STAY CONNECTED: Have the stories that matter most delivered every night to your email inbox. Subscribe to our daily local news wrap.

Downtown Nanaimo excited for first Commercial Street Night Market

Jun 20, 2018 | 5:33 PM

NANAIMO — The weekend is coming early for downtown Nanaimo.

On Thursday, June 21 the first ever Commercial Street Night Market gets underway and is expected to pack the streets with roughly 70 vendors, food trucks, entertainment and enthusiastic crowds.

Kim Smythe, president of the Great Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce who are hosting the event, said he’s thrilled to see the market come together after a year of planning.

“I’ve had a sense for years that something like this should be happening downtown,” he told NanaimoNewsNOW. “I think there’s been a lot of pent-up demand for this kind of exciting attraction downtown. I think downtown has been waiting for it as well.”