What is
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Since 2016, emergeMARKET has been a summer market on International Avenue: created to give vendors opportunities to grow and add vitality to our community. For new and veteran vendors, we offer a chance to expand networks, share knowledge, and experiment to see what works.
By being Calgary's most affordable vending opportunity, we want to remove barriers to growing yourself. We hope you will consider us - it is your creativity that can vitalize our city. |
That's a Wrap for Unity Market 2021
emergeMARKET + Unity Park = Unity Market
2021 featured four markets with tons of live music and something new... giant games!
2021 featured four markets with tons of live music and something new... giant games!
Contact us if you have any questions!
A happy look back at 2019
Our Vision |
An immersive experience for summer culture in Calgary.
Summer in Calgary is a relatively short affair - that must be why Calgarians jam-pack those 3 months of glory with an unrelenting brigade of events and fun. We love this about Calgary, and it made us think... How can markets and festivals combine? How can we make summer in Calgary that much better? |
Our Answer |
Six market opportunities: Two awesome Calgary staples. The Calgary Stampede, and the GlobalFest international fireworks competition. Not affiliated with either organizing body, we wanted to bring the excitement from these events to the public realm.
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June |
Our first order of business was a light-hearted vendor information and training session, held here at emergeHUB. Pre-market socializing, snacks, and co-learning abounded.
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July |
Our first market was at International Avenue's Best of the East Stampede Breakfast, a culturally diverse fun packed morning for the whole family. There was music, entertainment, and of course - breakfast. Thank you to the International Avenue BRZ for hosting, and for the dozens of volunteers from Litwiniuk and Company.
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August |
For summer's last hoorah we set our sights high. By bringing creativity, fun, and personality to the streets - we expanded the excitement beyond Elliston Park during five days of GlobalFest. On the road to GlobalFest, there was music, food, drinks, and of course - handcrafted goods by the table-full.
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2018 Slideshow |
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emergeHUB Support Network |
Do you provide a service rather than a product? No problem. We can help you prepare promotions with our emergeOFFICE co-working space!
Do you make a food product and aren't sure if you can sell here? No problem either. We can arrange for you to use a commercial kitchen through emergeKITCHEN! The intention behind emergeMARKET is more than simply creating an event. We want to use this market to help people tap into their entrepreneurial spirits and grow into a full-fledged business that they can share with the Greater Forest Lawn community and beyond. Our business ecosystem supports all of our vendors from start to finish. |
And lastly... |
emergeMARKET is our recognition that each of us has a skill or craft which can turn into supplementary (or primary) income for the household. One of the ways we seek to develop the community economy is by helping people turn these crafts into small businesses, and launching the business through our summer market.
As a new and growing market, we understand that our vendors are also stakeholders. We want to work closely with vendors to help grow their operation in the hopes of growing the market as a whole, and turn this summer event into a pulse of entrepreneurial activity! For support, vendors at emergeMARKET will be able to make use of emergeOFFICE space and access support from our business development experts, among other perks. |
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