According to the digital edition of the Fall River Herald, following their success in 2021, Buy Black NB is holding its first pop.up vendor market of 2022 in Fall River. Buy Black NB is a New Bedford-based community resource supporting black-owned businesses across the south coast. Formed during the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, Buy Black NB has put together a directory of more than 200 black-owned businesses in the south coast, and that number continues to grow.

They hosted nine vendor pop-ups in 2021, and now those markets are expanding, starting with Fall River. On Saturday, April 16, there will be a pop-up vendor market on Old Second Street, from 10 A.M to 3 P.M. featuring a diverse group of local vendors offering handmade goods, art, and various forms of entertainment.