Shoppers enjoy Lockport's Community Market on Canal Street last year. (FILE PHOTOS BY HEATHER N. GRIMMER / CONTRIBUTOR)

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Lockport's Community Market kicks off Saturday, bigger and better than ever.

The Hot Country Liners entertain the crowd last year at the Community Market on Canal Street.

The market, held from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. every Saturday during July, August and September, will feature live entertainment, activities and demonstrations, and a multitude of vendors each week offering fresh produce, meat, baked goods, local wine, jewelry, unique gifts, and more.

Vendors will vary from week to week, as the market continues to add new ones. Vendors are still being accepted each week as space allows, according to Heather Peck, Lockport Main Street program manager and organizer of the annual market.

Vendors confirmed thus far include:

• A Gust of Sun Winery: Wine
• Black and White Publishing Co.: Books by author Melanie Schulz
• Black Cat Bread: Sourdough breads, bagels, pretzels and rolls
• Bonard’s/Applewood Hollow: Premium coffee, cocoa and microwave fudge
• Books & More: Books
• Cream & Sugar Ice Cream Cafe: Warm cinnamon rolls, homemade granola fruit and yogurt parfaits, 
• additional breakfast pastries
• Carole’s Robins Nest: Sandblasted glass items, painted items, sewn items, crochet items and jewelry
• Creations By Melanie: Handcrafted jewelry
• Diamonds in the Ruff Animal Rescue: Animal adoption
• Different Woods: Wood crafts
• Dispenza’s Meat Market: Natural local raised beef pork and chicken. Homemade speciality sausages & other local products
• Eclectic Scents: Artisan Soap, Bath & Body Treats
• Epic Blue Acres: Pasture raised eggs & heritage chicken meat, heirloom vegetables & fruit, kombucha tea
• Grandma Katie: Quilts, travel purses & little girls dresses
• Gypsy Soul: Re-purposed furniture/jewelry
• Historic Palace Theatre: Informational
• HG Design Studios: Photography by local artist Heather N. Grimmer
• Flight of Five Winery: Wine
• Free Range WNY Chicken Eggs: Pasture raised meat chickens on a weekly basis 
• Joan Miner: Hand-crafted purses and decorated flipflops 
• JC Signs/Fig Finishing: Etched mirror art, wood crafts, jewelery , mail box vinyl , photo frames, sevices which are all hand-made
• Lakefront Olive Orchard: Gourmet Olive Oils and flavored balsamics
• McCollum Orchards, LLC – Fresh, healthy, afforable, organic produce
• Midnight Run Wine Cellars: Wine
• Niagara Landing Wine Cellars: Wine
• Night Owl Nest: Anime, chainmail, steampunk, and other fun jewelry designs 
• Painted Treasures by Joyce: Hand-painted items: Christmas ornaments, wine glasses, and various decorative 
• Pig King: Barbecue
• Premier Jewelry: Jewelry
• Purdy Neat Place: Fresh pasture raised chicken and eggs. Cow and goat milk and milk products from TeaCup Farms. Fresh herbs and flowers as the season permits
• Reid’s II: Fried dough, chicken fingers, french fries and slushies
• Salvation Army: World’s largest Christmas Card. Sent to troops overseas
• Santarsiero Produce: Fresh produce from a variety of local farms
• Shop Til U Drop: Purses and jewelry
• The Dale Association: Not-for-profit. Health care information
• Three Sisters Bakery: Freshly made baked goods. Everything from pies to cookies, brownies, bread and more
• Toni Bullock Art: Jewelry, Gourd Birdhouses & Outdoor Lights
• Tupperware
• United Health Care Community and State: Informational
• Victorianburg Wine Estates: Wine
• Windy Acres: Cut flowers, bouquets, herbs, perennials, annual flowers
• Winery At Marjim Manor: Wine

For an updated list of participants, or to apply to be a vendor, contact Peck at 434-0212, or visit our www.LockportCommunityMarket.com.

Live entertainment can be found each week in the Canal Street gazebo, and activties for children and adults will be conducted throughout the season.

The Lockport Community Market will also be featuring free Yoga classes before the market opens each Saturday during July and August. Classes will be offered each from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. at the Canal Street gazebo. No previous experience needed. All ages, levels, and abilities welcome. Please bring a mat, blanket or towel and a water bottle. No pre-registration is necessary; participants are encouraged to just show up to class. For questions, please contact instructor Rebecca Strong directly at 366-7480.

Other activities specific to this Saturday include

• 9 a.m. to noon: David Stockton in the Canal Street gazebo.
• 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Magic by the amazing Alibus Magicae!
• 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.: The Historic Palace Theatre (the cast of Peter Pan) performs live in the gazebo. 

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