Picaroon’s First Ever Night Market
On Jan. 16th, the Picaroon’s Roundhouse kicked off Fredericton’s Frostival season by hosting “Not the Night Market.” This event featured a variety of unique vendors offering various ways to upgrade the lives of their customers.
Among these vendors were businesses such as Interiorview, a local interiorscaping business owned by Jessica Lynn Fleet and Chelsea Heppell. They started their business last Summer and were weekly vendors at the Garrison Night Market which was a great success. When they heard that Picaroon’s was hosting their very first Night Market, they knew that they wanted to be a part of it. Their main focus is decorating homes and offices with plants with the intention of giving life to spaces that otherwise wouldn’t have any. Interiorview’s booth featured a variety of plants and accessories as well as brochures and information about their interiorscaping services.
“Being at the Night-Market is sort of our outreach to get out there and meet people and explain to people what we do,” said Fleet.
Overall, they were pleased with their experience and hope that Picaroon’s continues to host more Night-Markets in the future.
Laurel Green, owner of Bellweather Consignment also attended “Not the Night-Market” which happened to be her very first pop-up shop. She was approached by Picaroon’s a few weeks prior and decided that the market would be a great opportunity to meet new customers on the North Side who may not be aware of her shop on Queen Street.
Bellweather Consignment sells pre-owned vintage clothing and accessories, as well as handmade artwork and jewelry.
“I source stuff myself for the shop, but we sell the majority on consignment, so people/customers bring stuff out of their closets that they’re looking to get rid of and we sell it on their behalf,” said Green.
Green had plenty of traffic and sales, and many were impressed by her curated vintage pieces and outfits. She was particularly impressed by the atmosphere of the market, and said that she “couldn’t have asked for a better evening.”
Overall, there was no place better to be on a cold evening in January than inside the cozy Picaroon’s Roundhouse. If this evening was any indication of what’s to come than this could be the first of many Night-Markets hosted here.
