Pre St. Maarten’s Day Greet, Meat and Eat small business entrepreneurship initiative to kick off on November 7th 2014 in St. Maarten Festival Village

The anticipated small business weekend entrepreneurship program will be initiated by Stichting Overheidsgebouwen (SOG) and will start on November 7th – November 11th 2014 with an Official Opening Ceremony on November 7th 2014 at 7:00PM in the evening.
A variety of activities and entertainment will take place in the St. Maarten Festival Village from November 7th 2014 leading up to St. Maarten Day celebrations on November 11th 2014.
The pack schedule of entertainment and performances will be featured by the following organizations:
Performances by Telem Breakthrough Winners 2014; Gunslingers Steelband; St. Maarten New Generation Status Drumband; House of Blues; Uprising Band; Kool Berry Jam Band; Funtopia;
KidsWorld & Coney Island
Opening hours of the St. Maarten Festival Village for the weekend program are as follows:
Official Opening Ceremony on Friday November 7th at 7:00PM
On Saturday November 8th from 08:00AM – 4:00PM
On Sunday November 9th from 10:00AM – 10:00PM
Children’s show at 5:00PM
On Monday November 10th from 10:00AM – 10:00PM
On Tuesday November 11th from 10:00AM – 11:00PM
Showtime at 4:00PM
The weekend program is aimed to stimulate entrepreneurship and more usage of the St. Maarten Festival Village while offering vendors the opportunity for selling of drinks, foods, arts & craft etc. The vendors will be allowed to have booths, tents or tables for vending.
There will not be any entrance fee to enter the Festival Village and therefore the entire population is urged to get involved by visiting & supporting the vendors for the start of the weekend program from November 7th – November 11th 2014 and weekends thereafter.