BLYTHEWOOD/FAIRFIELD – Whether you’re buying or selling, it’s time to mark your calendar for the return of the annual 50-mile Big Grab community yard sale.
Vendors will line roadsides Friday, Sept. 6 from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 7 from 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. The shopping crawl is a figure 8 loop that extends up Hwy 21 from Blythewood to Ridgeway, then along Highway 34 to Winnsboro where vendors will be set up along the Highway 321 Bypass, Highway 200 and through downtown Winnsboro back to the Bypass and back to Blythewood via Hwy 321 to Cedar Creek and then to Blythewood Road and down Hwy 21 to Fairlawn UMC.
Vendors will trickle into the area early, setting up Thursday evening so they will be ready for the first light of dawn on Friday.
The event has also been a boon to local churches, who have capitalized on The Big Grab as a major annual fundraiser – not only selling their own wares, but also renting out prime selling space to vendors.
Sponsors in Blythewood offering vendor sites are Fair Lawn UMC, Beulah United Methodist Church, and Pine View Baptist Church (Saturday only).
Ridgeway vendor sites are the Cotton Yard area in Downtown Ridgeway, Purity Lodge #42, Bows & Ties Dog Grooming, and Old Kennedy Store.
Winnsboro vendor site sponsors are Yesterday’s Treasures, First Pentecostal Holiness Church, First Baptist Church. In Downtown Winnsboro, vendors are able to set up in front of vacant stores (only) for free on Friday and Saturday mornings on a first-come, first served basis. Sidewalks and entrances/exits to businesses must not be blocked.
For contact information for these vendor sites, visit facebook.com/TheBigGrab.
The Big Grab is a rain or shine event; there are no rain dates.