Downtown Street Fair and Sidewalk Sale

CDA Press,

It’s a date you won’t find in any history books.

And if you ask any longtime downtown merchant, they’ll tell you the Downtown Street Fair and Sidewalk Sale has been going on longer than anyone remembers. But that doesn’t mean that the street fair is the same year after year, as visitors will find out this weekend. The event has grown from various Sherman Avenue businesses simply setting up their wares on the street corners on a warm summer weekend to the bustling event it has become.

Now, more than 170 crafters, food vendors, and of course, downtown merchants will set up shop along Sherman for three days. Add to this mix live music, a kids area, and the expected thousands of visitors and you have one of the area’s signature summer events.

The Coeur d’Alene Downtown Association has been heading this annual traditional fair for the past 19 years, and each year invites artists and businesses from around the region, along with lining up all sorts of exciting entertainment, which takes place daily on just about every corner.  The fair takes place Friday through Sunday the first weekend in August. Some of the vendors have come every year, some are new to the event.

Gay Glasson from the downtown association said this event includes the largest number of downtown merchants, which means that visitors will know that many of the great products they see at the fair can likely be purchased here on a future visit. Glasson said this year will also see the of the popular kid’s area, on the south side of Fifth Street. This will include jump and bouncing equipment from The Fun Guy and a track where kids of all ages can race slot cars.

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