2ND Annual BAYSIDE WORLD MARKET & FAIR

Saturday, June 21, at Portland High School

You can reserve your sales or exhibit table now at www.baysideworldmarketandfair.com
Table rentals only $30.00. Space is limited, so reserve early to guarantee your space.

For more information, email baysidefair@gmail.com or call 772-7595.

Last year’s first-ever Bayside International Market & Fair, which took place in the former Portland Public Market, was an enormous success, drawing an enthusiastic crowd of nearly 3,500 attendees and a wide variety of vendors, craftspeople, ethnic foods, multicultural music and dance, children’s activities, educational and social service exhibit tables, and the sharing of moving, personal stories of the immigrant’s journey that led here to Portland, Maine. Notably, many of the subcommittee chairs who organized events for the Fair & Market are themselves members of the ethnic communities represented in Bayside and Portland.

With a slight change of name for 2008, we announce a new partnership with the planners of WORLD REFUGEE DAY, observed on June 20th each year since first established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2000. Events to recognize World Refugee Day are being planned for Friday, June 20th, in Lewiston/Auburn, to be followed by the Bayside World Market & Fair celebration in Portland on Saturday, June 21.

Highlights of the Bayside World Market & Fair:

· Date: Saturday, June 21, daytime & evening events
· Venue: Portland High School
· Multicultural music and dance performances
· Storytelling: Immigrant journey stories and/or traditional folktales
· Ethnic foods prepared by local community groups, merchants, or local restaurants
· Opportunities to buy/sell goods at flea market tables
· Ethnic arts and crafts
· Educational workshops for New Americans
· Informational displays from local organizations
· Children’s activities and childcare
· Participation of students from local schools