s second-place winner, The Caspians, will make another appearance this year after a busy weekend with Music in the Park Hijacked.
“It was the biggest stage we’ve ever played on,” said guitarist Jared Doherty.
“It was cool because you look out there and it’s a huge audience. It’s the most people we’ve every played in front of at one time I think we can safely say so it was a cool feeling.”
The four-piece alternative rock band, which has been playing as a group for six years, released its debut album Costume Jewelry in April.
Since then they’ve been playing as many
shows as they can in and outside of Kamloops and claim to have graced almost every venue in the city.
“In the last couple years the Kamloops scene for local bands is rapidly growing,” Doherty said.
“There are a lot of bands and places like Zack’s [Coffee] and the downtown core that have a lot of shows are really good for building the community aspect of it.”
Battle of the Bands is an especially interesting gig because of the judging aspect. Doherty said the band takes the extra time to prepare and aims to come out of the show with some feedback.
“The philosophy is to learn something from every show,” he said.
“We’re looking forward to it. It was a lot of fun last year and those are the people who might never hear you.”
The rest of the four days of the Merchants’ Market will also feature sidewalk performances.
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With a brain injury, you usually become unconscious for a few minutes or more immediately after the accident – but not always. An injury with little or no loss of consciousness can also cause brain damage. And MTBI can occur in the absence of a blow to the head, i.e., a whiplash type of movement can also cause an injury to the brain.
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Neuropsychological testing – which evaluates how the injury has affected your learning, organizational skills and cognitive thinking – is therefore another useful diagnostic tool. This involves taking a case history, reviewing hospital records, interviewing you and family members, employers and co-workers, and administering cognitive and other tests.
In time, many people recover fully from a mild traumatic brain injury. But some continue to have permanent problems.
It’s important to seek legal advice as soon after the accident as possible in suspected cases of MTBI. Crucial evidence can otherwise be lost if a thorough investigation isn’t done during this time.
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The Downtown Merchants’ Market brings the perfect opportunity to try out some of our great public space programming ideas and thoughts that pop into our heads throughout the year.
The reason it is a great time and place is it is the four days per year when downtown retailers all have sales and residents and tourists alike descend into the downtown core.
Many people and groups have approached us and the city about the prospect of closing down Victoria Street to traffic.
In theory, this is not a terrible idea but in practice it can make or break your business district.
It is actually very hard to fill an empty street with
enough programming, activity and people to sustain it.
Last year we decided to test the notion of closing three blocks of Victoria Street to traffic for one day.
We called it Car-Free Day. It is a fun-filled day full
of frolic, games, eats , entertainment and shopping.
This year, for a second time, Downtown Kamloops will be hosting it again.
We’ll be closing the 200-, 300- and, 400-block Victoria Street from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for one day only, July 22, for an expanded Farmer’s Market, Community Carnival and Car-Free Day.
It will be like a super Saturday market on Wednesday.
This day is all about demonstrating the vibrancy
of Kamloops and drawing on the creative energy of all of our neighbours to remake and rethink local roadways as places of art, culture and sociability.
We are reclaiming traffic thoroughfares as community-focused public spaces, allowing residents, artists, performers, artisans, non-profits and businesses to interact, engage and re-imagine spaces normally reserved for vehicle traffic.
On the flipside, we really have no need to close down streets in our downtown core to traffic on a regular or permanent basis.
Our downtown has big beautiful sidewalks, public plazas, parks and a multitude of space that can be embraced, programmed and taken advantage of before the need to close streets.
We are going to take advantage of these features
on Friday and show how we can utilize this space.
We will be hosting a Sidewalk Theatre Fun Friday, featuring numerous merchant sidewalk sales, the talented street performing juggler Mike Battie from Vancouver, Uncle Chris the Clown, the fabulous hulahooping Darryl Black and the Rivertown Players.
In the end, no matter what we are showcasing or what social public space programming experiments we are attempting, every day is a good day to attend the annual Downtown Kamloops Merchants’ Market.
Whether its Car-Free Day Wednesday, Taste of the Downtown Thursday, Care-Free Friday or Saturday’s Battle of the Bands, it is sure to be a good time and you are sure to find some really good deals.
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July 22MUSIC: The Decoys Homecoming Show at The Grind.Show with Montreal folk artist Milo McMahon and local guitar wizard Sean Luciw. $5 cover.8 p.m.
July 23ART: Arbour Aboriginal Artists Collective Youth Workshops with Chris Bose at Kamloops Art Gallery.Opportunities for youth and adults to create art, learn new creative methods and exhibit or perform in the Kamloops area. Arbour Collective seeks to inspire and empower through creativity. All materials provided. No experience necessary. Ages 12 and up.6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
COMMUNITY: KWRGS Speaker Series Presents: City Councillor Marg Spina at The Art We Are.6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
July 24COMMUNITY: Anything Can Happen Fridays at Kamloops Library.Drop in 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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