Makerspace and Pop-Up Market in Downtown

Fremont’s Downtown Event Center will turn into an arts market and makerspace on Sunday, April 26, with local artists selling work and hands-on 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. in Fremont, as part of Fremont Creates’ April arts programming. (fremont.gov) Organizers said more than 20 local artists will sell directly to the public at the Artists’ Pop-Up Market. The same Sunday program also includes a makerspace for “kids of all ages.” (tricityvoice.com) Fremont Creates is using the April 26 market to close out April is Arts, Culture and Creativity Month, a citywide campaign that has filled the month with public arts events. The Fremont Creates calendar lists the pop-up market as one of the month’s featured closing events. (fremontcreates.com) This year’s April 26 lineup adds two adult art workshops for ages 15 and older, a change from earlier promotions that focused on the market and family makerspace. Tri-City Voice also reported live jazz inside and a Wadaiko Newark taiko drum performance outdoors. (tricityvoice.com) The venue itself is part of Fremont’s newer downtown civic core. The City of Fremont says the Downtown Event Center and Plaza sits near dining, shopping and Bay Area Rapid Transit, and is designed for receptions, conferences, trade shows and community events. (fremont.gov) Outside listings describe the site as a 13,400-square-foot building with a one-acre plaza at Capitol Avenue and State Street. That indoor-outdoor layout gives the April 26 program space for vendors inside and performances outside. (510families.com) The April 26 market follows another downtown arts event the day before. Tri-City Voice reported that the City of Fremont will stage its first free “Downtown Dance” event at the same venue on Saturday, April 25, turning the final weekend of April into a two-day arts push. (tricityvoice.com) For Fremont residents, the practical details are simple: the pop-up market runs Sunday, April 26, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 3500 Capitol Ave., with shopping, workshops, music and makerspace activities folded into one downtown stop. (fremontcreates.com)