LAKE HAVASU CITY — Thousands of Lake Havasu City residents and visitors packed Main Street on Saturday for the 40th Annual Winterfest Street Festival on an ideal day to be out and about.
The event, which is the largest fundraiser for the Lake Havasu Area Chamber of Commerce, brings out a diverse array of small business, artisans, food trucks and assorted vendors packing the city’s downtown.
As temperatures climbed into the upper 70s with brilliant blue skies, parking lots – including lots in nearby open areas – filled up. Vendors were thrilled with what they saw.
“Right off the bat, I did well,” said Donna Clarke of Clay Creations by Donna in her first year selling her handmade ceramics and impressions at the event. “There’s definitely lots of people here.”
The Mohave Valley resident didn’t yet have a sense for how she expected to do for the weekend, but BJ Tannery of Circle T Honey did. She and her husband Don are participating in the event for the 10th year.
“Typically, we will make between $3,000 and $4,000 for the weekend,” BJ Tannery said.
Circle T Honey, more routinely, is located inside The KAWS (Kitchen Art Work Space) in the downtown, with an assortment of honey candy, honey sticks, beeswax and lip balm, she said.
Susan Book, a winter visitor from Boise, Idaho, wasn’t immediately looking for honey. She was searching for a certain pottery vendor, but was unable to locate him.
“This is one of those events that we look forward to coming to every year,” Book said. She said she and her husband enjoy a variety of Havasu’s events. They counted themselves among the numerous volunteers from last weekend’s Havasu Balloon Festival and Fair.
“We’re just out here visiting and checking things out,” said Judy Winters, of Benson, Minnesota. She bought a bracelet from one of the vendors.
Hats, T-shirts, dips, sauces, necklaces, copper artwork, shirts, paraphernalia supporting President Trump, local organizations and real estate companies were among the vendors.
