Shop, celebrate and meet your social media favs: Global Holiday Bazaar returns to Metro Detroit Friday

Welcome back to Fox 2 Detroit Live. I'm your host, Ronia Shimona. I want to talk about a big event happening tomorrow. It happens every year here in Metro Detroit. It's a big global bazaar bringing in vendors, dozens of them, local businesses, social media influencers you might even be following on your social media platforms. Of course, a lot of shopping and so much more. Talk about an event you don't want to miss, one that's... Certainly great and welcoming for the entire family. I want to bring in Rita Kasab-Bachi, who is joining us now live from the Global Michigan Women's Chamber of Commerce with more on this big event. Hi, Rita. Hi, how are you? Thank you for having me. Oh, it is such a pleasure. And to talk about something so fun, so big, and dozens of people, vendors, social media influencers, talk to me about this, when it's happening and what people can expect. So this annual Global Holiday Bazaar, it's obviously held once annually, hosted by the Global Michigan Women's Chamber of Commerce, and it's a community event bringing together over 100 businesses, you know, all under one roof at Larsa Banquet Hall in Warren, Michigan. We're just featuring a diverse mix of different businesses from all over Michigan. It's not from one geographical area. Bringing local entrepreneurs, corporations, nonprofits, small businesses, you know, just some of them could be, you know, I'm pretty sure everybody knows Prime Concepts Detroit is one of them. The owners of Sexy Steak, Prime 29, we got Lending Force, we have Pay With Cause. So many others and some of these, you know, social media content creators, Farrah Feeds and Carmen, you know, Carm Creates Content. We got community, you know, news coming coming through. We just got so much going on all under one roof. And then we've got a lot of food truck vendors. We've got a lot of food catering from different restaurants. And it's only $5 to come to do a nice shopping experience, holiday shopping. It's just to get the community together all on World Kindness Day. And that's a great point to put because not only is this an incredible shopping experience, but there's something great going on on the day. Yes. So it really, you know, it really matches our organization, like with the Global World Kindness Day, with the Global Michigan Women's Chamber of Commerce, and us helping people globally all around the world. It just totally aligns with our event. And so we just kind of I've been working on this project for seven months now, just bringing in together a hundred businesses and working with each one and try to vision something different than what we did last year. So this year, it's going to be even bigger. It's going to be even better. And like I said, just celebrating Global World Kindness Day, it's always nice to have people being kind to another, you know, especially with a huge diverse background of different people from everywhere. So we want everyone to come out, have a great time, shop if you want, you know, if you don't have to, you know, but we love if you wanted to shop all in one place for and celebrating World Kindness Day with us. So it's a beautiful feeling to, you know, to being around people that, you know, you are with all the time and you just bring your friends. We do have a Santa Claus coming for children under nine. are free. Any children over 10, it's just $5 to come in. But we do have a lady by the name of Magic Mitten Company. It's pretty cool because she makes magnets on the spot with you and Santa Claus. So that's a beautiful thing that's going to be in the lobby. We also have a 100.3 radio station. Allison will be making a special appearance from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. They will They will be bringing out their radio station from iHeartMedia. So it's going to be a beautiful thing where they're going to be bringing giveaways. And we do have a few large corporations that are coming out. They're part of the beauty industry. Swan Beauty is one of them. It's, you know, it's a AI type of mirror that, you know. It's just a beautiful mirror. It's like worth $800. They're going to be giving one away tonight or tomorrow night. Sorry. So they will also be having a lot of raffle giveaways and 50-50 cash giveaways every two hours. Of course. So. Yes, a lot happening, a lot, a lot happening. And I'm telling you, it's just just an amazing thing that we put together just to make put people, you know, in a great mood and a great vibe, you know, like a nice area like in Larsa has been amazing, by the way. Yeah, you know, I gotta say. You tend to throw some of the best parties. So, you know, I've got to say, Rita, you always do a great job putting events together. And this event, if you're looking at the screen right now, there is the QR code. You can scan that. We'll also post it on Fox2Detroit.com under the Detroit Live tab in case you missed anything. All the information is there. It's happening tomorrow, and it's from 4 p.m. until 10 p.m., right? Yes. Okay, great. And no need to register in advance. Bring the family. Do all your Christmas shopping at the event. And in the meantime, maybe grab a bite to eat. Meet some of your favorite social media influencers and so much more. Rita, thank you so much for taking the time to join us. Thank you. And of course, bring light to not just a great event, but a great day to host a great event. And keep in mind that every dollar that we raise goes towards victims of human trafficking, victims of domestic violence, students in scholarships and grants. Mainly this event specifically is for students for scholarships, which we do end up giving out in May at our high end woman's tea party. So it's just a beautiful cause and a great place to network all in one One venue, 100 businesses. Endless opportunities just to shop, connect, and grow. Absolutely. We appreciate you. Again, Global Michigan Women's Chamber of Commerce. Big holiday bazaar tomorrow.