Street Fair snapshots: Images of Encinitas’ annual spring event

  • Cori, a professional balloon artist, creates a sword at the Encinitas Street Fair on Sunday, April 28. Cori has been a balloon artist for 12 years. (Photo by Cam Buker)

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  • Danielle Carvalho, an employee of Old School Shave Ice, prepares an order for a customer at the Encintas Street Fair on Sunday, April 28. Jeff Anshel, the owner of Old School Shave Ice, converted a 1982 school bus to “remind us of simpler times.” (Photo by Cam Buker)

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  • Benjamin Adjei stands with his Ghana Baskets at the Encinitas Street Fair on Sunday, April 28. Seventy-five percent of his family in Ghana creates the baskets, which can hold up to 40 pounds. (Photo by Cam Buker)

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  • Laura Rajner of Jimmy Romo’s Coastal Creations paints a recycled surfboard at the Encinitas Street Fair on Sunday, April 28. “It takes a million years to break down a surfboard, so this way we take them and turn them into something cool to have on your wall,” Rajner said. (Photo by Cam Buker)

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  • Encinitas Street Fair attendees gather to enjoy kettle popcorn and bubbles on Sunday, April 28, on South Coast Highway 101. (Photo by Cam Buker)

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  • Andrew Peterson poses for a portrait during the Encinitas Street Fair on Sunday, April 28. His company, Kinnd Project, donates 10 meals for every item of clothing it sells. (Photo by Cam Buker)

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  • Visitors browse the vendors at the Encinitas Street Fair at the corner of D Street and South Coast Highway 101 on April 28. Ongoing since 1983, the two-day fair drew a crowd of about 70,000 this year, organizers reported. (Photo by Cam Buker)

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North Coast Current
May 1, 2019

The Encinitas Spring Street Fair returned to Coast Highway 101 for the 36th year on April 27 and 28, running the length of the thoroughfare from D to J Streets. There was international food, live music, rides for children and a beer garden. More than 400 vendors were in attendance, with an emphasis on arts, antiques and handmade crafts. Ongoing since 1983, the two-day fair drew a crowd of about 70,000 this year, organizers reported.

“This year, we really tried to highlight local vendors and artisans,” Irene Pyun, executive director of the Encinitas 101 MainStreet Association, said in an email update to the North Coast Current. “Our beer garden was also at maximum capacity on Saturday which was great.”

The downtown organization aims to add a local artists wing to the fair in the future with a goal of 20 booths, according to Pyun.

“We had roughly 35,000 attendees a day this year and 460 vendors come out,” Pyun said of this season’s event.

— Photos by Cam Buker

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