They’ve been doing this for years, but Saranac Lake market Manager Ashley Garwood said most people don’t know the farmers market continues inside during the winter.

So she collaborated with Saranac Lake Community Development Director Katrina Glynn to put on a Harvest Festival on Saturday as a way to let people know the market continues even though the warmth doesn’t. They closed down Main Street in front of the hotel and filling the road and nearby park with vendors, entertainment and food.

Glynn said they plan to turn this into an annual event during the market’s transition period.

“It’s really nice to have the village’s support in trying to promote the winter market,” said Laura Cook, a vendor with The Cook Farm who is a member of the market committee. She said a lot of people don’t know the farmers market continues year-round, and hopes the event was a way to get the word out.

From left, Cailin Scollin, 4, Teresa Peck and Ryan Scollin, 9, enjoy some cotton candy on Main Street in Saranac Lake Saturday, at the High Peaks Harvest Festival. “It’s a party in the street,” Peck said. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

The winter market has fewer vendors than in the summer, but still a strong sampling, according to Garwood. There are around 15 regular vendors selling vegetables, meats, crafts, premade foods and other goods, and many day vendors. She added that there are several new vendors this year.

The winter market is held in the lobby of the Hotel Saranac, with overflow in the upstairs area around the holidays.

The village, Saranac Lake Free Library and Hotel Saranac pitched in to sponsor free activities for the kids, like facepainting, balloons, goats and hula hooping. The SL Hot House Garden Center donated chrysanthemums, Tucker Farms donated corn stalks and hay bales and the High Peaks Farmers Market sponsored local band Midnight Stargazers to play in the Berkeley Green bandshell.

Saturday’s event had a big turnout with a lot of new faces, Glynn said, and they hope it brought in new people who might not always go to the farmer’s market.

Robert Hacunda from Crown Point Bread Company serves up a fresh loaf on Main Street in Saranac Lake Saturday, at the High Peaks Harvest Festival. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Paul Smith’s College junior Kyle Joray, who is president of the college’s woodsman’s club, races PSC senior Allison Howald, in back, at an exhibition on Main Street in Saranac Lake Saturday, at the High Peaks Harvest Festival. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)

Sammy Yelle dances with hula hoops while the Midnight Stargazers play in Berkeley Green in Saranac Lake Saturday, at the High Peaks Harvest Festival. The festival marks the end of the Saranac Lake Farmers Market being held in Riverside Park and the start of the market moving indoors inside the Hotel Saranac for the winter. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)