Boutique Bargain Bash, a discount shopping event featuring local shops and small businesses, will return to the Hamilton County Fairgrounds in Noblesville, 2003 Pleasant St., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 18.
Miranda Weaver and Amanda Garst, Fortville residents and co-owners of online boutique Variety Row, started the event in 2024 to help small businesses sell discounted seasonal inventory and get a fresh start when transitioning into a new season. They will hold another event for summer inventory Aug. 2.
“We attend a lot of markets, and we came up with the idea of hosting one in January and August because it is usually our offseason for markets,” Garst said. “(Those months are) also a transitional time for clothing and inventory. I know it’s crazy to be thinking about summer clothes already, but that’s where our minds are in the boutique world.”…