Staff and volunteers at Altona’s Louis Joel Arts Centre are busy preparing for their inaugural festive twilight market next week.
The market will be held at the centre on the evening of Thursday, December 12 and will also the launch of LJAC’s summer program.
LJAC manager Karen Ingram said the idea of holding a twilight market came from the centre’s regulars who were now busy setting everything up.
“Many hands make light work, so they say, and we will have about 15 volunteers helping set up the market spaces, cooking sausages, preparing mocktails and lucky door prizes,” said Ms Ingram of the preparations.
“Centre staff, board members and a couple of interns will also be volunteering their time, along with some new and regular volunteers. Planning for the market started six weeks ago, with 25 stallholders signing up.“
In addition to stalls selling food, produce and arts and crafts from local creatives, the exhibition Learning Curve by Hobsons Bay Arts Society will be on display in the Louis Joel Gallery, while DramaWerkz will perform its successful Fringe Festival production, the Fairground, and choristers from With One Voice will sing.
The twilight market is a fundraising event for the centre, with patrons charged $2 for entry, as well as lucky door prizes and raffles.
The market will be held indoors at 5 Sargood Street, Altona, from 4pm to 8pm.
Details: www.ljac.com.au/
