Makerspace & Pop‑Up Market — Downtown Event

Fremont will turn its Downtown Event Center into an arts market and makerspace on Sunday, April 26, with free activities running from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (tricityvoice.com) The event is scheduled at the Downtown Event Center and Plaza, 3500 Capitol Ave., and the City of Fremont calendar lists it as the Fremont Creates Pop-Up Art Market. (fremont.gov) Organizers say more than 20 local artists will sell work directly to the public, while a makerspace for kids of all ages runs alongside the market. (tricityvoice.com) This year’s April 26 program also adds two art workshops for adults age 15 and older, according to Fremont Creates and the city’s April 16 newsletter. (fremontcreates.com) (content.govdelivery.com) The market is part of Fremont Creates, the citywide arts initiative tied to April is Arts, Culture and Creativity Month. Fremont Creates says the April 26 event is meant to wrap up that monthlong program. (fremontcreates.com) Tri-City Voice reported that live jazz is planned during the market and Wadaiko Newark taiko drummers are set to perform outdoors. (tricityvoice.com) Fremont Creates has promoted the April 26 market for weeks as a new addition to its spring lineup, after earlier previews described it as a one-day visual arts showcase paired with the returning makerspace. (tricityvoice.com 1) (tricityvoice.com 2) The Downtown Event Center sits near dining, shopping and Bay Area Rapid Transit, according to the city’s facility page, giving the arts program a central site for a public, walk-in event. (fremont.gov) For Fremont, the April 26 market closes out a month of arts programming with a simple format: artists selling work, families making things, and visitors moving between the indoor center and outdoor plaza. (tricityvoice.com)