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The quick read: Today is the Kelowna Farmers' and Crafters' Market's final outdoor day of the season. Saturday's market runs from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Landmark District, with a Halloween theme and the Market Corner building decorated as a haunted house. Starting November 7, the market moves indoors to the Parkinson Recreation Centre on Saturdays only, with about 60 vendors expected.

The outdoor market season ends today, but the shopping does not stop.

The Kelowna Farmers' and Crafters' Market holds its final outdoor day of the season on Saturday, October 31, at the Landmark District.

Saturday's market runs from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and carries a Halloween theme, with the Market Corner building at the corner of Kirschner Road and Harvey Avenue decorated as a haunted house.

The winter move

Starting the following week, the market will operate Saturdays only inside the Parkinson Recreation Centre.

The first winter session is set for November 7, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Approximately 60 vendors are expected to set up indoors, offering artisan products, handmade creations and locally grown produce.

The market has also been in talks with the mayor and the Stober Group about longer-term options, according to the report.

Why this matters

Farmers' markets are one of the few places where your money goes straight to the person who grew it, baked it or made it.

No middleman, no head office in another province, no supply chain story.

Sixty local vendors keeping their stalls through the winter is sixty small businesses that do not have to shut down for the season.

That is worth a Saturday morning, and it is worth showing up indoors on November 7 too.

Source: Business Examiner Thompson Okanagan, October 30, 2026, reporting Castanet.

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