The West Coast Women’s Show returns to Tradex in Abbotsford from Friday, Oct. 13 to Sunday, Oct. 15, featuring more than 400 booths with the latest trends and innovations in fashion, beauty, health and wellness.
The event includes daily live presentations, fashion shows and 1,000 free gifts.
Special celebrity guests include Todd Talbot from Love It Or List It Vancouver at 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sharon Case from The Young and the Restless at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
Talbot was most recently in the news when he lost his “Eh Frame” home – an A-framed cabin he and his wife designed and constructed in 2020 on Okanagan Lake – in August in the McDougall Creek wildfire in West Kelowna.
Case has played the role of Sharon Collins since 1994, receiving Daytime Emmy Award nominations in 1996 and 1997 for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series.
More than 125 vendors alone are included in the Artisans Christmas Marketplace, which is exclusively for handmade Canadian products, including gourmet foods, crafts, jewelry and more.
The first day of the show kicks off with the popular Girls’ Night Out event, starting at 7 p.m. and including an auction and the Hall of Flame Calendar firefighters fashion show on the main stage.
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Seats for the fashion show are on a first-come, first-served basis, with all funds raised from the auction and calendar sales going directly to Vancouver Firefighter Charities, the B.C. Professional Firefighters’ Burn Fund.
The Women’s Health Stage runs throughout the weekend, featuring experts in nutrition, health and fitness. Presentations include Sleep Better with Fewer Hot Flashes, The 4 Pillars of Happiness and How to Activate Them, You Gotta Feel it to Heal it, Designing Your Dream Home in 30 Days, and more.
Other themed areas at the event focus on beauty, fashion and style, World of Taste, vegan and sustainable products, home and design, and travel and adventure.
Abbotsford Dance Centre takes to the stage at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday for a showcase featuring dancers of all ages.
Sunday is Mothers and Daughters Day, when the first 500 visitors receive a free gift from Pretty Things. Gifts include homemade sterling silver pendants and earrings, agate gemstone bracelets, jade bracelets and more.
Free gifts – a gift bag full of local artisan goodies – will also go to the first 500 visitors on Saturday.
Doors for the West Coast Women’s Show are open from 1 to 9 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Early-bird tickets are available until 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 12 at $13 for general admission, $12 for seniors 65 and older ($10 on Friday from 1 to 5 p.m.), and free for kids 12 and under.
Ticket prices after Oct. 12 are $15 general and $13 for seniors ($11 on Friday from 1 to 5 p.m.).
Tickets and more information are available at westcoastwomen.net. Tradex is located at 1190 Cornell St., adjacent to the Abbotsford International Airport.