A busy morning yesterday in downtown Swift Current as Market Square officially kicked off for the season.

The 7th annual grand opening featured a record number of vendors alongside live music and entertainment for all ages.

"It's been a great start to our 7th season of Market Square," Mayor of Swift Current Denis Perrault said. "We are so thankful to have sponsors as well as our featured sponsor Standard Motors, who makes this a very successful event every Saturday throughout the summer."

Since the event began seven years ago, every year has seen increases in foot traffic, vendors and live entertainment acts.

"It's why we've got part of 1st Avenue close down so we can continue to grow the market that way and quite honestly and it's the plan to go north," Perrault added. "I see a vision of having our market grow into Memorial Park and I have a real vision of longer running market square, possibly even having a winter market. I don't know how it will all quite work out, but I can definitely see that."

The event which runs every Saturday from June 17 to September 30 is one of Swift Current's favourite summer attraction drawing thousands of people each year.