Holiday Market At The Boulevard
A flood of St. Louis shoppers supported local businesses on Dec. 13 during the Holiday Market, hosted by Tower Groves Farmers' Market and The Boulevard in Richmond Heights. Vendors selling a wide variety of art, crafts, food and clothing gathered together on this chilly Sunday to sell their local goods in honor of the holidays.
Check out scenes from the shopping extravaganza in the gallery below!
Photos by Charlotte Renner
Crowds gather at The Holiday Market, hosted by Tower Groves Farmers’ Market and The Boulevard, in Richmond Heights on Dec. 13, 2020. Vendors selling a wide variety of art, crafts, food and clothing gathered together on this chilly Sunday to sell their local goods in honor of the holidays. The event had a large turnout and was determined a success by both customers and sellers alike.
The Holiday Market enforced COVID-19 regulations. All attendees wore a mask and made efforts to social distance.
Artist Genevieve Esson, a regular at the Tower Groves Farmers’ Market, sells vibrant artwork and handmade jewelry at her booth. “People are coming out and supporting local businesses,” Esson said. “You couldn’t ask for better.”
Steve Perron plays live music at the Holiday Market. Perron played Christmas classics via acoustic guitar, including “Winter Wonderland.”
Artisan Karen DeGuire offers intricate wooden decorations created with lasers. DeGuire also sold face masks, as did many vendors at the market.
Karen DeGuire’s laser-created art.
Customers check out Karen DeGuire’s laser-created wooden decor.
Many booths offered face masks for sale and hand sanitizer for customers to use.
Zellipah Githui stands beside her booth selling Gitzell Fairtrade products. This fair trade company sells bags, decorations, trinkets and other crafts from Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Senegal and Rwanda.
Crafts from Gitzell Fairtrade’s booth are shown here. Colorful keychains, bags, figurines and decorations were just a few of the crafts offered at this booth.
Canine pals were welcome at the Holiday Market. Several of the booths even sold dog treats.
A baklava vendor packages the dessert for a customer. Diverse food was around every corner at the Holiday Market including local honey, international sausages and homemade popcorn.
Shannon Debourg, creator of Veteran Dry Goods, sells freeze-dried fruits and vegetables. The idea for the business came about when Debourg started freeze-drying produce for her husband, a marine, to bring overseas. Debourg uses local produce as much as possible for the products.
Uniti Hicks and Nikita Hicks, co-founders of Sista’s Pop, attend the festival handing out free samples and making popcorn sales. These two sisters have been running their homemade, local popcorn company for five years and have been attending festivals through the Tower Grove Farmers Market for one year.
Steve Perron sings and plays holiday tunes at the Holiday Market.
