{"id":364520,"date":"2026-08-06T18:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T18:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/364520\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T18:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T18:00:14","slug":"bazaar-florida-tour-casselberry-hosts-50-vendors-djs-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/364520\/","title":{"rendered":"Bazaar Florida Tour: Casselberry hosts 50 vendors, DJs, more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following a successful trip around the Sunshine State last year, Gainesville-based night market series the Bazaar Florida Tour<\/a> is hitting the road again this summer and stopping in Orlando.<\/p>\n

The event gathers 50 creators and artisan vendors,\u00a0visual artists, DJs and cultural placemakers at the Casselberry Arts Center<\/a> on Saturday. Last year, the event came to Central Florida for the first time and brought 700 attendees. This year is expected to be bigger.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal is to be a platform that everyone can plug into. The big focus is working with people in the community that we\u2019re visiting,\u201d said event producer Laila Fakhoury. \u201cIf you create space for everyone to be creative and explore something new, it really creates something super beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Inside the 3,000-square-foot Casselberry Arts Center, guests can dance to the sounds of Orlando collective CHKN + BEER<\/a> showcasing high-energy DJ sets while a digital creative collaboration between P1K music, meechiexx and Jonel brings an interactive audiovisual experience to the space. Thirteen of the artisan and craft vendors will be set up inside the gallery space.<\/p>\n

On gallery walls inside and outside, a visual art show comes to life, curated by Central Florida creators Damian Jimenez-Lazarte, Teagan Carregal and Alexis Collum.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Bazaar Florida Tour stops at the Casselberry Arts Center on Aug. 8, bringing 50 vendors, DJs, workshops and creative connection to the community. (Khary Khalfani\/Courtesy Bazaar47)<\/p>\n

Workshops focused on crafts, collage, sewing and press-on nails can be found inside the Casselberry Art House along with a DJ booth spinning vinyl records.<\/p>\n

Outside in the park between both indoor spaces, guests can explore 35 artisan and craft vendors, five food vendors, a bar, the CITRUSMRKET<\/a> tent, the \u201cDiaspora\u201d photographic gallery, a community rug demonstration, domino tables, a snail mail club, skate ramps, film screenings, caricatures and more DJs. The outdoor space also showcases Red Bull Dance Your Style<\/a>, a street dancing competition that\u2019s coming to Tampa for the national final<\/a> in September.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo bring diverse communities of people and creatives together to do this special event, it\u2019s cool to see it all happen,\u201d said Justin Luper<\/a>, the City of Casselberry\u2019s arts and marketing supervisor. \u201cOur mission is to be that third space for our community. For them to be able to travel around and find those people and those entities with similar goals is a cool thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Bazaar Florida Tour stops at the Casselberry Arts Center on Aug. 8, bringing 50 vendors, DJs, workshops and creative connection to the community. (Khary Khalfani\/Courtesy Bazaar47)<\/p>\n

The family-friendly event in Central Florida is the first stop on the Bazaar Florida Tour,<\/a> which will travel to Broward County, Jacksonville, back home to Gainesville and the Gulf Coast before concluding with a December \u201cfinale\u201d in Gainesville.<\/p>\n

The concept started as a way to give artists a forum for selling their works and bringing the community together during the COVID-19 pandemic. Within a few years, the market grew to include more than 100 vendors, food trucks, DJs and thousands of attendees on several closed city blocks in Gainesville.<\/p>\n

While the market has a permanent home and venue in Gainesville, Bazaar47, the tour brings the creative spirit of the space to people across Florida.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Bazaar Florida Tour stops at the Casselberry Arts Center on Aug. 8, bringing 50 vendors, DJs, workshops and creative connection to the community. The flyer for the event was hand-painted by Amayah Novela and designed by Jahi Khalfani. (Courtesy Bazaar47)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s more than just the programming or the infrastructure of the market. It became a platform for all kinds of creatives and artists to plug into, whether as vendors, people leading workshops or DJs. It created this open, welcoming environment,\u201d Fakhoury said. \u201cWe wanted to see how we could share that kind of Gainesville energy in a different city. It worked so perfectly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, Fakhoury said the Orlando event drew a crowd from all different backgrounds and brought people together to forge lasting connections that inspired new collaborations. She expects even more of that this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe definitely want people to come and enjoy themselves and to know that it\u2019s really an open space,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s for anyone to get to enjoy and there\u2019s probably something for everyone there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Find me\u00a0@PConnPie on Instagram<\/a>\u00a0or send me an email:\u00a0pconnolly@orlandosentinel.com<\/a>. Stay up to date with our latest travel, arts and events coverage by subscribing to our newsletters at\u00a0orlandosentinel.com\/newsletters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you go<\/p>\n

Bazaar Orlando is from 6-10 p.m. Aug. 8 at 137 Quail Pond Circle in Casselberry. The event is free to attend; online RSVPs are encouraged by visiting bazaar47.com<\/a>. Well-behaved dogs are welcome at the event in the outdoor spaces. More information: bazaar47.com<\/a> or instagram.com\/bazaar_47<\/a><\/p>\n

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