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FRIDAYS,
2-6 PM
Farmers Market
FIRST FRIDAYS, 2-8 PM
Craft Market
OCTOBER 1
Fermentation
Festival & Concert
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WHAT'S FRESH this week at
the Kennett Square Farmers Market including First Friday
festivities...
Extra special this week is our Salsa! Salsa! Salsa!
Extravaganza. Return to the Genesis Walkway at 6:30 p.m. to
learn/practice your Salsa dance with a professional
Philadelphia-based teacher. $10 suggested donation includes
instruction and a flower for your hair/lapel! Bring a partner or
meet someone there!
 In addition to Salsa dancing, we're serving up the
salsa! Try new Honey/Herbal Salsas from Guinea Hen Garden, and
Peach Salsa from our new whole foods prepared food vendor, LeBoons! Also, be sure to check out Leboons
Hummus, Roasted Beet Salad with Seven Stars yogurt, and Apricot
Walnut Quinoa Salad... Yum!
As this week is First Friday, we're so excited for the return of
- Ellen April's handcrafted soaps
- Northcreek Nurseries' native plants and vegetables
- Gloria's Healthy Hut
- Iced by Betsy's Cupcakes
In addition to these highlights, we're pleased to herald...
- Your local food resource, Harvest Market Natural Foods
- Acorn squash and Pumpkin Rolls are back from Countryside
- Assorted Winter Squash from Londonvale
- Raw apple cider from Country Meadows
- Fresh Celeste figs from our neighbor, Carol
- Amazing Acres goat cheese is back from vacation!
See you around the Market!
-The Market Managers
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Featured
Craft Vendor
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Fiber
artist Karen Paust, joins the First Friday Craft Market from
Dover, PA, where she lives and creates exceptional wearable and
decorative art. Soft natural fibers are skillfully crocheted,
knitted, beaded, and dyed by the artist to fashion highly detailed
scarves, rings, bracelets, and earrings...
Read more about Karen Paust at the BLOG and view her work
in-person during the September 3rd First Friday Craft Market, 2-8
p.m., at State & Broad Streets, in downtown Historic Kennett
Square.
The First Friday Craft Market, in
association with the Kennett Square Farmers Market
and First Friday Art Stroll, is a
juried outdoor "makers" marketplace dedicated to enhancing the
public's awareness of functional and wearable handmade craft while
providing a venue for emerging and established artists to share
their creative endeavors during this unique shopping
experience.
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Featured
Market Vendor
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ICED by Betsy returns to the Kennett Square
Farmers Market this Friday! Betsy will feature three new cupcake
flavors in addition to some of our favorites...
Stop by, say hi, and check out the confectionery masterpieces
from ICED by Betsy such as Black
& Blue (new!), Cocoberry (new!), Pieces of Reeses (new!), Lavish Lemon (featuring culinary
lavender from vendor Fat Spike Lavender), The Dark Side, and Pure.
Betsy would also like to thank all of those who have voted for ICED
by Betsy at Philly's Best Cupcakes. If you haven't voted yet, click
here to cast your ballot! To pre-order
cupcakes for pickup, email at cupcakes@icedbybetsy.com or call
(610)755-7062.
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Fermentation
Festival & Concert
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FERMENTATION FESTIVAL
Kennett Square Farmers
Market
Friday, October 1, 2-6 p.m.
East State & Union Streets, Kennett Square, PA
Free, More Information
The Kennett Square Farmers Market will celebrate the changing
seasons by highlighting all things fermented. Taste samples of
fermented beverages and foods. Learn how to make your own kimchi,
kombucha, yogurt, and how to save seeds for next season at our
exciting workshops and demonstrations. Visit Kennett Square's
favorite Farmers Market growers, plus First Friday Craft Market,
children's activities, and live music on this eventful
fermentation-themed Farmers Market. Experience the Kennett Square
Farmers Market like never before. Stay tuned for a complete
festival line-up.
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FERMENTATION HAPPY HOUR
Beer, Spirit & Cheese
Tastings
Friday, October 1, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Kennett Flash
Happy Hour &
Concert:
$28 in advance, $30 at the door
Tickets & Information (available
soon)
Following the Fermentation Festival, join us at Kennett's newest
music venue, the Kennett Flash, for a special "Happy Hour"
featuring local beer, cheese, and spirits followed by a Philly Folk
Parade concert.
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PHILLY FOLK PARADE
CONCERT
Showcasing Philadelphia's
most prolific folk
musicians:
Ben Arnold, Wissahickon Chicken
Shack,
Zack Djanikian, Jonathan Badger,
Sisters 3
Friday, October 1, 8-10 p.m.
Kennett Flash
Concert Only:
$18 in advance, $20 at the door
Tickets & Information (available
soon)
The evening will continue with an exclusive Kennett Flash concert
featuring the Philly Folk Parade. Not a "parade" in the traditional
sense, the Philly Folk Parade is a showcase of various local
artists from the Philadelphia folk scene.
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About
Historic Kennett Square
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 The Kennett Square Farmers Market is
a project of Historic Kennett Square, a
non-profit 501(C)3, whose mission it is to actively support and
enrich community vitality and pride, to help preserve the historic
district and small town atmosphere, to promote economic and
positive, productive relationships within Kennett Square and the
surrounding townships.
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