[Kahuna32162]

We have been to the market nights in Spanish Springs a few times over the past month and noticed that there fewer and fewer vendor booths at each one. Is this a seasonal thing? Are TV having difficulties attracting and keeping vendors for these nights? Does anybody think that having market nights twice a week at the squares are too much? I'll be interested in others thoughts.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Part of the problem may be that they have a computer operator rather than live musicians up on the stage. I notice that when there are band, especially, good bands, there are a lot more people in the Squares.

[perrjojo]

Impending rain also keeps vendors away and we certainly have had more than our share of rain lately.

[Bogie Shooter]

If you visit market night on any of the squares........what is the reason to go a second time?

[buggyone]

It is always the same vendors selling their tiles, name placards, wine bottle holders, or jewelry. It would be nice to circulate different vendors with different products.

[rdhdleo]

I would also have to wonder what The Villages charges for them to rent a spot?

[Kahuna32162]

Boogie, we just happened to there on market nights, not because it was market night. Movies, trivia nite at MR or just for dinner. Spanish Springs is the closest to where we live.

[pooh]

Fewer residents, fewer vendors. Rain, lightning, wind could also play a role in fewer booths set up. Not sure I would want to risk life and/or merchandise to the weather we've experienced lately.

When it cools and more of our seasonal residents return, you'll see more and more merchants. Been like that all the years I've lived here.

[golf2140]

It's summer, it's hot, and it rains a lot.

[asianthree]

LAst year a storm took out many venders tents in LSL

[DougB]

Originally Posted by Kahuna32162

We have been to the market nights in Spanish Springs a few times over the past month and noticed that there fewer and fewer vendor booths at each one. Is this a seasonal thing? Are TV having difficulties attracting and keeping vendors for these nights? Does anybody think that having market nights twice a week at the squares are too much? I'll be interested in others thoughts.

I think twice a month is too much.

[PammyJ]

I think that the items sold are not what you would want to shop for that often. I personally would be excited if some of the Farmers Market vendors joined Market Night! I would shop every time I went if they were there.

[tippyclubb]

Originally Posted by asianthree

LAst year a storm took out many venders tents in LSL

We were there that night and it was awful. Many of their tents were destroyed and some went flying through air. We had just bought our house that day and after the storm I thought my God what have we done.

[Bogie Shooter]

It doesn't storm where you came from?

[NottaVillager]

Originally Posted by golf2140

It's summer, it's hot, and it rains a lot.

Quite a few Villagers also have summer homes on lakes or rivers or beach homes or places up north where it's cooler. The population is certainly down in June, July, August & September in TV. It's probably not cost-effective for some vendors to pay the Morse organization for space rent if the traffic count is down.