Hanford Thursday Market July dates canceled due to heat

HANFORD, Calif. (KFSN) -- For a 3rd week successful a row.. The Thursday Hanford Market had to cancel their play lawsuit owed to heat.

The marketplace brings betwixt 5,000 to 10,000 radical each week and astir 100 Central Valley vendors.

But the period of July, which has seen 3 cancellations and 1 planned closure connected July 4th, has been excessively blistery to support the marketplace unfastened for its visitors, employees and volunteers.

"To support them harmless is our highest priority. We don't privation to spot anyone suffering from vigor changeable oregon vigor related illness," says Michelle Brown, the Executive Director of Main Street Hanford.

The non-profit follows a strict policy. If the forecasted precocious is 106 oregon higher the marketplace is canceled 48 hours successful advance.

The rules were implemented successful 2017, aft a fewer emergencies.

"We did person immoderate radical astatine the marketplace endure from vigor changeable and had to permission successful an ambulance and astatine that clip we decided it was champion to make a argumentation for information that progressive canceling owed to blistery weather," Michelle mentions.

But for immoderate the marketplace is their livelihood.

Brad Ryland is simply a vendor.

He and his woman ain JoJo's Grill-A-Dog successful Visalia.

And though helium has a store front, they are feeling the deed from the caller closures.

"It impacts america a batch due to the fact that close present is our dilatory play and during our dilatory play is erstwhile we bash popular ups to marque up the wealth that we are losing present astatine the restaurant," said Brad.

He says helium is missing retired connected $1,000 to $2,000 for each canceled market.

However, Brad understands the reasons down the closures and dangers of heat, arsenic helium knows archetypal manus however blistery vendor tents get, particularly those making food.

"I travel implicit to my fryer astatine the marketplace and I'm doing this and I got a fryer astatine 350 degrees and bash some of those. Turning around, handing them to the employees portion they beryllium determination and physique the dogs could adhd a batch of heat," Brad explained.

In the meantime, radical tin enactment vendors done online platforms, going to their storefronts oregon different markets they whitethorn beryllium at.

For a database of vendors click here.

Hanford's Thursday Night Market is expected to beryllium backmost up and moving by adjacent week.

Market hours are from 5:30 PM to 9 PM.

They volition observe their "Navy Appreciation Week" and anyone with a subject I.D. tin get discounted drinks from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 pm.

For much accusation connected the marketplace click here.

The unrecorded amusement docket tin beryllium recovered here.

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